Another LBSZone Alert has been released... enjoy this edition for the latest developments in Location-based services.

Hello from the Spatial Media LBSzone... Can you believe it's the end of August already... dang! With our Euro colleagues all well rested and back from vacation it looks like it's business as usual, particularly regarding events and trade shows. If you haven't already done so, you better make you travel plans to head to San Fran if you want to hit the fall CTIA show - remember, Navteq and SiRF also have co-located events taking place with this one (invitation only) so start looking for an invite if that's your cup of tea! Post CTIA there's the big Symbian event in the UK - the SmartphoneShow, decarta DevCon takes place in October this year, and the European Navigation event is scheduled for Oct 7. If those events aren't enough to keep you busy, there's also a special Nokia sponsored Wom World event next month in Helsinki... I'll actually be at this one so you'll have to forgive me for missing out on the CTIA show this year. No worries though, I'm sure I'll have some interesting things to share with you all when I return in mid-September. Wom World will explore what the social media is saying about the latest Nokia devices and supported services - I'll be bringing a North American perspective to the event as well as opinions and suggestions regarding mobile geotagging and location provisioning. Please drop me a line if you think there's anything special I should consider discussing while I'm there!

Moving on to the latest LBS news... great news this week as we've seen the launch of yet more GPS-enabled devices including the Blackberry bold via Rogers Wireless (Canada), the Nokia N96 just this week in the US, as well as the Nokia N85 which boasts "geotagging capabilities" as well as navigation. Not to be outdone, Nokia also announced the launch of yet another device this week that sports built A-GPS in the slick, Nokia N79. It definitely seems like we're finally headed in the right direction where devices MUST come equipped with GPS and supporting apps, otherwise the consumer will simply not be interested in them... I know I wouldn't be! Have a great Labor Day week-end to all! 

Register For Spatial Media Newsletters in your mailbox HERE