Mobile Geo
Accessible GPS Software for Cell Phones
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Mobile Geo is the world's first Windows Mobile GPS software for the visually impaired on off-the-shelf mainstream wireless devices. Powered by GPS technology from the award-winning Sendero Group, Mobile Geo marks another milestone in Code Factory's quest to be the reference in innovation and visionary leadership.

What is unique about Mobile Geo?

Mobile Geo is a product comparable to its off-the-shelf retail GPS counterparts. Developed by Code Factory access technology specialists, Mobile Geo is designed from the ground up to provide specialized information like the “Explore” and “Look Around” modes for blind and low vision travelers, a unique feature to Geo.

Mobile Geo runs efficiently on an ever-increasing number of handheld wireless devices from the world's most popular and reliable manufacturers including A T & T Wireless, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, HP, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Dell, Palm and many more.

Mobile Geo is affordable. Mobile Geo does not require high-priced proprietary hardware. Combined with Mobile Speak, your wireless handset becomes an accessible media center, notetaker, personal information organizer, and your very own navigator.

With Code Factory's user-centered licensing system, Mobile Geo users can transfer their license from one device to another whenever they wish, at no additional cost.

Featuring an array of navigation tools, such as the ability to explore the most up-to-date maps available in a virtual environment, users of Mobile Geo can create, edit, save routes and explore any area without even leaving home. Data for Geo is always present on the device's memory card. No need to worry about losing a data connection or paying monthly fees for online map data.

Mike May, CEO of Sendero, says, “I have found a powerful synergy between our two nimble companies to create innovative products. We know that blind people deserve many options to suit a variety of needs and budgets. Mobile Geo is something I could only dream of when Charles LaPierre and I began working on accessible GPS in the mid 90's, and here it is!”

Some of the unique features of Mobile Geo are:

1. It is activated using Code Factory's User-Centered Licensing system, which allows you to easily transfer your product license from one mobile device to another.
2. On Windows Mobile Standard Smartphones, it uses vibration alerts patterned after the Morse code of the first letter of the event to notify you of approaching turns, upcoming waypoint intersections, arrival at your destination, etc.
3. It is integrated with the phone's Contacts application, allowing you to select a contact and set the home/work address associated with it as your destination, starting point for a route, or to save it as a user-defined point of interest (POI).
4. It gives you an easy way to call a restaurant, shop, school or any point of interest nearby, using your cell phone, by simply selecting that place from the extensive business database or your own list of user-defined POIs.
5. It works with external Bluetooth GPS receivers from Holux, RoyalTech, GlobalSat and most other manufacturers, as well as working with the built-in GPS receivers present in some mobile devices such as the Samsung Blackjack II, A T & T Tilt, Sprint Motorola Q9C, Motorola Q Global, PPC 6800 Mogul and XV6800.
6. It is available with map data and POI files for different countries including the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Greece, South Africa and Singapore/Malaysia/Hong Kong region.

Learn more about the reasons why Mobile Geo presents the best investment to a blind person looking for a powerful, intuitive and portable GPS product. Visit http://www.codefactory.es/MobileGeo.

“Working with Sendero Group has been a very enriching experience. The challenge of putting together the efforts and know-how of Code Factory in accessible mobile phones, and Sendero Group’s expertise in accessible GPS and talking maps, has been successfully met and Mobile Geo is its evidence,” explains Eduard Sánchez, Code Factory's CEO. “With this new product, we offer the blind and visually impaired an excellent navigation aid assisting in more independent and safe travel and allows exploration of much of the world with a truly portable device.”

What can Mobile Geo do?

• The main screen of the application always displays the most important information including GPS status, current position and heading, nearest POI and intersection, upcoming route waypoint, and active modes.
• Open the “Where am I” screen anytime to find out details about your current location (address, street, city), nearest POI and intersection, and map coordinates (longitude and latitude).
• Create, recalculate, reverse, save, load and cancel routes.
• Quickly get information about upcoming turns and nearby intersections and POIs.
• Select an address, set your current GPS position, enter latitude/longitude coordinates or set a POI or waypoint as destination, virtual position or user POI.
• Create, search, share, edit and delete POIs.
• Apart from the GPS navigation mode which continuously keeps track of your GPS position in relation to the route waypoints or nearby addresses, you can also use Virtual Navigation mode to explore your immediate vicinity on the map without physically being at these locations. This means that even while following a route, you can get an overview of your surrounding area and continue to receive real-time GPS information.

