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Road Angel, the UK’s market leading driver safety system, launched a mobile phone application that transforms a Symbian smartphone into a driver safety system.
The new application warns drivers of various hazards that may threaten their safety or driving licence, including fixed and mobile camera positions, average speed monitoring areas, accident blackspots, primary school locations and congestion charging zones. Whenever a potential hazard is encountered Road Angel Mobile provides visible and audible alerts to ensure the driver’s attention stays focused on the road.
In addition, to provide the application with the satellite signal needed to calculate their position, drivers need to use a suitable Bluetooth GPS receiver.
Users can purchase the subscription, which covers the access to the constantly updated Road Angel database. Subscriptions are conveniently charged directly to the handset and are automatically renewed each week, although they may be cancelled by the user at any time. Registration and download of Road Angel Mobile cost £5.00 and the £1.50 data subscription is charged on a weekly basis.
Presently, Road Angel Mobile runs on most Nokia smartphones using Symbian S60 2nd Edition. No info on S60 3rd edition version.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
