AAA TourBook Guide Travel Information, Navigation, Member Roadside
Assistance, Now Available for BlackBerry 8830 and 8130 Through Downloadable
GPS Application Powered by Networks In Motion
ORLANDO, Fla., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- AAA, today announced that AAA
Mobile is now available for download on the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition
and BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM)
(Nasdaq: RIMM) -- the first smartphones compatible with the award-winning
navigation and local search application from AAA.
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AAA Mobile subscribers, whether they are AAA members or non-members,
can now use a BlackBerry smartphone to receive visual and audible
directions to any travel destination in the U.S.; locate AAA Approved
points of interest (POIs), including Diamond Rated hotels and restaurants;
and search more than 100,000 locations that offer AAA Show Your Card & Save
member savings. AAA Mobile subscribers can review detailed AAA descriptions
for POIs on their smartphone, receive a map showing a destination on the
mobile phone screen, receive audible turn-by-turn navigation to the
destination, and bookmark locations as favorites for quick recall in
future.
If AAA members experience vehicle difficulties, AAA Mobile streamlines
access to AAA's member roadside assistance service. The press of a single
button on the BlackBerry smartphone sends the member's GPS location to AAA
and connects the member with AAA for reliable roadside assistance services.
"Now business travelers can use a BlackBerry smartphone to search for a
AAA Diamond Rated restaurant or hotel, and members can send AAA their GPS
location if they require roadside assistance," said Marshall L. Doney, Vice
President, Automotive at AAA.
Powered by the industry-leading Networks In Motion (NIM) location-based
services platform, AAA Mobile is available for download onto the BlackBerry
8830 World Edition and BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphones for a monthly
subscription price of $9.99.
More information, including a complete list of which mobile phones are
compatible with AAA Mobile and directions for downloading the application
onto phones, is available at http://www.AAA.com/AAAMobile.
About AAA
As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization,
AAA provides more than 50 million members with travel, insurance, financial
and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the
not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the
safety and security of all travelers. AAA clubs can be visited on the
Internet at http://www.AAA.com.
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 Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Alltel; 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.
The BlackBerry, Research In Motion and RIM families of related marks,
images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research
In Motion Limited.
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CONTACT:
Geoff Sundstrom of AAA, +1-407-444-8000,
gsundstrom@national.aaa.com; Steve Andler of Networks In Motion,
Inc., +1-949-453-3807, sandler@networksinmotion.com; or Amy
Johnsonbaugh, Maples Communications, Inc., +1-949-855-3555,
ajohnsonbaugh@maples.com, for Networks In Motion, Inc.
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