Here are 20 reasons to get going with Mobile Geo:

1. GEO IS BACKED BY THE BEST
Based on the revolutionary technology of the Sendero Group, makers of innovative refreshable Braille navigation products such as the BrailleNote GPS, Mobile Geo is the first, best software GPS solution for the blind and Low Vision that can be installed on mainstream mobile phones and wireless devices.

2. GEO WILL LOOK FOR YOU
When you're on the move with Mobile Geo, be it at either 1 mile per hour or 101 miles per hour, relax while Geo automatically announces upcoming intersections, points of interests, city names and so much more; all through the comfort and convenience of your mobile phone. Want privacy? No problem, simply attach your favorite wired or Bluetooth headset to your phone and "You're Ready to Go."

3. GEO GIVES YOU VIRTUAL REALITY
Want to experience a real virtual reality? With the combined power and technical resources of Code Factory and Sendero, use Mobile Geo to explore your world without ever leaving home. That's right! Geo lets you preview a route or visit a distant city, including its points of interests, with the virtual flick of a real switch.

4. GEO'S GOT YOUR BACK
Seamlessly slide Geo to the background when you want to make or answer a telephone call, send text messages, read emails, surf the web, whatever and whenever you want and Geo will continue to provide "LookAround" announcements.

5. GEO LISTENS TO YOU
Mobile Geo is the first and only world-class GPS navigation software solution for the blind and Low Vision that is 100% compatible with Microsoft Voice Command, a voice interface solution that allows you to issue commands by merely speaking them into the phone. So, the next time you find yourself walking up the boulevard or rolling down the street ask Geo and it will tell you where you are, the distance to the next intersection or what turn you should make next. Don't worry, even when you're exploring your world in Virtual Mode, Geo can still hear you and will respond to your commands. It just doesn't get any better than this.

6. GEO'S HOT
Feel the heat of Mobile Geo one-touch Hotkey commands; just tap a key and enjoy Geo's lightning-fast reply, telling you everything you want to know.

7. GEO'S GOT VIBES
Not only will Geo navigate, listen, and reply with speech and audio feedback, it will also shake you up. Geo will move your body as it tells you how to move through your world with its innovative Morse Code-based vibratory feedback alert system. Deaf-blind travelers will find this feature especially useful.

8. GEO'S GOT POI POWER
Looking for a particular point of interest? With Mobile Geo, you have the world's most powerful POI and intuitive mobile search engine at your fingertips. Mobile Geo is the one and only GPS mobile software solution that, in addition to the traditional search criteria such as name, street, City, and web address, allows you to search for points of interests in a specific direction of travel.

9. GEO IS INDEPENDENT
With Mobile Geo, no data plan? No problem. Because all of Mobile Geo's active mapping and POI information is stored directly on your mobile phone, there is absolutely no need to pay for a wireless provider data plan. When you've got Geo and built-in or external GPS receiver, you’ve got all you need.

10. GEO WILL MOVE WHEN YOU WANT IT TO
Code Factory has implemented its User Centered Licensing policy into Mobile Geo. So, when you're ready to move to another mobile phone or wireless device, Geo will move with you, for free.

11. GEO KEEPS COUNT FOR YOU
With its onboard pedometer, Mobile Geo will count the distance you travel, so you don't have to.

12. GEO WILL CONTACT YOU
With the new Mobile Geo Contact interface, not only can you lookup and call those listed in your phone's Contacts List, but you can also set the Contact's address as a destination or virtual position.

13. GEO LETS YOU DABBLE WITH THE DETAILS
When you open a POI's Details Screen, Mobile Geo lets you act on its information such as dialing its telephone number, sending an e-mail, or browsing to its web page.

14. GEO KEEPS YOU WARM
Engage Mobile Geo's "Getting Warmer" function to gage the remaining distance and direction-heading to a specific destination or street.

15. GEO LETS YOU SET THE STANDARD
Mobile Geo lets you set your preferred settings like never before. Quickly and easily modify the look and feel of your Mobile Geo experience by customizing everything from sounds and vibration to adjusting the announcement distance for approach and arrival.

16. GEO REMEMBERS YOUR HISTORY
Avoid missing important navigation alerts because of ambient noise, SMS notifications, calendar reminders, or incoming telephone calls by using Mobile Geo's "Announcement History" feature. Engaging this robust navigation tool insures that you will never again miss a step, turn, or route instruction as you travel from place-to-place.

