RoadPilot Mobile

The growing rise of roadside and mobile speed cameras for the enforcement of speed limits in the UK and Europe, has put a greater risk on motorists losing their licence. RoadPilot has now launched a cost effective downloadable speed camera application for a smart phone  to help drivers keep on the right side of the law.

RoadPilot Mobile is available on an annual subscription basis (price to be announced shortly) however to mark the launch they are offering a no-strings free trial which will run until February 2010. 

The application is available on the following handsets from launch:

Nokia: N95, N95 8GB, N78, N79, N82, N85, N96, E66, E71, E75, 6110 Navigator, 6210 Navigator, 6220 Classic

Other handsets to follow:  RIM Blackberry,Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Apple iPhone, Windows Mobile and Android-compatible handsets, plus more Symbian phones

How RoadPilot Mobile works:

RoadPilot Mobile uses GPS technology to triangulate the vehicle’s position in relation to the firm’s database of European speed camera sites.

As the vehicle approaches a known camera site, the application can give a combination of visual and audio alerts depending on whether the vehicle’s speed exceeds the local limit.  When not in alert mode, RoadPilot Mobile displays the vehicle’s speed and bearing via a rotating compass.

Smartnav on smartphones

Smartnav Mobile is now available on the most smartmobiles including the iPhone, Nokia and Blackberry, as well as Windows-based GPS mobiles.

Smartnav is easy to download and simple to use and offers real-time traffic data and road speeds to keep motorists on the best available route at any given time. If there is a blockage or slow moving traffic an immediate alternative is downloaded to the phone.

Just enter a postcode into the phone and within a minute a route will be loaded. Or just call the Trafficmaster Personal Assistants, who will find your destination and download the route to your phone.

John Lawrence, Sales & Marketing Director of Trafficmaster plc said,”Putting it on the leading smartphones makes Smartnav Mobile readily available as both a business and lifestyle application and will help motorists save time, fuel and mileage by keeping them on the best route at all times, avoiding congestion and unnecessary delays”.

Honest John

Honest John, the leading independent motorist website, has launched a new service whereby you can download car road tests and videos via a free App to your Apple iPhone.

Most drivers usually rely on a friend or colleague if they visit a car showroom so this useful service will enable you to have all their latest data at your fingertips.

The new application, as well as delivering independent news, road tests and videos from the Honest John website, also allows access to the website’s backroom, where an interactive forum discusses many other motoring issues. Honest John is a popular car site and receives over 750K unique visitors per month so this new App is bound to be popular.

Honest John, who is a partner of Comparecontracthire.com, is also promising that the new App will be available on other smart phones like Nokia and Blackberry in due course.

Trafficmaster live road map

Trafficmaster, the UK’s leading traffic solutions and satellite navigation company, has been awarded first place for the Best Handheld Satnav category from Business Car magazine. Using Trafficmaster Mobile, users can get live traffic information coupled with the best satellite navigation technology.

The Smartnav Mobile system offers Trafficmaster’s route planning with accurate traffic information, business mileage reporting system, speed camera alerts and personal tracking – all available with the application. John Lawrence, Sales and Marketing Director,Trafficmaster plc, said “Trafficmaster Mobile is quite simply one of the most significant developments in portable satnav technology for many years”. The application will  be available on Blackberry and then Nokia and iPhone later in the year.

Trafficmaster also works with Comparecontracthire.com, to offer drivers access to their real live UK traffic information map. Zoom in and out, throughout the whole of the UK , to see where the delays are on all the main motorways. A useful tool if you are setting off this weekend for the Bank Holiday break.  

Further information on Trafficmaster Mobile can be found at www.trafficmaster.co.uk/mobile