RECENT LBSZONE FEATURES & Top LBS NEWS

Spotlight... ESRI's Small Municipal and County Government ELA program + ArcPAD - ESRI has announced that Small Municipal and County Governments Can Now Add ArcPad and ArcPad Application Builder to their ELA. What this means is that for a nominal feel, customers have "unlimited access" to ArcPad software for mobile GIS field mapping and data collection as well as the development framework (ArcPad Application Builder) to customize ArcPad applications. Just this week, ESRI has announced the availability of ArcPad 7.1.1 and ArcPad Application Builder 7.1.1, - New improvements in ArcPad 7.1.1 enhance the user experience by increasing productivity and ease of use in the field.

Spotlight... NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge APAC Winners Announced - At CommunicAsia 2008 NAVTEQ has crowned Joikusoft as the winner of the 2008 APAC NAVTEQ LBS Challenge. As the Grand Prize Winner, Joikusoft received a prize package valued at $275,000 USD, including $50,000 USD in cash and $225,000 USD in NAVTEQ(R) data licenses. Three runners-up were also announced: First Runner-up, Road-Guard; Second Runner-up, Point-I; and Third Runner-up, Pacific DataVision. The annual Global LBS Challenge, which has established a reputation as the premier event in the location-based services (LBS) industry and invites developers to build innovative location-enabled applications. Nokia returned as a three-time Global Sponsor of this year's contest, with the Nokia N95 serving as the Official Device of the Challenge.

	Sponsored by the Forum Nokia Code Camp Competition Forum Nokia LBS Technology Month This month Forum Nokia is promoting LBS technology with new documents, success cases, Code Camps, and more. For more information check out Forum Nokia's LBS Technology Spotlight page:

LBSzone NEWS & INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Intelligent Mobility BlackBerry Technical Seminar 2008 - for Developers
• ESRI's ArcPad 7.1.1 Software Now Available
• NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(TM) - Asia-Pacific Winners Announced
• Herold WISEPILOT von A1 awarded Best mobile navigation product in Austria
• GeoSpot Deep Local Search and Exploration Goes Mobile
• Sony Ericsson's World View - one of the biggest mobile camera phone competitions in the world
• Apisphere and TrafficCast Partner to Develop Mobile Navigation Solution
• GeoSpatial Experts Introduces Ricoh Camera with Compass-GPS Module
• NAVTEQ and Radio Shack Team up to Help Lead the Development of Portable Navigation Device (PND) Mar
• Small Municipal and County Governments Can Now Add ArcPad and ArcPad Application Builder to ELA
• Traffic.com Helps Travelers Avoid Fourth of July Traffic Jams
• Nokia unveils two new Nokia Eseries devices optimized for personal and professional email
• The `amAze' initiative led by LocatioNet to benefit from NAVTEQ global mapping
• Palringo Unveils Innovative Messaging Service for North American Mobile Users
• NFC Forum Hosts First Spotlight Event: Transport and City Life Applications
• Free Portal for Telemetry Applications
• Tip - Where 2.0: The State of the Geospatial Web an O'reilly Radar Report
• USCG Defines Response Procedures for Satellite Messaging Devices
• UK RoadTour twins with leading guide Harden's to give on-the-move dining advice
• New GPS game for explorers. The entire world is the playing area in GPS Mission
• Nokia Maps 3 and Location-Based Triggers
• GolfFlyover Goes Mobile with over 10,000 Golf Courses for the 3G iPhone
• Another Symbian S60 Touch UI Video
• SpeedGauge Receives U.S. Patent for Driver Safety Using GPS
• Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G - Twice as Fast at Half the Price
• LBSzone Alert, June 11, 2008 - A weekly update on mobile technologies and location-based services
• NAVTEQ Reminds Drivers to Update Their GPS Navigation Maps
• Symbian licenses Scalado software to deliver picture perfect mobile imaging
• Energy Costs of Corporate Telephony Exposed: 74% Power Savings by Going Mobile
• Mobile Social Network itsmy.com Gives Users Control Over Advertising
• Telematics Entrepreneur Wins Top Business Accolade

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	Sponsored by Tele Atlas Maps In Apps Contest - Calling all mobile and web applications enhanced with location! This is a great opportunity to be one of three select applications to be showcased in Tele Atlas booth at CTIA in September, 2008 in San Francisco. Cash and map data prizes with a total value of $135,000. Get exposure for your LBS application with potential customers, operators, industry experts, venture capitalists and the press. Click here to submit your entry.

EVENT UPDATES

Tele Atlas LBS Innovators Series - Bring your app to life with maps! Location can add value to a wide range of consumer and enterprise applications - social networking, travel, Points of Interest, real-time traffic, personal security, and more. This contest is for both Web and mobile applications that include mapping or location as a functionality enhancement.

The European Navigation Event - October 7th and 8th 2008... where retail meets industry - The fourth edition of the No. 1 European Navigation Event will take place in the inspiring environment of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

MOBILE 2.0 EUROPE - The MOBILE 2.0 EUROPE conference is heating up! More than 50 startups have already registered to participate to the event. The Mobile 2.0 Europe presenting start-ups will be selected in 3 Categories (Seed Capital Stage, Pre Series A and Post Series A) - any start-up with a mobile application can apply.

Nokia Code Camp Competition - Register your application today for your chance to win up to 15K Euros in cash prizes and an opportunity to showcase your winning application at the S60 Summit in Barcelona, Spain. The Forum Nokia Code Camp Competition is on and we are looking for the next developer rock star!

Mobile Forum: LBS For The Mass Market - After years and years of technical talk, platform talk, business model speculation, and ecosystem building, it looks like Location-Based Services are finally here. So let's push back the talk of control planes, tri-lateration, TDOA, platforms, and bring forward the discussion of what applications and services will soon be provided to consumers. How will location-awareness be integrated into the mobile lives of end users? How will they interact with position-aware apps? Will your mom ever use this stuff? Tuesday, July 8, 2008, Mountainview, CA.

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