LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - August 16, 2007) - AAA's well-known travel information,
mapping expertise and road service is now available on select GPS-enabled
mobile phones on a newly launched service called AAA Mobile®, the AAA and
the Automobile Club of Southern California announced this week.
The service provides to AAA members and the public audible, turn-by-turn
directions as well as information such as Diamond Ratings® for hotels and
restaurants and points of interest found in AAA's famous TourBook®
guides. Roadside assistance will be available only to AAA members when
with a touch of a button the phone sends a member's GPS location to AAA and
connects the user with AAA for quick and reliable roadside assistance.
AAA Mobile is available as a downloaded application to subscribers with
select GPS-enabled phones for $9.99 per month. (Additional voice or data
usage fees may apply and will vary by carrier and wireless service plan.)
More information, including phones with AAA Mobile capability, is available
at
www.AAA.com/AAAMobile.
AAA Mobile is powered by the Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Networks in
Motion™ location-based services platform and is available for download
directly from select GPS-enabled wireless phones. It also has a dedicated
AAA Mobile support line at 1-800-646-7552.
"For an affordable cost, AAA Mobile provides the convenience of obtaining
information on demand using a cell phone that most people always carry with
them," said the Auto Club's Vice President Marketing & Product Mgmt.
Suzanne Wisdom. "This technology represents a breakthrough in content,
convenience, and cost for millions of wireless phone users that want mobile
access to AAA services. In addition, participating AAA members will now
have the added capability to send their GPS location to AAA when they
require roadside assistance."
AAA Mobile's main menu provides users with the option to:
-- Search for AAA reviewed points of interest from AAA's travel-tested
TourBook guides, Show Your Card & Save® merchants, AAA Approved Auto
Repair facilities, and AAA district offices, as well as ATMs, gas stations,
theaters and other businesses;
-- Navigate to a destination in the United States using turn-by-turn
directions with audible prompts and automatic rerouting if users miss a
turn; and
-- View maps of selected locations and store destinations for quick
recall.
Subscribers can search by category, such as hotel or restaurant, for the
closest locations or those that match all or part of a business name. AAA
Mobile users also can view a map of their current location, another
address, an intersection, airport, or a bookmarked or recently used
location. Pan and zoom functions allow users to scroll to a place on the
map, search for a nearby business, or request a route to that location.
Contact Information: Contact:
Elaine Beno
Carol Thorp
714-885-2333