Outdoor GPS Trekking and Tracking from Trimble on Alltel GPS Phones

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on December 18, 2008 12:06 PM

Alltel is now offering the Trimble Outdoors application. The Trimble Outdoors applturns a wide range of Alltel GPS-enabled handsets into a off-road navigation and journaling tool. It can be used for hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, hunting and many other outdoor activities.

The application, available for a daily rate of $1.99. It allows customers to review and plan trips online. It sends trekking routes, maps and waypoints wirelessly to the phone for use as a guide during trips.

Customers can track theirroutes with a GPS "bread crumb trail," mark and edit waypoints during their journey. A built-in digital compass to displays coordinates, speed and heading. Maps generated by Trimble Outdoors can be accessed in topographic, street and aerial views.

Trimble Outdoors also captures photos, audio and video, which allows for GPS-tagged online journaling at trimbleoutdoors.com or for sharing with other outdoors enthusiasts. Users can also browse an online library of professional and user-generated trekking tips and customize trips done by others.

The Trimble Outdoors application is available to Alltel customers for $39.99 per year, $5.99 per month or $1.99 per day. The application is compatible with the Motorola V3A, V3C, V3M, V9M and K1M, the Samsung Muse, LG AX656 and AX8600, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 and the BlackBerry Pearl 8110. The application can be downloaded from the Navigation folder of the phone's Alltel/Axcess Shop or by visiting alltel.com.