Spime Inc Sponsors the Location 2.0 Summit - SiRFecosystem for LBS
Written by Spime Inc
Tuesday, 02 October 2007
Fremont, CA, October 1, 2007 – Spime Inc., a leading provider of
location intelligence solutions, sponsors the first annual Location 2.0
Summit and Awards organized by SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc, a leading
provider of GPS-enabled silicon and premium software location platforms.
“Spime is committed to the location intelligence domain and by becoming a sponsor, we want to showcase our company’s products and services,” said Shankar Narayanan, Spime CEO.
NorthStar™, a mobile local search and personal navigation application for mobile phones, performs automatic route finding and voice navigation, in the manner of a powerful personal navigation device product. In addition to turn-by-turn functionality, and point-of-interest (POI) search, NorthStar™ features geo-tagging for multimedia content sharing, social-networking friend finder capability, and location widgets that integrate with local address books, in one single, powerful application. NorthStar™ is now available for Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Embedded CE 6. A Java and Symbian version will be available by end 2007.
The Location 2.0 Summit, held on October 23rd in San Francisco, brings together the early adopters, industry leaders and developers who are setting the direction for the future of location-based services technologies and markets to guide the development of exciting new applications for this rapidly growing wireless market segment. Sharing common interests and goals, these experts can help determine how best to incorporate location-based services technologies utilizing GPS devices into current and future applications and services.
About Spime Inc.
Spime Inc., a Silicon Valley based California Corporation, is a leading technology provider and emerging development partner for companies in the GPS, Navigation, Identification and Near Field Communication device manufacturers, Software System and application providers, mobile operators, and mobile and consumer electronics device manufacturers. Spime’s team has successfully delivered software that has been deployed in millions of devices worldwide by Tier-1 customers. For more information, please visit the Spime, Inc. website at www.spime.com
About SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc
SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. develops and markets semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location-awareness utilizing GPS and other location technologies, enhanced by wireless connectivity capabilities such as Bluetooth, for high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. SiRF's technology has been integrated into mobile consumer devices such as automobile navigation systems, mobile phones, PDAs, GPS-based peripherals and handheld GPS navigation devices, and into commercial applications such as location servers, asset tracking devices and fleet management systems. SiRF markets and sells its products in three target platforms: wireless handheld devices, such as mobile phones; automotive electronics systems, including navigation and telematics systems; and consumer and compute devices, including personal digital assistants, notebook computers, recreational GPS handhelds, mobile gaming machines, digital cameras and watches. Founded in 1995, SiRF is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has sales offices, design centers and research facilities around the world. The company trades on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the symbol SIRF. Additional information about SiRF and its location technology solutions can be found at www.sirf.com
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