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CES: Trimble Ports GPS Mobile Phone Apps to BlackBerries
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Jan 7, 2008
GPS World
BlackBerry addicts with recent GPS-enabled CDMA models now have the
option of using Trimble consumer GPS apps.
The company announced today that its AllSport GPS, Geocache Navigator
and Trimble Outdoors mobile phone software titles are now available
for the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition and Pearl 8130 smartphones from
Research In Motion. The news came at the Consumer Electronics Show,
being held this week in Las Vegas, Nevada.
AllSport GPS enables users to track exercise activity by monitoring
time, speed, calories burned and distance traveled during outdoor
workouts, according to Trimble. Additionally, users can download map
images and recommended routes to their phones, view performance
statistics, and store workouts to monitor progress or share with
friends. The application supports a variety of outdoor activities
including walking, running, cycling and mountain biking.
Geocache Navigator is just what it sounds like; with a GPS phone,
geocachers can seek caches using the software's radar-like interface,
Trimble says. Additionally, phone screens provide compass-based
navigation, maps, speed, heading, location, distance, cache
descriptions logs, hints and other useful information for both the
most experienced and novice user. Using a GPS-enabled mobile phone
with Web access also provides real-time access to Geocaching.com, the
company notes.
Trimble Outdoors is an outdoor trip-planning and navigation app that
enables users to review and plan trips online, send routes, maps and
waypoints wirelessly to their GPS phone and then use the phone as a
full-featured GPS navigator, according to the company. The
application allows users to get maps of their locations, track routes
with a GPS bread-crumb trail, and mark and edit waypoints. Trimble
Outdoors also features a digital compass displaying the user's
coordinates, speed and heading.
The three applications are available through the Handmark.com Web
site; each costs $39.99 per year, or $5.99 per month.
