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PalmPak Travel Card: Rand McNally Road Atlas Wins Best of COMDEX Award
Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Rand McNally and
Palm received
a Best of COMDEX 2001 award for the best mobile/handheld software at this
year's event. The award was presented by a group of leading technology
publications to Palm and Rand McNally for the co-branded PalmPak(R) Travel
Card: Rand McNally Road Atlas for Palm(TM) m505, m500 and m125 handhelds that
are based on Rand McNally's flagship print Road Atlas.
The PalmPak Travel Card: Rand McNally Road Atlas contains maps and road
travel information for the United States (excluding Hawaii and Alaska),
allowing users to create city-to-city driving directions for more than
12,000 cities, and includes a detailed database of amenities for more than
10,000 highway exits.
"We are thrilled that the PalmPak Travel Card: Rand McNally Road Atlas has been selected as the best of the many mobile/handheld software applications presented at COMDEX," said Robert P. Denaro, senior vice president for Rand McNally's business-to-business unit. "Just as Rand McNally's flagship paper Road Atlas has been indispensable to drivers across the nation, we believe that our move to the digital realm via Palm's Expansion Cards will be a huge hit with consumers, especially as more travelers are taking to their cars more for both business and leisure trips." "This solution truly exemplifies the power of Palm Expansion Cards -- now you won't get lost if you have your Palm m125, m500 or m505 handheld," said Kevin Hell, senior vice president of product management, Solutions Group, at Palm, Inc. "The Palm Expansion Card technology enables users to access a whole new world of information, wherever they are." The PalmPak Travel Card: Rand McNally Road Atlas features more than a half million miles of U.S. highways and major roads, the most of any Palm handheld mapping application to date. Users will be able to create city-to-city driving directions and access the detailed database of highway exit information, which includes gas, lodging, food and ATMs. Additional functions include the ability to search by city, state, exit number, radius and three-letter airport codes; mileage and driving time calculations; and narrative descriptions of thousands of Rand McNally-researched point-of-interest listings, such as shopping and attractions. The PalmPak Travel Card: Rand McNally Road Atlas also coordinates with Rand McNally's print Road Atlas through consistent page and grid references in both products. The new Rand McNally Road Atlas PalmPak Travel Card has an estimated street price of $39.95 and is scheduled to be available in retail stores in the United States and Canada in late November and also online at the Travel Store on randmcnally.com (http://www.randmcnally.com) and The Palm Store (http://store.palm.com). About Rand McNally Rand McNally & Company, founded in 1856, is the world's premier provider of mapping, routing and travel solutions for consumers and businesses via print, software, the Internet and handheld devices. In addition to publishing the flagship Rand McNally Road Atlas, the company operates 28 Map & Travel stores across the United States and provides online travel services at randmcnally.com. The company includes Thomas Bros. Maps, Rand McNally Canada, Rand McNally-TDM, Inc. and also creates geographic information for reference and education. For more information about Rand McNally, call 800-333-0136, Ext. 6171 or visit http://www.randmcnally.com. About Palm, Inc. Palm, Inc. is a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, according to IDC (December 2000). Based on the Palm OS(R) platform, Palm's handheld solutions allow people to carry and access their most critical information wherever they go. Palm(TM) handhelds address the needs of individuals, enterprises and educational institutions through thousands of application solutions. The Palm OS platform is also the foundation for products from Palm's licensees and strategic partners, such as Acer, Franklin Covey, HandEra (formerly TRG), Handspring, IBM, Kyocera, Samsung, Sony and Symbol Technologies. Platform licensees also include AlphaSmart, Garmin and Nokia. The Palm Economy is a growing global community of industry-leading licensees, world-class OEM customers, and approximately 175,000 innovative developers and solution providers that have registered to develop solutions based on the Palm OS platform. Palm went public on March 2, 2000. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol PALM. More information is available at http://www.palm.com. MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here SOURCE Palm, Inc. [] Similar |
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