Tokyo, Japan -- November 2, 2010 -- NAVITIME JAPAN announced the release of the "Journey Pro by NAVITIME" application for Android, following the release of the iPhone application in August.
Currently, the following public transportation services and areas are covered in this application:
-- London Tube: All areas; 11 lines; 268 stations
-- Docklands Light Railway (DLR): All areas; 1 line; 40 stations
-- London Overground: All areas; 1 line; 78 stations
-- National Rail: All of Great Britain; 25 operators; 2678 stations
-- Tramlink: Greater London area; 1 line
-- River Service: London area; 9 lines
In addition to the features common to the iPhone and Android applications, the Android application comes with two widgets:
1) Last Service Alert: By registering the train station which is nearest to your home, the widget keeps track of the closest train station from your current location, and displays the departure time of the last train back home.
2) London Tube Status: Displays the operating status of the London Tube.
Further details about the application is available at http://www.navitime.com.
About NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd.
Headquartered in Tokyo, NAVITIME JAPAN has been providing navigation services on mobile phones since 2001. The multi-modal path-finding and voice navigation solution "NAVITIME" has won numerous awards, and currently serves over 4 million subscribers. NAVITIME JAPAN also develops and licenses route search engines; provides ASP services for route search and map distribution; and operates white label navigation services for mobile operators.
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Press Contact
Mari Sekine, Ryoko Arika
Email : pr_n@navitime.co.jp
Appendix
1. About the company
Company name : NAVITIME JAPAN CO.,LTD.
Address : 3-8-38 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan
President : Keisuke Ohnishi, Ph.D.
URL : http://www.navitime.com
Business :
1. Development and licensing of route search and map drawing engines
2. Development and licensing of route search data and drawing site chart data formats
3. Development of position information processing system
NAVITIME is a trademark in the U.S. and other countries.
2. Service lines
1) iPhone:
The application is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPod Touch (3rd Gen.), requiring iPhone OS version iOS 4.0 and above.
2) Android:
The application is compatible with Android devices with OS 1.6 and above.
4. Android application screenshots
5. Android widget images
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