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Networks In Motion's AAA Mobile Named CES Innovations 2009 Award Honoree
Technology Enables the Sharing of Information on Mobile Devices Using Graphical Interface
ALISO VIEJO,Company's Location-Based Service Platform for Mobile Phones Recognized for Excellence in Product Design
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Dec. 9, 2008
Networks In Motion (NIM), the award-winning wireless navigation, hyper-local search and location-based services (LBS) company with the largest mobile phone navigation subscriber base in North America, today announced that AAA Mobile™ version four, the industry’s first mobile phone-based GPS navigation and travel assistance application, was named an Innovations 2009 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree in the In-Vehicle Navigation/Telematics/ITS product category for the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show. AAA Mobile and other Networks In Motion products will be on display during the Digital Experience! press event on January 7, 2009, at The Mirage® hotel in Las Vegas.
“We are thrilled to have been selected as an honoree within the in-vehicle navigation product category at the 2009 CES,” said Doug Antone, president and CEO of Networks In Motion. “AAA Mobile is a world-class navigation, and we are proud that it has been recognized based upon its merits for excellent product design.”
Powered by Networks In Motion, AAA Mobile is a navigation application that provides not only visual and audible directions to any travel destination in the U.S. but also empowers subscribers to locate AAA Approved® points of interest (POIs), including Diamond Rated® hotels and restaurants, and find locations that offer AAA member savings. Subscribers can review detailed AAA descriptions for POIs on their phone, receive a map showing a destination on the mobile phone screen, and bookmark locations as favorites for quick recall in future.
If users experience vehicle difficulties, AAA Mobile streamlines access to AAA’s Roadside Assistance service – an industry first for location-based services. The press of a single button on the phone sends your GPS location to AAA and connects the user with AAA for quick and reliable roadside assistance services.
AAA Mobile is available for cell phone users on Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and Alltel wireless networks.
About Networks in Motion
Networks In Motion is an award-winning wireless navigation and local search company, with products on most major wireless carriers. Networks In Motion powers: AAA Mobile® on Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and Alltel Wireless; Verizon Wireless’ VZ Navigator; YellowPages.com Mobile, which is currently deployed on AT&T; Alltel’s Axcess Mobile Guide navigator; U.S. Cellular’s Your Navigator; TELUS Navigator and TELUS Kid Find, making NIM’s NAVBuilder platform the most widely used mobile phone navigation service in North America. Founded in 2000, the company is privately held and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., with international offices in Sweden and Spain. More information is available at http://www.networksinmotion.com.
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