Aha Mobile Launches Aha Application for
iPhone with Coverage in Cities Including: Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Washington D.C., Dallas, Miami and Seattle
First Driver-to-Driver Network Answers the
Question “What is The Driver Ahead of Me Experiencing?”
Palo Alto, Calif. -- (August 19, 2009)
News Facts
- Aha Mobile,℠ Inc., the company that keeps
drivers informed about the world around them by safely connecting them
to each other and to relevant information from the Web, has launched
its first consumer experience - the Aha application for iPhone users.
- The company, which soft launched its
application two weeks ago in Los Angeles, San Diego and the San
Francisco Bay Area, has expanded road and traffic coverage in the
following major metropolitan areas:
- Dallas and San Antonio, TX
- Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Miami Beach,
FL
- Seattle, WA
- Washington D.C.
- The company will continue to add road and
traffic coverage in more cities in the coming months.
- The free application is now available for
download in the iTunes App Store.
- Aha’s application is the first
driver-to-driver network that answers questions such as “What is the
driver a mile ahead of me seeing out his window?” and “What is traffic
like now on my route to work?”
- It also connects drivers to personalized
Web data about nearby services and destinations, such as restaurants,
coffee shops and bathrooms.
- Aha’s application is designed for use at
65 MPH and gives you information, either audibly or in an at-a-glance
format, about the roads you care about.
- Aha is not a navigation application but
is instead designed for daily use when you already know how to get to
your destination.
Unique Product Features
- Listen to Live, Personalized Traffic
Channels: Like a radio station dedicated to the roads you care about,
Aha lets you listen to traffic “Shouts” (or voice notes) from other
drivers without taking your eyes off the road. Aha also uses
best-in-class INRIX traffic data to tell you how traffic is flowing and
alert you to congestion or accidents on the major road segments around
you, without requiring you to study a map.
- “Shout” Out Your Own Traffic Reports:
With Aha, every driver is a virtual traffic reporter. Simply tap the
microphone icon to record and share a 15-second traffic report to help
the drivers around you. Your Shout automatically feeds into the road
and city-specific Shout Rooms based on your current location.
- Get “Nearby” Alerts for Things You Care
About: Are you hungry, want to grab a cup of coffee, or need to take a
bathroom break? Select “yes” to any of those questions and Aha’s
“Nearby” function alerts you to places along the way, like restrooms
from SitOrSquat or highly rated restaurants from Yelp. Aha will also
alert you to red-light and speed cameras as you approach them, using
data from Photoenforced.com. At 65 MPH, less is more, so Aha only gives
you the relevant results pre-filtered for your preferences and
location.
- Be Entertained in the Car! Aha also wants
to make driving fun. For example, the “Caraoke” Shout Room lets you
send out a 15 second recording of your radio sing along, then get rated
by other drivers. In the “#%& Drivers” Shout Room, let off steam by
venting about a bad driver or your frustrating commute.
Executive Quotes
“Aha is uniquely delivering information that every driver wants in a
new and better way that doesn’t
involve studying tiny maps while you drive. Sometimes you want to hear
a live traffic report from a
driver ahead of you, and other times you want relevant information from
the Web, like a nearby coffee shop,”
said Robert Acker, President and CEO of Aha Mobile, Inc. “Regardless of
the source, Aha filters and customizes
the information you want based on your preferences and location,
presenting it in a format that limits driving
distractions and helps you make smart choices along your familiar
routes.”
User Quotes
“I frequently run into traffic in my patrol car, particularly on event
days at the Del Mar fairgrounds”
said Aha beta tester and San Diego Deputy Sheriff Marshall Abbott.
“Even with some state-of-the-art tools
at my disposal, I turn to Aha for the latest conditions on the roads I
drive daily. I use it to know when
traffic is backed up a few miles ahead of me so I can decide if I
should bail for another route.
Aha’s at-a-glance information is a very efficient way to get me the
information I need.”
"Every day when I get in the car, I run Aha to check the Los Angeles
freeway traffic before I leave
my driveway," said Aha beta tester David Whelan. "It quickly gives me a
good idea of which route to
take to work - in typical LA fashion, I have many routes to choose
from. Then, I flip into "Nearby"
mode while I drive to get alerted to coffee shops and other places I
want to know about along the way.
I have found that Aha is far less distracting and more efficient way to
get this information than the
in-car navigation system in my BMW."
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About Aha Mobile, Inc.
Aha improves your driving experience by keeping you informed about the
world around you while you are on the road.
To do this, we built the first driver-to-driver network that connects
drivers to each other and to relevant information
from the Internet. You can record and share your own personal traffic
reports to help those around you, or listen to a
customized traffic channel on the roads you travel. Aha also alerts you
to the nearby things you need – like a great cup
of coffee or a restroom. With Aha, drivers share their experiences with
one another and help each other on the road.
Founded in 2008, Aha began by building a
connected back-end platform that can power any number of devices – from
portable electronics to in-car systems. Through our first application,
designed for the iPhone, we created a 65 MPH
interface (information is delivered audibly or in at-a-glance visual
formats) that gives drivers the answers they need
while minimizing driving distractions.
Based in Palo Alto, CA, Aha is backed by
Venrock and led by a team of executives with nearly four decades of
experience developing automotive and location-based services
applications.
For more information on Aha, visit www.ahamobile.com
Media Contact:
Hillary Houser
h&h communications
(415) 309-5061
hillary_houser@me.com
