[nabs-l] Fwd: Mobile Geo 2.5, Now available!

Tue May 25 00:48:22 UTC 2010

>From: "Code Factory News (no reply)" <enews at codefactory.info>
>To: <dandrews at visi.com>
>Subject: Mobile Geo 2.5, Now available!
>Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:48:05 +0200
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>Caroline Ragot - Marketing Director
><mailto:marketing at codefactory.es>marketing at codefactory.es
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>Mobile Geo 2.5
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>Mobile Geo 2.5, Now available!
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>Support for 2010 Maps and POIs, Manual Route 
>Creation, Address Search by Zip Code and More...
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, May 24, 2010
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>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 
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=336>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=336
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>"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!"
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>Main highlights of Mobile Geo 2.5:
>    * Compatibility with 2010 maps and POIs, 
> available at 
> <http://mobilegeo.senderogroup.com/users>http://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 
> <http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=336#Maps>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=336#Maps 
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>    * 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.
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>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.
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>The direct link to download Mobile Geo 2.5 is 
><http://www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_5/product_20/version_105/MobileGeo_2_5_21.zip>http://www.codefactory.es/download.asp?file=family_5/product_20/version_105/MobileGeo_2_5_21.zip 
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>To upgrade from Mobile Geo 1.5 to Mobile Geo 2.5 
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><http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=410>http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=410 
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>To get a free trial of Mobile Geo 2.5, visit 
><http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=409>http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=409 
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>To read the complete list of new features and 
>enhancements in Mobile Geo 2.5, visit 
><http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=413>http://codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=413 
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>About Code Factory
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>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.
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>For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.:
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>Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona)
><http://www.codefactory.cat/helpdesk/>HelpDesk, www.codefactory.es
>Code Factory, S.L. - 2010
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