Finding your way around just got a little easier thanks to the release of MapQuest Mobile v2.5.
With new extended coverage now available in Canada, MapQuest Mobile provides subscribers with enhanced tools needed to find a place to go, while already on the go.
New features offered by the service include, multi-routing
to get to and from point A, B, and C easier, options for the fastest or shortest route, as well as reverse directions.
"We're focused on offering mobile solutions to help consumers find places while they are on the go. Enhancing our product offering for mobile phone users and expanding our MapQuest Mobile coverage to Canada provides convenient and compelling solutions for subscribers to get to their destinations," commented Alan Beiagi, Director of Wireless for MapQuest in a statement.
MapQuest is best known for their ability to help people find the places they need to go. By offering the same functionality to user's mobile phones, finding a place to go, while on the go, is easier and more practical. By enhancing their offerings for mobile users, new features provide advanced functionality.
Lost on foot? No problem. Grab your cell phone. MapQuest Mobile v2.5 also includes walking directions. Not sure where you want to go? The new version also includes access to MapQuest's more than 15 million points of interest including stores, restaurants and hotels users are also able to store popular locations as favorites or use a click-to-call feature for contacting their destination.
MapQuest also announced today that their MapQuest Navigator GPS-enabled application is now available on Sprint (
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Alert) and Nextel Blackberry devices. The solution turns your phone into an in-car navigation type system while still allowing phone calls to be received.
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