AT&T adds traffic information to selected BlackBerry users
By Dusan Belic on Friday, June 8th, 2007 at 1:44 AM PST In AT&T, Announcements, LBS, Services
Cingular/AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced that its customers with BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) 8800, Pearl, 8700c and the new BlackBerry Curve can now access to traffic information and rerouting services through TeleNav Traffic.
The new service is designed to help AT&T customers get they way around the city traffic, by alerting them through voice and on-screen prompts to traffic slowdowns and incidents along their programmed travel route — and by providing them with an alternative routes. TeleNav Traffic calculates and provides an ongoing estimated time of arrival based on the customer’s current route and the latest traffic information. Subscribers can also view traffic information on a map and see details of surrounding traffic situations.
TeleNav Traffic is a feature of the latest version of TeleNav GPS Navigator and is offered as a free feature upgrade for TeleNav GPS Navigator subscribers. More information about TeleNav Traffic is available from here.