17. GEO LETS YOU SWITCH
Because Mobile Geo is a Windows Mobile application, you can switch between the two wireless signal networks, GSM and CDMA. Note that in the USA, A T & T Wireless and T-Mobile are the major GSM wireless providers while Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS are the major CDMA wireless providers.

18. GEO LETS YOU BUY MAPS AS A BUNDLE
With Mobile Geo, you can purchase maps for 15 European countries, as a map bundle, for only $60.00.

19. GEO LETS YOU TRY A TRIAL
Want to test-drive Mobile Geo? It’s so easy! Simply follow the instructions at: http://www.codefactory.es/additional_docs/en/MG/MG_get_a_trial.html

20. GEO'S WAITING FOR YOU
Purchasing Mobile Geo is only the first step in becoming a member of Team Geo. Code Factory is the only accessible Mobile GPS navigation software developer committed to cultivating a world-class, real-life, on-demand customer-based support system. When you’re ready, apply to become a Mobile Geo Beta Tester, an E-mail Listserv contributor or even a Mobile Geo script developer. Team Geo is right here, waiting for you.

Mobile Geo can now be controlled by voice: Version 1.5 is available as a free update for Version 1.0 users

Support for Microsoft Voice Command, implementation of a pedometer, significant improvement in POI functionality, and updated maps and POIs

This is a free update for users of version 1, which was released in September 2008. In the tradition of Sendero and Code Factory product development, the feedback from Geo users has been quickly incorporated into version 1.5 to include support for Microsoft Voice Command, new setting to define the maximum speed to announce approaching intersections, pedometer function to keep track of the traveled distance, new map and POI data, and many new ways to work with those points of interest.

It makes most sense to hear about the points of interest in your direction of travel, something unique to Mobile Geo and the latest Sendero GPS products. The portability and convenience of GPS in your Windows Mobile device is unparalleled, especially given the latest Geo features. Also unique to Geo are the vibration alerts. The automatic lookaround capabilities of Geo far outstrip other GPS phones, not to mention the Explore mode of Mobile Geo based on 9 years of Sendero GPS and talking map development.

If you don't already have a Windows Mobile phone, it is well worth obtaining one in order to have the many benefits of Code Factory's Mobile Geo accessible GPS.

For a comprehensive list of changes from version 1 to version 1.5, go to http://www.codefactory.es/additional_docs/en/MG/MG_changes_V1.0toV1.5.html.

If you are an existing user, we encourage you to update to Version 1.5 free of charge. To learn more, visit http://www.codefactory.es/additional_docs/en/MG/MG_upgrade_1.0_to_1.5.html.

We invite you to listen to an audio review of Mobile Geo Version 1.0 recorded by Cory Martin: http://www.codefactory.es/additional_docs/en/Mobile%20GEO%20Review%20Final%20Release%20Version%202.mp3

To read the complete list of more than 50 features, visit http://www.codefactory.es/MobileGeo.

The Mobile Geo Quick Start Guide is an easy-to-understand tutorial that will enable you to immediately begin using the world's most innovative, comprehensive, portable, and dynamic GPS navigation software solution for the blind and Low Vision. In conjunction with the Users Manual, the Mobile Geo Quick Start Guide, with its informal one-on-one discussion style, will jumpstart your enthusiasm, streamline your learning curve, and give you the confidence to explore the community in which you live.

We encourage you to read this new tutorial written by one of our most advanced Mobile Geo users, Candle Shore's Mark Taylor, who is eager to share the various tips and tricks that make Mobile Geo a world-class product. When you're ready to take Mobile Geo for a test drive, the Mobile Geo Quick Start Guide will serve as the perfect roadmap as it introduces you to your very own wireless co-pilot for the first time.

So come on! Download Mobile Geo, read the Quick Start Guide, and turn your global world into a global village, one step at a time.

Start exploring your world with Mobile Geo now! Contact Florida Reading & Vision Technology at 1-800-981-5119 for your free 30-day trial license: http://www.codefactory.es/en/purchase.asp?id=54.

To download Mobile Geo, go to http://www.codefactory.es/en/downloads.asp?id=44 and check the Mobile Tools box.

To read Mobile Geo's User Guide, go to http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_3/product_15/version_65/Mobile_Geo_User_Guide.htm.

Mobile Geo is compatible with all the supported devices of Mobile Speak Pocket and Mobile Speak Smartphone.

Tech notes:
When you purchase a full license for Mobile Geo, this will include the license to use the GPS maps and POI files for the home country that you will specify.

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