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Fuel Prices, Movie Times and Live Traffic Alerts Among New Features Now Available on Your Wireless Phone With AAA Mobile(R)
Friday, September 05, 2008
New version of award-winning navigation program puts AAA's travel expertise and new convenience features together in wireless phones
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AAA announced today the
latest version of its award-winning wireless navigation program -- AAA
Mobile(R) -- with several new features including fuel prices, live traffic
alerts and weather forecasts.
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"Advanced technologies such as AAA Mobile make access to AAA's trusted
route guidance, restaurant and lodging information and member roadside
services now more convenient than ever," said Marshall L. Doney, vice
president, AAA Automotive. "The new features of AAA Mobile help motorists
address two of their greatest concerns -- fuel prices and traffic congestion -
- by allowing them to quickly obtain prices at several gas stations and
providing live traffic alerts with alternative navigation routes."
Find the best fuel prices
With fuel prices a worry for many motorists, AAA Mobile users can quickly
find the best prices by receiving a list of gas stations with prices nearest
to their current location or in a specified zip code or city. Once they find a
station, AAA Mobile will provide audible turn-by-turn directions on how to get
there.
Find out what's ahead
Whether driving in out-of-town traffic or on the daily commute, AAA
Mobile's new real-time traffic feature helps motorists find out what's ahead
and alternatives on how to get there. AAA Mobile alerts motorists to traffic
congestion, accidents and other new developments on their route and provides
detour options to compare against their current estimated time of arrival.
AAA Mobile also allows users to take a look ahead at the weather by
providing current conditions and seven-day forecasts for their current
location or any city around the world.
Find things to do
Want to see the latest blockbuster movie? AAA Mobile can help find which
movie theaters nearby are playing the movie, provide start times, navigate
users there and list nearby restaurants to consider for dinner.
Using the mobile activity planning feature, AAA Mobile users can search
for show times, critics' ratings and other details for movies, concerts,
plays, sporting events and other social events near their GPS location. Users
can navigate to theaters or event venues and search for local parking,
restaurants, ATMs or other points of interests near the location.
Help friends find you
AAA Mobile users can let friends know where they are with a push of a
button by sending their GPS location to another wireless phone. When sending
to other AAA Mobile users, friends receive the address and can navigate to
you. With non-users, your location's address is delivered via text message.
Continue to find AAA travel expertise in your phone
In addition to offering turn-by-turn audible directions with on-screen
maps, AAA Mobile continues to provide users with AAA's travel expertise in
their wireless phone with AAA TourBook(R) travel guide information, including
complete listings of AAA Diamond Rated restaurants and lodgings and points of
interests. AAA Mobile also offers listings for ATMs, more than 100,000 Show
Your Card & Save(R) merchants, AAA Approved Auto Repair facilities, AAA branch
offices and other types of businesses.
For those users who are AAA members, they can send their GPS location
directly to AAA and be connected to roadside assistance operators.
Current users can upgrade to the latest version of AAA Mobile at no
additional charge. They will receive a prompt on their phone when the new
version is available to download.
AAA Mobile, powered by Networks In Motion, will launch on several wireless
carriers and be available on a variety of GPS-enabled phones during the next
two weeks. For a complete listing of providers, pricing and compatible phones,
visit AAA.com/AAAMobile.
As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA
provides more than 51 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
AAA.com.
AAA news releases can be downloaded from www.aaa.com/news.
Available Topic Expert(s): For information on the listed expert(s), click
appropriate link.
Christie Hyde
https://profnet.prnewswire.com/Subscriber/ExpertProfile.aspx?ei=64864
SOURCE AAA
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