Trimble Outdoors
is now available on select
GPS hones from Verizon Wireless. Trimble Outdoors is a GPS app service for outdoor recreational activities.
The service helps with trip planning software, off-road
navigation and journaling tools for outdoor activities such as hiking,
backpacking, fishing and hunting.
The Trimble news release calls it "the ultimate wireless phone
application for outdoor enthusiasts."
Users can pre-plan and review their trips online using a map-based trip editor or using the Trimble Adventure Planner
desktop software. Complete guided trips, routes, maps and waypoints can
be sent wirelessly to customers' cell phones, turning the phones into
full-featured GPS navigators.
While in the outdoors users can navigate, get maps of their locations, track routes
with a GPS breadcrumb trail, and mark and edit waypoints along the way.
A digital compass displays customers' coordinates, speed and heading.
Users can browse an online library of professional
and user-generated trips; customize trips done by others; and get maps
in topographic, street and aerial view.
Pricing and Availability
Trimble Outdoors is available on more than two dozen GPS-capable
phones from Verizon Wireless, including the rugged Verizon Wireless
G'zOne Type-S and G'zOne Boulder, and Motorola Adventure V750, as well as popular phones such as the LG Decoy
and Samsung SCH-u550. Verizon Wireless customers can purchase the
Trimble Outdoors application in the Media Center or Get It Now® section
on their phones for $5.99 for a monthly subscription or $1.99 for
one-day use purchase. A
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