While the iPhone seemed to be preeminent in the number and variety of useful apps available to its users, Android phones are steadily catching up. Announced December 17, 2009, Trimble is moving quickly to give Android phone users more innovative features with a new version of its Trimble Outdoors application for the Android Marketplace. The new version is the most complete and user-friendly navigation tool for outdoor enthusiasts to find their way, capture their excursions with multimedia, and share with others through the Trimble Outdoors community. In November, Trimble introduced its GPS fitness app.
The Trimble Outdoors application on the Android platform has new features that allows users to easily turn their mobile phones into complete, powerful GPS navigation units--no extra devices needed.
Trimble Outdoors is the ultimate application for hiking, backpacking, fishing and other outdoor activities and has the following key new features:
Social networking, waypoint navigation, and functionality when one is out of network provide a substantial feature set for Droid and others.