iPhone users had been ready to avoid radar speed guns using Cobra’s iRadar system since late last year, and it seems like Android users will soon finally have the ability to get in at the act to boot. Cobra used the gdgt Live event at SXSW to announce that iRadar can be available for Android phones sometime in April. That comprises an average dash-mounted radar detector and, obviously, an app, which also takes benefit of your phone’s built-in GPS capabilities to offer warnings of photo enforcement zones and other potential impediments for your inability to drive 55 — you’ll apparently soon also be ready to share radar alerts with other iRadar users. Head on past the break for a video of the iPhone version.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 14, 2011 — Cobra Electronics Corporation (Nasdaq: COBR), the leading manufacturer of radar detection devices, today announced it really is sponsoring the gdgt Live event happening this evening at the side of the SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. As component of its sponsorship, Cobra will showcase its newest product, Cobra iRadar for Android. Cobra iRadar is the foremost advanced smart detection system avaiable for purchase. The corporate may even dazzle music, film and gadget lovers with its innovative Cobra PhoneLynx™ and Cobra Tag™ product lines. The gdgt Live event occurs March 14, 2011 from 7–10 p.m. on the PureVolume House in Austin.
According to the tremendous success of Cobra iRadar (launched in October 2010 for the Apple iOS platform), Cobra will release iRadar for Android in April. The system is a graceful radar/laser detector that uses Bluetooth® wireless technology to connect to the free Cobra iRadar app, that’s downloaded to an Android smartphone. The app then displays all radar/laser alerts, allows the user to configure all detector settings, and alerts drivers to photo enforcement locations using AURA™, the sole 100-percent verified database of driving threats and hazards inside the GPS/navigation industry. The AURA system is consistently updated with tens of thousands of speed and red light camera locations in addition to known speed traps and unsafe intersections. Soon, iRadar users might be ready to share radar alerts with other iRadar users. This unique crowdsourcing model should help make sure that other iRadar customers are alerted in real time to imminent dangers in keeping with their GPS location.
“In accordance with the very latest data from ComScore, the Android operating system now commands 31.2% of the smartphone market share within the U.S., making it the market leader among smartphones,” said Sally Washlow, senior vice chairman of promoting and sales for Cobra Electronics. “The growth of our very hot iRadar product to Android smartphone users signifies that our crowdsourced threat database becomes much more powerful because of an excellent broader user community. We’re very happy to sponsor gdgt Live at SXSW, and to share with fans the security and peace-of-mind that comes from being part of the Cobra iRadar community.”
For additional information at the Cobra iRadar Detection System, please visit www.CobraiRadar.com.
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