MWC 2011: , ROUTE 66 unveils 2 new applications

WorldWideTech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.


1. ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation for Android phones with "Follow Me" Augmented Reality Navigation featuring TomTom Maps and Content.

2. Drive & Walk for SAMSUNG Android phones with "Follow Me" Augmented Reality Navigation powered by ROUTE 66 and NAVTEQ.

ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation: Follow Me Demo: 

ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation: Map Viewer Demo: 

Press Release: 

ROUTE 66, a pioneer in mobile mapping and navigation solutions for smartphones and tablets, today announces the launch of ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation, a new app for Android leveraging TomTom’s highly accurate maps and enhanced location content. ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation is the first application coming to market that is based on the global agreement between ROUTE 66 and TomTom announced at the end of 2010.


Premium Navigation with Free Map Browsing


This new ROUTE 66 app is a feature-packed mapping and navigation solution for drivers and pedestrians around the globe. The app provides access to the latest crystal-clear maps for over 100 countries, with stunning 3D graphics, packed with handy links to useful information like the weather and Wikipedia. Users can explore maps in any direction with multi-touch gestures for zooming, moving, tilting and rotating the view, even during navigation. ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation provides navigation with clear spoken directions in 57 languages, optional Real Time Traffic and Speed Camera services and a number of unique extras, including the spectacular Follow Me augmented reality feature. Maps are free to download and also included is a 30 days free worldwide navigation license.


Follow Me™ Augmented Reality


In addition to a full range of premium navigation features, ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation now has Follow Me. Follow Me shows video of the street in front of you using the camera of the phone or tablet and adds a virtual 3D car driving in front of you. Indicator lights flash to tell you where to turn left or right. This is augmented reality navigation at its best: your own Follow Me car on top of a live camera image, combined with crisp, clear, spoken directions which make finding your way more intuitive and more fun than ever before.


Map storage taken to a new level


With ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation users can access map data in various ways. The app automatically downloads the map data needed from high-speed servers to phone or tablet as you go, providing access to the very latest and most accurate maps whenever is needed. Users can also store complete maps on their smartphone or tablet using Wi-Fi before they go on the road, avoiding data roaming charges while abroad and ensuring instant access with guaranteed performance, whatever the local network reception.


TomTom Maps and Location Content


ROUTE 66 selected TomTom as the provider of map data for ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation to ensure its users the best possible mapping and navigation experience available. For this brand new app, ROUTE 66 is using TomTom maps, and a wide range of location content such as 3D City Maps, 3D Landmarks and Premium POIs.


“We are extremely pleased to provide a critical component in this compelling new ROUTE 66 application,” said Maarten van Gool, Managing Director, TomTom Licensing. “Our maps rate very highly in terms of quality and reliability, and are updated daily via millions of GPS system users worldwide, who help to track and validate changes in real time.”


“ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation provides the future of navigation, today,” said Paul Warmer, ROUTE 66 Vice President Marketing. “And it’s also great fun to use. Everyone who tested our new product, became hooked on the unique Follow Me feature, which we believe is a major step forward in making navigation more intuitive and a lot more fun.”


Availability and pricing


ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation is available soon via Android Market. ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation offers lifetime free access to maps. Turn-by-turn navigation is a premium feature, which can be purchased via the in-app store. Navigation licenses are available for 30 days, one year and lifetime. See the License menu for the in-app store for actual end-user prices. ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation comes with a 30 days free worldwide navigation license. The app is compatible with Android 2.1 and later.


Further Information


About ROUTE 66


ROUTE 66 is a pioneer of smart, easy-to-use navigation solutions for mobile devices under the ROUTE 66 brand, as well as developing bespoke solutions and software development kits for the world's largest mobile device manufacturers. The company also provides a wide range of additional geographic content and location-based services. Headquartered near Zürich (Switzerland), ROUTE 66 has offices in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia and sells its products and services worldwide. For more information please visit www.66.com.


About TomTom


Founded in 1991, TomTom (AEX:TOM2) is the world’s leading supplier of location and navigation products and services focused on providing all drivers with the world’s best navigation experience. Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has 3,500 employees and sells its products in over 40 countries.


Our products include portable navigation devices, in-dash infotainment systems, fleet management solutions, maps and real-time services, including the award winning HD Traffic™.


For further information, please visit www.tomtom.com/licensing.


Contact


Both ROUTE 66 and TomTom are present at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Please email us to schedule a meeting or to get more information.


ROUTE 66, Emilia Iacob: press@66.com or call +41 315500353.


TomTom, Sandra Van Hauwaert: Sandra.VanHauwaert@tomtom.com or call +32 (0)497 25 18 16.

Samsung : Route 66, Samsung extends the GPS navigation application to other models

Samsung should feel very comfortable with the presence of the application Route 66 in its first mobile with operating system Bada (the native platform to Samsung for smartphones), and has decided to export the navigation of software GPS and extend it to other Family terminals Wave. And for that, has articulated a promotion to encourage users to purchase a license for a year of this application. The price of acquiring such a license are 30, 40 and 50 euros, depending on if we acquire the maps of a country, half of the continent or in Europe. 

Moreover, within this promotion, Samsung and Route 66 offer for one year a package of radar information of the area was purchased with the license. Once beyond the free year of service, the renovation would cost between five, eight or ten euros, depending on the extent of the contracted area.

The service supplied in pre Route 66 could find so far only in Wave Samsung S8500, the first line opened earlier this year. However, with this campaign, the manufacturer Korean wants to extend the presence of the application on their phones Samsung S8530, Samsung 575 and Samsung 723, a promotion from the company dilate until June next year.

The utility that provides true Route 66 in Mobile Samsung family Wave is in fact not to resort to data communication in real time, but the application stores the maps and data of interest for navigation, using the sensor GPS that install these four terminals. Yes, is against the fact that it must have updated the data with those subscriptions to actually use proper Route 66. At least in the section on radar.

Before news : Oct 20, 2010

Samsung Wave, in association with Route 66, A provider of navigation software for mobile navigation, launched a promotion that gives a year to update the database of speed cameras on the purchase of GPS Navigator license for life.

Mobile phones are no longer only that, phone, to become true multi-function devices. With the introduction of GPS chip as a regular extra on the most modern terminals, the terminals have succeeded in providing the functions of most advanced GPS navigators. To harness the potential of this feature in the Samsung Wave, Route 66 promoting his full navigation software for this OS model with Bada.

Only Samsung Wave
Route 66 is available for multiple mobile platforms, but this time focused on the brand new operating system that launches Samsung Bada model called Wave. the potential of this device with a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and Super Screen 3.3-inch AMOLED make it the perfect device.

A comprehensive browser
Route 66 has everything you need to guide you comfortably through numerous roads in your country or continent. Not only do you have a guide for both vehicles and pedestrians, but you can find on the map the different services that are available in a good radio from your position. Hotels, gas stations, parking or places of interest are displayed on the screen of Samsung Wave. A wide range of possibilities opens up in the palm of your hand with Route 66. Best of all, no doubt, you will not need to use Internet connection to work with this GPS and the maps are installed in phone memory, a fact that will provide the software at any time without extra charges on your bill the phone.

Lifetime Navigation
Route 66 can be tested for 30 in all its glory. Once the trial period, you may use the maps without any problems. However, to continue to enjoy the automatic navigation, which will be licensed with prices from 29.95 euros. If we opt for the lifetime license, Route promoted for one year free of charge to update the database of fixed speed cameras by geography. With this function, the GPS navigator we give reasonable notice of the existence of a speed control point, helping to prevent unsightly smile traffic fines for speeding. You can access all information from the official website of Route 66 for Samsung Wave.