Trimble Outdoors Hands-on for BlackBerry
January 10th, 2008 by Sarah E. Anderson
Trimble Outdoors puts GPS on your BlackBerry 8830 or Pearl 2. The GPS software maker showed off its off-road navigator, fitness software, and geocache software, all of which are available–independent of the carriers–for smart phones.
We got a quick demo of the geocashing software, and for those who are into that, this definitely looks like a good way to go. Because it’s on your BlackBerry, you have access to all sorts of information, including others’ posts with clues about how they found a given cache, and it allows you to be more spontaneous in your geocaching because you don’t need to start at home online and then venture out. You can just be out with some time to kill, and see what’s nearby. The service will be $5.99 per month or $39.99 per year.
January 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Sarah, any ideas which leaders out there in GPS technology have a competitive edge over the others? In your opinion, might any of these be worthy of investing in (through their stock)? Just wondering. Thanks!
Liz