Chris Leckness

AAA TourBook Guide Travel Information, Navigation, Member Roadside Assistance, Now Available for BlackBerry 8830 and 8130 Through Downloadable GPS Application Powered by Networks In Motion
AAA, today announced that AAA Mobile is now available for download on the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition and BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) the first smartphones compatible with the award-winning navigation and local search application from AAA.
AAA Mobile subscribers, whether they are AAA members or non-members,
can now use a BlackBerry smartphone to receive visual and audible
directions to any travel destination in the U.S.; locate AAA Approved
points of interest (POIs), including Diamond Rated hotels and restaurants;
and search more than 100,000 locations that offer AAA Show Your Card & Save member savings. AAA Mobile subscribers can review detailed AAA descriptions for POIs on their smartphone, receive a map showing a destination on the mobile phone screen, receive audible turn-by-turn navigation to the destination, and bookmark locations as favorites for quick recall in future.



If AAA members experience vehicle difficulties, AAA Mobile streamlines access to AAA's member roadside assistance service. The press of a single
button on the BlackBerry smartphone sends the member's GPS location to AAA and connects the member with AAA for reliable roadside assistance services
"Now business travelers can use a BlackBerry smartphone to search for a
AAA Diamond Rated restaurant or hotel, and members can send AAA their GPS location if they require roadside assistance," said Marshall L. Doney, Vice President, Automotive at AAA.
Powered by the industry-leading Networks In Motion (NIM) location-based
services platform, AAA Mobile is available for download onto the BlackBerry
8830 World Edition and BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphones for a monthly
subscription price of $9.99.
More information, including a complete list of which mobile phones are
compatible with AAA Mobile and directions for downloading the application
onto phones, is available at http://www.AAA.com/AAAMobile.
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