14 DAY TRIAL // Trimble has released three of its GPS software applications for CDMA-based BlackBerry smartphones with built-in GPS, which include the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition and BlackBerry Pearl 8130. The AllSport GPS, Geocache Navigator, and Trimble Outdoors applications belong to the Trimble Outdoors family of GPS-on-cellular products, and are currently showcased at the CES in Las Vegas. Versions for GSM-based BlackBerry smartphones with built-in GPS, such as the BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8820, and BlackBerry Curve 8310, were released last year in November.
With the AllSport GPS application, BlackBerry smartphone users can track exercise activity by monitoring time, speed, calories burned, and distance traveled during outdoor workouts. Additionally, users may download map images and recommended routes to their phones, view performance statistics, and store workouts to monitor progress or share with friends. The application supports a variety of outdoor activities including walking, running, cycling and mountain biking.
Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt that is rapidly gaining widespread adoption worldwide. Geocache Navigator brings geocaching capabilities to the mobile phone and provides real time access to geocaching.com, the largest geocache database in the world. Using their GPS phone, geocachers can seek the caches using a radar-like interface that guides them toward their destination. Additionally, phone screens provide compass-based navigation, maps, speed, heading, location, distance, cache descriptions logs, hints and other useful information.
Trimble Outdoors is a complete outdoor trip planning and navigation solution that allows consumers to review and plan trips online, send routes, maps and waypoints wirelessly to their GPS phone and then use the phone as a full-featured GPS navigator to guide their adventures. The application allows users to get maps of their locations, track routes with a GPS bread-crumb trail, and mark and edit waypoints along the way. The application also features a digital compass displaying the user's coordinates, speed and heading. Users can also create photographic, video and audio notes of their trips for sharing online and viewing in Google Earth.
Each application can be purchased for a price of $39.99 per year or $5.99 per month. A 30-days trial version of AllSport GPS can be downloaded here; the trial version for Geocache Navigator is available here, and the Trimble Outdoors trial version can be found here.
