AAA's travel information, mapping and road service is now available on select GPS-enabled mobile phones via a newly launched service called AAA Mobile, AAA announced today.

The service provides audible, turn-by-turn directions as well as information such as Diamond Ratings for hotels and restaurants and points of interest found in AAA’s famous TourBook guides.

In addition, with the touch of a single button the phone sends a member’s GPS location to AAA and connects the user with AAA for quick and reliable roadside assistance.

AAA Mobile is powered by the Networks In Motion (NIM) location-based services platform, and is available for download directly from select GPS-enabled wireless phones.

AAA Mobile’s main menu provides users with the option to:

• Search for AAA reviewed points of interest (POIs) from AAA’s travel-tested TourBook guides, Show Your Card & Save® merchants, AAA Approved Auto Repair facilities, and AAA branch offices, as well as ATMs, gas stations, theaters and other types of businesses;
• Navigate to a destination in the United States using turn-by-turn directions with audible prompts and automatic rerouting if users miss a turn; and
• View maps of selected locations, and store destinations for quick recall.

Subscribers can search by category, such as hotel or restaurant, for the closest locations or those that match all or part of a business name. AAA Mobile users also can view a map of their current location, another address, an intersection, airport, or a bookmarked or recently used location. Pan and zoom functions allow users to scroll to a place on the map, search for a nearby business, or request a route to that location.

AAA Mobile is available as a downloaded application to subscribers with select GPS-enabled phones for $9.99 per month. More information, including which phones are compatible with AAA Mobile, is available at www.AAA.com/AAAMobile .