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The NexTraq Connect is available on the iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones, and aims to close the information gap between office and field employees.

Tags: smartphone, NexTraq, mobile app, NexTraq Connect

Nextraq has partnered with Cellcontrol, a distracted driving technology company, which uses a Bluetooth Trigger Unit coupled with a mobile app that can block or restrict calls, emails, texting and web browsing.

Tags: driver behavior, cell phone use, Distracted driving, NexTraq, Cellcontrol, driving while texting, mobile app, Nextraq DriveGuard

More than 40 fields of information about a vehicle can be viewed from the VINSCAN app after scanning a vehicle’s VIN barcode.

Tags: mobile app, FDP Virgina Inc., VINSCAN

FleetSafer Mobile, from Zoomsafer, automatically promotes safe, legal and hands-free use of smartphones and tablet computers while employees are driving on the job.

Tags: small business owners, ZoomSafer, smartphone, managing small fleets, Sprint, FleetSafer Mobile, mobile app

Enhanced mapping, enhanced reporting and a mobile app for on-the-go fleet management are part of the major upgrades on features, the company says.

Tags: idling, mapping, Speeding, vehicle tracking, Redtail Telematics, Redtail Fleet Management System, mobile app

Fleet professionals said drivers of fleet vehicles are also adopting new types of mobile technologies, with 25% of respondents saying their drivers are using a “job-specific” smartphone or other mobile app, and that 14% intend to increase driver smartphone and mobile app deployments.

Tags: GreenRoad, smartphone, mobile app