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Logistics Freight Matching Service Getloaded.com Launches iPhone Application

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Delivers the Power of Touch Screen Speed and Convenience to Moving Freight 

LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 26, 2010, Mid-America Trucking Show Getloaded.com, one of the big three U.S.-based freight matching services, launches iGetloaded, an Apple® iPhone and iPod touch screen application (“app”).  iGetloaded allows members to move billions of tons of freight from the convenience of a touch screen mobile handheld device, minimizing the need to be tethered to a desktop computer.   

Industry analysts found that more than 60 percent of handsets shipped in 2009 were equipped with mobile browsing technology and expect this to grow to 80 percent by 2013. Getloaded.com specifically found that on average more than 40 percent of its mobile customers were iPhone users and more than 20 percent of visits to the Getloaded.com mobile site were from iPhones. Analysts project that touch screen devices like the iPhone will account for more than 58 percent of mobile users by 2013.

“As the first major freight matching service to embrace the iPhone phenomenon, Getloaded.com takes a game-changing step towards bringing the convenience of wireless applications to the trucking industry,” said Bryan Jones, president of Getloaded.com. “With a growing national trend toward the use of touch screen wireless devices, we are poised to serve that market demand.”

About iGetloaded

iGetloaded combines the speed and usability of Getloaded.com’s freight-matching service with the advanced technology and simple navigation of the iPhone. The new app not only delivers all of the add-on features members rely on like Rate Index, TransCredit credit scores and PC*MILER® mileage, but also:

- GPS-based load and truck searching
- Easy “back-haul” searching from your current location
- Ability to call contacts directly from the app
- Quick browsing of all available loads and trucks
- One touch access to finding loads back to your set home location

iGetloaded also allows users to see all of their existing saved searches in their online account, and also automatically saves every search users conduct while in a mobile session. By bringing touch screen mobile technology to the trucking industry, never before has access to capacity and freight been this simple or convenient.

Getloaded.com’s new mobile solution is available exclusively at the Apple iPhone App Store; type in the keyword iGetloaded to download.

 

Getloaded.com

Founded in 1999, Getloaded.com allows freight brokers, freight forwarders, shippers, truckers and owner/operators to post and match available freight loads online to maximize production and profit. Getloaded.com’s online reach extends well beyond their top-ranked load board through the GL Family of websites including GLAuthority.com, GLClassifieds.com, allwarehouses.com and HotCDLjobs.com, internet properties servicing the trucking industry. For more information on their array of transportation services, please visit www.Getloaded.com.

Getloaded.com is a unit of Roper Industries, a Standard and Poor’s S&P 500 index company.

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