Another smartphone app - for Google's Android

Today, we're announcing the launch of another service-based app for smartphones, specifically the ones that run on Google's Android® operating system. The best-known of these smartphones is Motorola's Droid®, but the new Guidepoint App works on any of the other smartphones that run on the operating system.

Like the app we created for the iPhone, this new one is a service-based app that can be downloaded for free and allows users to control their vehicle or gain access to a variety of location-based services including stolen vehicle recovery, driving directions, emergency help and other assistance.

Guidepoint’s app uses a smartphone’s built-in GPS technology and its wireless connectivity to deliver the phone’s exact location to Guidepoint. Once the app is activated, users can set up an online account with Guidepoint and access services with just a few touches of their Droid screen.

Our CTO, Tom Gafford, said this: “We’ve designed our Android app so that users can quickly and easily access our 24/7365 response centers. The integration of our services with the available technology on the Droid and other smartphones that run on the Android operating system lets us quickly deliver whatever the customer needs to his or her exact location.”

Rand, our CEO added this: “The new Android app extends the availability of our award-winning services, which we’ve developed over the past decade. It’s another great example of why we focus on being a service company rather than a technology company. As manufacturers of unique technologies such as the smartphones continue to develop new technology, we want to partner with them to deliver innovative, highly valued services to consumers and business owners.”

Bottom line, we're beginning to leverage our capabilities as a service provider with smartphone apps, as well as some other projects we're working on with radio-nav suppliers, GPS companies and other technology makers who want to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. Things are going to get interesting here in the coming months.