BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Options Media
Group Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: OPMG) (Pink Sheets: OPMG),
and PhoneGuard announce a new affiliate partnership with Aon, the
world's leading provider of risk management services. Serving more
than 60 percent of global Fortune 500 companies, Aon has teamed up
with PhoneGuard to provide responsible texting and personal safety
solutions for its companies through PhoneGuard's Drive
Safe™application. Available for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone
smart phones, Drive Safe™ is an application that enables global
positioning satellite (GPS) tracking to calculate the speed of
travel while a vehicle is in motion. Once vehicle speed reaches 10
miles per hour, the Drive Safe™ application locks the phone's
keyboard, preventing the user from emailing, surfing the web or
texting while driving. Also available for Apple's iPhone, The
PhoneGuard Drive Safe™ FREE application gently reminds users to not
text while driving and it allows users to make emergency calls to
predefined admin phone numbers. The application also displays
vehicle speed and communicates to the admin phone to request
overrides. The PhoneGuard Drive Safe™ FREE iPhone application works
with the built in iPhone location services.
PhoneGuard's Drive Safe™FREE application features include an
Auto-Reply button, a pre-set response that is automatically
delivered to the texter or caller and reads I am driving and
will contact you when I reach my destination; a Request
Permission button that allows users to request permission from
the administrator to have functionality of the mobile phone; and an
Admin Override button, allowing the administrator to type in
a set password to override PhoneGuard's System Settings so that
specific mobile functions can be utilized. For example, if a child
is riding the bus, DriveSafe™ will know he or she is in a moving
vehicle and will disable the phone. The child will then hit Request
Permission, which sends a text message to the administrator. The
administrator can then text "yes" back to the disabled phone,
unlocking the phone for 15 minutes. After this time limit, the
keyboard will be disabled again.
"We're thrilled to support responsible texting because it
directly relates to managing risk," said Aon's Managing Director
Michael Parish. "As a risk
management company, offering PhoneGuard products to our clients
supports our responsibility as a company to mitigate risk. At Aon,
we intend to also focus on bringing the personal security aspect of
PhoneGuard products to the forefront, in addition to the
responsible texting component."
"Solidifying this contract with a global player like Aon
presents endless opportunities for our distribution and enterprise
business channels. PhoneGuard sees this partnership to be a great
fit, since both companies are focused on personal security," said
Chairman of Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. and PhoneGuard Keith
St. Clair.
"Aon's partnership with PhoneGuard shows they see the risk and
dangers involved in texting while driving. Their dedication to
creating safer drivers is great!" said PhoneGuard spokesman and
two-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Justin Bieber.
PhoneGuard and Justin Bieber
developed the Drive Safe™application as a simpler free version of a
larger application suite. The October
2011 PhoneGuard's Drive Safe™ Pro paid product suite will
include a host of safety and convenience-oriented applications that
will significantly enhance the user's smart phone experience
including: GeoFencing, which will allow the phone's
administrator to select geographic boundaries and receive a text
message if the phone strays outside of the boundaries, Panic
Button, which is a preselected and programmed emergency call
function that is activated by the user simply hitting one key,
Speed Control enables the phone's administrator to receive
text message alerts showing the location and speed of the user's
mobile phone, Locator, which allows easy GPS tracking of a
lost or misplace handset and Auto-Reply, which allows users
to set up customized responses that will automatically be sent to
those who send text messages to the user while the phone is in
motion. The PhoneGuard's Drive Safe™Pro will also contain a set of
robust administrative tools, such as Admin Override that
lets the administrator allow full use of the mobile phone at all
times and Request Permission, which allows a family member or
employee to request permission from the administrator to use the
mobile phone even while it is in motion. PhoneGuard, Inc. hope to
make Drive Safe™ accessible to as many drivers as possible.
For more information regarding PhoneGuard's Drive Safe™
responsible texting application, as well as Justin Bieber's joint campaign, visit
www.PhoneGuard.com, www.facebook.com/PhoneGuard or on Twitter at
@Phone_Guard. For more information regarding Aon Corporation, visit
www.aon.com.
About Aon
Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of
risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and
human capital solutions and outsourcing. Through its more than
59,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to deliver distinctive
client value via innovative and effective risk management and
workforce productivity solutions. Aon's industry-leading global
resources and technical expertise are delivered locally in over 120
countries. Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's
2008, 2009 and 2010 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on
Business Insurance's listing of the world's insurance brokers based
on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines
brokerage revenues in 2008 and 2009. A.M. Best deemed Aon the
number one insurance broker based on revenues in 2007, 2008 and
2009, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary 2007-2010, best
reinsurance intermediary 2006-2010, best captives manager
2009-2010, and best employee benefits consulting firm 2007-2009 by
the readers of Business Insurance. Visit http://www.aon.com for
more information on Aon and http://www.aon.com/unitedin2010 to
learn about Aon's global partnership and shirt sponsorship with
Manchester United.
About PhoneGuard, Inc.
PhoneGuard, Inc., a subsidiary of Options Media Group Holdings,
Inc., is a leading provider of mobile applications software. The
Company's flagship product, the Drive Safe™ anti-texting
while driving software application suite, is a next-generation
software suite with the most robust set of features and functions
available today. The software product, which is easily downloadable
to mobile phones, allows for global positioning satellite tracking
of the mobile device in order to calculate the rate of speed of
travel. Above certain predetermined speeds, the Drive Safe Software
will lock the keyboard and prevent the user from emailing, surfing
the web or texting. While Drive Safe Software is designed to
prevent texting while driving, it also offers parents and employers
the ability to monitor the driving habits of mobile phone users in
order to prevent speeding. More information on PhoneGuard is at
www.PhoneGuard.com.
About Options Media Holding Group, Inc.
Options Media Group Holdings, Inc., which recently announced it
is changing its name to PhoneGuard, Inc., is a leading provider of
mobile applications software. The Company's flagship product,
the Drive Safe™ anti-texting while driving software
application suite, is a next-generation software suite with the
most robust set of features and functions available today.
The software product, which is easily downloadable to mobile
phones, allows for global positioning satellite tracking of the
mobile device in order to calculate the rate of speed of travel.
Above certain predetermined speeds, the Drive Safe Software
will lock the keyboard and prevent the user from emailing, surfing
the web or texting. While Drive Safe Software is designed to
prevent texting while driving, it also offers parents and employers
the ability to monitor the driving habits of mobile phone users in
order to prevent speeding. More information on PhoneGuard is at
www.PhoneGuard.com.
SOURCE PhoneGuard, Inc.