[Promotion-technology] Fwd: Public Beta Mobile Geo 2.0, Now Available

[David Andrews]

>From: "Code Factory News (no reply)" <enews at codefactory.info>
>To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Public Beta Mobile Geo 2.0, Now Available
>Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:46:46 +0100
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>Logo Code Factory
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>Caroline Ragot - Marketing Director
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>Mobile Geo 2.0
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>Public Beta Mobile Geo 2.0, Now Available
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>Compatible with Mobile Speak 4.0 and Running Sendero GPS 6.2
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>Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, January 28, 2010
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>Public beta version 2.0 of Mobile Geo, Code 
>Factory's award-winning GPS navigation aid for 
>the blind and visually impaired, is now 
>available for download and purchase. Public beta 
>Mobile Geo 2.0 is compatible with the highly 
>anticipated Mobile Speak 4.0 as well as the 
>latest version of the Sendero Group's GPS technology, SDK 6.2.
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>“This upgrade of Geo is the first part of 
>version 2.0. For us, there were two priorities: 
>first to integrate the new Sendero SDK and 
>updated maps as soon as possible; and, second to 
>launch Mobile Geo 2.0 at the same time as Mobile 
>Speak 4.0 so that none of our users would be 
>left without their inseparable GPS” explains 
>Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory’s CEO. “We decided 
>to launch version 2.0 as a public beta because 
>we are still testing and making improvements. 
>Therefore the public beta means that in the next 
>couple of months we will release several free 
>updates. For example we already can announce 
>that we will include more Top Ten demanded 
>features such as manual route creation, new 
>verbosity settings, new ways to organize and 
>manage favorites, address search by zip/postal codes, and more”.
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>This first part of public beta Mobile Geo 2.0 
>includes new features which improve the Geo navigation experience, such as:
>    * Advanced address search which allows you 
> to enter any part of the address to search for it faster.
>    * Five times faster route creation when in Turns Only mode.
>    * More accurate distances and estimated time of arrival calculations.
>    * Improved heading averaging when walking in 
> a big city with narrow streets and high buildings.
>    * More information about the current street 
> when using the where am I function, such as 
> pedestrian only, split street, one-way, bridge, tunnel, etc.
>    * Ability to look up alpha numeric address 
> numbers. For example 23A Jones Street where 23A is the address number.
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>Another great benefit from public beta Mobile 
>Geo 2.0 is the updated 2009 maps and POIs as 
>well as new map bundles. If you are living in 
>one of the countries included in a map bundle, 
>you will receive free maps for all the other 
>countries which are part of the same bundle.
>    * European Map Bundle includes maps from 
> Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, 
> Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 
> Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, 
> Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
>    * North American Map Bundle includes maps 
> from United States, Canada, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam.
>    * Asian Map Bundle includes maps from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia.
>    * South African Map Bundle includes maps 
> from South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.
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>Since Mobile Geo 1.5, new countries have also 
>been added, such as Lesotho, Luxembourg, Mexico, 
>Poland, Turkey, South Africa, and Swaziland.
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>Public beta Mobile Geo 2.0 supports the same new 
>devices as Mobile Speak 4.0 for Windows Mobile. 
>Among the newly supported devices you will find 
>the HTC Touch Pro 2, HTC Touch 2, HTC Touch 
>Diamond 2, AT&T Titl 2, AT&T Pure, AT&T HP iPAQ 
>Glisten, HP iPAQ Data Messenger, Sprint Samsung 
>Intrepid, Samsung Omnia Pro B7610, Samsung Omnia 
>Pro B7330, Acer beTouch E101, and Sony Ericsson 
>Xperia x1. To read a full list of supported 
>devices, visit 
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/phoneslist.asp?id=343>http://www.codefactory.es/en/phoneslist.asp?id=343 
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>To learn more about Mobile Speak 4.0, visit 
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318>http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=318 
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>If you are already a user of Mobile Geo and wish 
>to upgrade to public beta Mobile Geo 2.0, 
>contact your distributor to ask more information 
>about the upgrade bundle of Mobile Speak 4.0 and 
>Mobile Geo 2.0. To consult the list of all the 
>official Code Factory distributors, visit 
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351>http://www.codefactory.es/en/page.asp?id=351
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>To read the updated manual of Mobile Geo 
>explaining how to install, upgrade and use the 
>new features, visit 
><http://www.codefactory.es/en/manuals.asp?id=89#family_1>http://www.codefactory.es/en/manuals.asp?id=89#family_1 
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>Known issues with public beta Mobile Geo 2.0 are:
>    * GPS position may stop tracking near highway ramps.
>    * Differences in POI searches depending on Basic or Advanced mode.
>    * Possible misbehaviour with reverse routes.
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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)
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