LBSzone Alert, Dec 19, 2007 - A weekly update on mobile technologies and location-based services
Written by Spatial Media LLC
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
Another LBSZone Alert has been released... enjoy this edition for the latest developments in LBS...
Hello from the Spatial Media LBSzone... This week we've finalized our coverage from the Nokia World event with highlights and a look at the winning apps from
the Open C Challenge - check out these apps as developers competed in a race to port apps to to Symbian S60
environment... all the apps were done in a very timely manner and all the winners have received interest from third
parties and carriers! You still think these contests are a waste of time... I'd think again! Speaking of contests,
Nominations are now open for the Andrew Seybold Choice Awards 2008, winners to be announced at CTIA Wireless this
Spring in Vegas. Developers in Canada take note of the news from
NAVTEQ (See below), the company has partnered with Wavefront, a new not-for-profit organization in British Columbia
that provides test and commercialization services to developers of mobile applications (details below). Finally, kudos to
AT&T Inc. who this week announced the availability of interoperable radio frequency identification (RFID) and GPS-based
mobile resource management (MRM) solutions for the K - 12 education segment. These applications enable K - 12
institutions to track school bus locations, monitor their speed and condition while on the road and report on events within
vehicles. Speaking of tracking, you might want to check out one of our features below for details of a clever, fun mashup
with a mobile client that enables you to see a taxi route and estmated fee - the service, TaxiWiz, is available for users in
9 major cities - a great app and one that needs to be entered in a contest! Have a great day and Happy Holidays to all...
your next LBSzone Alert will come sometime between now and the New Year so stay tuned.
PS: my quote of the day goes to the developer of the almost cool WhereBoutz app -
from the developer regarding the mobile client... "BREW, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, and iPhone devices
are NOT supported at this time"
Do you have a location-aware application, social location service or other location-sensitive service that you'd like to share with us? Please browse this growing directory of Social location Services and feel free to leave a link to your favorite service! See the Directory HERE
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