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Must-have traffic reports for your commute or holiday travel from Traffic.com - Traffic.com provides a valuable service which provides registered users
with free traffic updates… this app is on my list of must haves,
particularly for regular commutes into Denver, trips to the airport,
and for holiday travel. You'll never be late again! Traffic.com provides web, email, and mobile updates to users.
All you need is a cell phone / smartphone, then simply Search, Locate, and Shop using this innovative location-aware technology. Here's the skinny... GPShopper (www.gpshopper.com) is the first ever local mobile phone product search. With big name retailers and over 50 million products, GPShopper and its revolutionary Slifter (www.slifter.com) technology allows consumers to receive up-to-the-minute product availability, location and pricing right on their cell phones.
The motto behind geocaching is, "take something, and leave something". Geocaching is more than just hunting for treasures in forest, shopping malls, business industrial areas, hiking trails and swamps. It's an opportunity to explore treasures while teaching your family how to incorporate using Pocket PCs, Bluetooth GPS receivers to find caches in different locations around the world. This is a sport that the entire family can participate in.
Nokia and Macromedia invite you to sign up for the application competition of the year, the Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge. With 100.000 Euros in prize money - Registration for the Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge closes December 15th 2005
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A Detailed Look at Core Changes In The Series 60 Platform 3rd Edition -- Series 60 Platform 3rd Edition Series 60 Platform 3rd Edition (Series 60 3.x) builds on Series 60 Platform 2nd Edition (Series 60 2.x), extending existing technologies and capabilities plus providing access to many new ones. For developers considering porting their applications to smartphones this primer on the latest enhancements to the Series 60 platform is a must read!
Market Segments Identified for Hotel Mobile Applications -- Location based services (LBS) have been the focus of many developments exploring the general tourism experience. From a market perspective where a perceived low value of LBS to customers lingers, revealing hotel guest preferences should help customise products and services to target specific segments.
Talking To Go – New VoIP Phones With Wi-Fi Capabilities-- To keep pace with life in the fast lane, new VoIP phones are rolling out of production lines with built in Wi-Fi, which means that you can take your VoIP phone, and phone number to any free Wi-Fi hotspots and make calls. This conrtibution takes a closer look at several options you might consider and walks you through the set-up process.
Wi-Fi Roaming and Cell Phone Roaming Options - an introduction for the new user-- The Canadian company, Seaboard Group crystal ball is glowing with Wi-Fi predictions. In a recent commentary on this issue, Canadians Cut Their Wires on the Wi-Fi phenomenon, Seaboard Group predicted that by 2007, Wi-Fi hardware equipment and integration services will exceed 800 million with shipments of 1.7 million base stations and 3.2 million access cards.
A Look at What's New With Free Voice Over IP (VoIP) Providers-- What you should know before signing up with a voice over IP provider. The information provided in this article is geared toward people who operate a Linux operating system and are interested in converting their Pocket PC into a free Voice Over IP Phone.
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Serves the decision makers responsible for networking, voice data, and
video communications technologies at enterprise and service provider
Nokia World 2008, Barcelona Spain - With thought-provoking seminars, informed keynote speakers and a wide
range of interactive experiences, Nokia World 08 can inspire anyone and
everyone with an active interest in the business of mobility. December 2-3, 2008
PNWS is Canada’s premier wireless and new media conference delivering a compelling mix of the practical and the visionary around four themes: Ideas, Innovation, Insight, and Investment. To learn more please visit: www.pnwsummit.com. It will take place in Vancouver January 18-20, 2009.
LBSChallenge 2009 - This global program challenges application developers around the world
to build innovative location-based services (LBS) that work with mobile
phones and/or wireless handheld devices using dynamic positioning
technology and NAVTEQ maps.
Register now for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2009 and save up to $300! Now in it’s eighth year, ETech is the flagship O'Reilly event that continues to deliver a first look at the technology that will reinvent the way we live. For four full days, ETech 2009 will focus on innovative new technologies just appearing on the horizon
Must-have traffic reports for your commute or holiday travel from Traffic.com
All you need is a cell phone / smartphone, then simply Search, Locate, and Shop using this innovative location-aware technology. Here's the skinny... GPShopper (
