Caroline Ragot – Marketing Director
marketing@codefactory.es
Mobile Geo 2.5
Mobile Geo 2.5, Now available!
Support for 2010 Maps and POIs, Manual Route Creation, Address Search by Zip Code and More…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, May 24, 2010
Three months after the release of Mobile Geo 2.0, Code Factory is proud to release V2.5, a free update for all users of Mobile Geo 2.0. Mobile Geo is the best navigation tool for blind people who want to explore the world with their mobile phone. To learn more about Mobile Geo visit www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=336
"The main goal of this new Mobile Geo version is to allow our users to update their maps and POIs for free. It is very important to us to make sure that our users have access to the most accurate data so that they feel safe traveling with Mobile Geo. This means that even though Geo 2.5 is plugged into the Sendero 2010 GPS SDK, all the new improvements of this new SDK are not yet integrated" explains Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory’s CEO. "If we’d have added more of the new SDK features, we would have had to charge for this upgrade and we really wanted the users of Mobile Geo 2.0 to have access to the 2010 maps and POIs for free. Our development team has also been working hard to bring you new exciting and useful features powered by Mobile Geo’s engine such as the highly anticipated Manual Route Creation feature. This is therefore a major free update!"
Main highlights of Mobile Geo 2.5:
Compatibility with 2010 maps and POIs, available at mobilegeo.senderogroup.com/users (user: mgdemo2010, pwd: codefactory). Note that full licenses will require new map keys for each registered user.
Address search by zip postal code. There are now two search options, you can either search by city or zip code. It is especially useful for big cities which have numerous zip codes for the same area. For example instead of searching by Barcelona you can search by 08004 for more accuracy.
Manual route creation feature, which allows you to save your own waypoints while creating a route and then replay the route following your own itinerary instead of Mobile Geo’s automatic route calculation.
Support for Google Transit Feeds. You first need to login to your Sendero account and download the Google transit feed you are interested in. Then you will be able to search for the Google Transit information under the "Travel/Entertainment" subcategory "Transit Stop". There are already 20 feeds converted such as New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and more will follow!
Support for 4 new country maps: Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, and United Arab Emirates. To learn more about the supported maps as well as region map bundles visit www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=336#Maps
Easier ways to manage user POIs: You can set a user POI as a route destination. Go to Functions (left softkey) > Set positions > User POI and you will access the POIs list. Then when you press enter on the POI of your choice, you can select between "Open", "Set as destination", "Set as virtual position", or "Delete".
Ability to create and save a route based on a GPS replay. Go to Functions (left softkey) > Modes > GPS Replays > GPS Replay list, select a file from the list and press Enter on it. The popup menu will show a new option called "Create route from replay". Once the route is created, you can load and follow it, review its waypoints, delete the route and do all the same things that you can do with any other saved route in your device.
Mobile Geo 2.5 is compatible with the current version of Mobile Speak 4 for Windows Mobile, there is no new version of Mobile Speak to install to run Geo 2.5.
The direct link to download Mobile Geo 2.5 is www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_5/product_20/version_105/MobileGeo_2_5_21.zip
To upgrade from Mobile Geo 1.5 to Mobile Geo 2.5 visit codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=410
To get a free trial of Mobile Geo 2.5, visit codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=409
To read the complete list of new features and enhancements in Mobile Geo 2.5, visit codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=413
About Code Factory
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, Code Factory is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices. Among Code Factory’s customers are well known organizations for the blind such as ONCE, and carriers such as AT&T, Bouygues Telecom, SFR, TIM and Vodafone. Code Factory has also built strong partnerships with mainstream multinational companies like RIM, Nokia, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard as well as leading assistive technology companies such as HumanWare, Optelec and Sendero Group.
For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:
Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d’Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona)
HelpDesk, www.codefactory.es
Code Factory, S.L. – 2010
Don’t forget, this is a free upgrade for current users.
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