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adNav Announces Ad Supported GPS and Travel Concierge.


BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- adNav, a GPS marketing solutions company, (http://www.adNavinc.com) announced today its upcoming launch of Boomerang, an ad supported mobile concierge system integrated with GPS navigation See GPS. . adNav will showcase their product at CTIA (1) See CompTIA.

(2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry.
 Wireless I.T. and Entertainment in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . The Boomerang system offers tools and applications such as restaurant and city guides, weather, currency exchange calculators and mobile internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV.  access connected via cellular networks and WiFi to assist an every day traveler to enhance their navigation experience while away from home.

The product will be available at adNav partner hotels and car rental agencies as an added amenity a·men·i·ty  
n. pl. a·men·i·ties
1. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness.

2. Something that contributes to physical or material comfort.

3.
 for their customers and guests. Partners' services will include concierge recommendations and constant connectivity to the concierge desk. Boomerang is currently scheduled to be available first by early November in San Francisco, with launches in Vancouver, Canada and NYC NYC
abbr.
New York City


NYC New York City
 to follow before the end of the year.

Through the integration of an advertising interface, adNav will supply the Boomerang through their partners at a minimal fee to the end user eventually being free. "The Boomerang will revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize  
tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es
1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage.

2.
 the interaction that consumers have with their travel service providers," said Mordy Loksen, Co-Founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey.  of adNav. "By offering a product with constant connectivity, we have a multitude of exciting applications already and many more in the works that create an accurate, reliable offering that will enhance any trip."

When a traveler arrives at one of AdNav's partner hotel or car rental location, they will be offered the Boomerang for a few dollars a day. In addition to full functioning voice guided GPS navigation, the Boomerang will include unlimited access to the web through WiFi and cellular networks. As part of the city and restaurant guides, users will have access to hundreds of pages of geo coded information to allow them simply to touch the desired destination in the city guide and be seamlessly guided via GPS. Users will have unlimited access to live flight information, weather, language translator, currency exchange calculator, tip calculator and, of course, games.

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 digital map data and content, adNav's Boomerang will be demonstrated at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment in San Francisco in the Tele Atlas booth, Hall C, #1307/.

About adNav:

adNav, a GPS Marketing Solutions Company, has developed an innovative mobile GPS application that will change the interaction between consumers and their travel service providers. adNav builds custom applications to match the branding and service level of their partners. This offers their partners a unique mobile platform to stay connected to their customers and offer them Mobile Room Service and Concierge Contact as an added service for their customers. Through the integration of their Mobile Marketing platform, adNav and its partners are able to offer their product at little or no cost. For more information please email Info@adNavinc.com.
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