GTX Corporation today announced the release of its updated gpVector device and platform that is to be shipped to My Athlete during the first half of the first quarter of 2009, with additional follow-on purchase in early 2009 for shipment in the second quarter of the year.

 

Since this year’s Boston Marathon, My Athlete has been delivering the gpVector tracking platform to athletes participating in the major competitions of the summer season, such as the Ironman events in Lake Placid, New York, Louisville, Kentucky and Madison, Wisconsin.

 

The gpVector broadcasts location enabling spectators to view racers in real-time on Web-enabled mobile devices, such as laptop PCs, PDAs and cell phones, accelerating demand for the next generation 2 Way GPS technology.

 

Thus to meet the demand, GTX and My Athlete jointly developed the new MyAthlete device platform which improves ergonomics, water resistance, and power management, delivering a better next-generation product for the competitive athletic marketplace.

 

Now sporting LED indicators denoting GPS connectivity status, power on/off and battery charge levels, as well as having molded housing gaskets which will ensure water tightness, the Hermes 1.5 unit will produce better results than other real time GPS trackers.

 

“The credit for having reached this milestone goes to both the engineers at our Palo Alto (News - Alert) R&D center and our partners at My Athlete,” commented Patrick Bertagna, CEO and president of GTX Corporation. “Their ability to work so closely together has made this new product a reality. By presenting 2-Way GPS week in and week out at events and hearing the demands of the marketplace the My Athlete team has helped us to react in record time.”

 

“The world-class triathletes and marathoners who have tested our platform in competition in the past year have given us tremendous insights as to how best to present this incredible technology to the marketplace, and this new product will give us the ability to address their demands,” said John Brennan, the founder and president of My Athlete.

 

The MyAthlete tracking device is worn on the racer’s belt and transmits his or her location as gathered by the miniaturized GPS technology onboard via wireless carrier networks every minute they are on the course. Once the location data is received by the GTX Corporation location data servers and proprietary processing software, it is transformed into a breadcrumb trail that is displayed on the MyAthlete tracking Web portal, also powered by GTX Corporation, and using a Google (News - Alert) Maps format. It can be viewed from any Web browser running Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox on PCs, laptops or mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone (News - Alert).