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Hello from the Spatial Media LBSzone...
We're a day early due to the Thanksgiving Holiday... enjoy the news and travel safe if you plan on hitting the road. Obviously,
Mobile Shopping is where it's at this year! To start, congrats to Slifter on their GPS Shopping app for scoring a win in the Tele
Atlas Maps In Apps Contest. The app is indeed cool, to say the least! I recall I first featured Slifter last Christmas (prior to their
fame) as an application to watch. 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. Check out Slifter from
your handset by bookmarking www.slifter.com/mp. In yet another developer
contest, the WHERE Developer Contest Winners were
announced this week. The contest for GPS applications was run through the WHERE Developer Program. Congrats to
winners: okel, Proxido and Cell Soul. Yokel is a location enabled shopping portal that helps consumers find the availability and
pricing of products in nearby retail stores based on their current location. Developers looking for a helping hand from NAVTEQ
should look no further than the new NAVTEQ Connections Program - the program was announced just last week (see
below). Finally, the other big news this week comes from Mapquest who've launched their mobile navigation application to
consumers for a mere $4.99 a month - a nice price point as I've always felt the $9.99 monthly fee is simply too steep for many
LBS apps - my last mobile bill hit $150 and that's definitely enough for one month! MapQuest Navigator 5.0 was developed out of a partnership with
Telmap. Have a Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating this week and safe travels!
Shop from your mobile using Slifter
[Send your comments, announcements, tips, tricks, gripes, or kudos to Glenn
or simply contact info@lbszone.com]
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RECENT LBSZONE FEATURES & Top NEWS
You'll find regular feature articles, commentary, application spotlights, developer zone tips and other original feature content at
LBSzone. We're also open to your article submissions so if you have an LBS focused paper, solution, case study, or other article
feel free to contact us and send us your submission - info@lbszone.com is open 24/7 around the Globe!
ExploreThe Earth With Earthcomber - Local, Mobile Search
Done Right! - Nokia N95 Suggested Application... I recently added a nifty location-aware search application to my
mobile device (Nokia N95) which I discovered via the Nokia Content Discoverer ... aka. content downloader application.
Earthcomber enables local search and takes advantage of the built-in GPS that comes with the Nokia N95. Read on for more on
this cool, must-have mobile application. Earthcomber has been designed to enable the user to spot things and people around
them. Locate cool places, events, see the results on a map, get directions, and even keep in touch with friends that are using
Earthcomber.
NAVTEQ Launches Partner Program NAVTEQ
Connections - Navteq has launched NAVTEQ Connections, an online partner program created exclusively for NAVTEQ
customers and business partners to enhance the development of location-enabled solutions.
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LBSzone NEWS & INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tele Atlas LBS Innovator Series Announces GPShopper as Maps in Apps Contest Winner
Laptops lookout - New Nokia N810 Internet Tablet hits store shelves
Developer Heads-Up Forum Nokia Device Loaner Program Launched
Event Reminder: Nokia World, December 4-5, Amsterdam, Netherlands
FindWhere's GPS Tracking Service to Feature Advanced Mapping and Satellite Technology From Microsof
Las Vegas Goes Mobile
MobiLuck Launches Social Network: Bump Into Your Friends With Radar Alerts
Handango Releases 2007 Third Quarter Yardstick Data Revealing Smartphone Content Industry Trends
New Loopt Features Let Mobile Users Share Social Mapping Experience With All Their Friends
MapQuest Brings Mobile Turn-by-Turn Navigation Directly to Mobile Handsets - $4.99 a Month
Hemisphere GPS Offers XF100 with Superior Accuracy for Handheld Mapping
WHERE Developer Contest Winners Announced - Winning Wireless GPS Widgets to receive cash, VC
Report: Trends in Malware: 2007 Security Threat Report
Free report from Motorola: Enterprise Mobile Adoption: A Corporate Conundrum
First ever Wireless Summit set for Vancouver in January '08
BreakThruIT to Use Voyager For Next-Generation Mobile Social and Application Framework
ExploreThe Earth With Earthcomber - Local, Mobile Search Done Right!
The OGC Seeks Comment on Proposed Sensor Alert Service (SAS) Standard
Special Session on Impact of New Mobile Application from Google - Android
Flight Delays Identified as Number One Cause of Stress for Business Travelers
NAVTEQ(R) and Garmin(R) Secure Long-Term Agreement
Motorola Foundation Grants $3.5 Million to Inspire Next Generation of Inventors
Nokia targets pedestrians with Navteq acquisition
NAVTEQ Launches Partner Program NAVTEQ Connections
Local.com Begins Licensing Local Search Technology
dotMobi Turns to Mobile Complete to Launch Special Benefit for Mobile Developers
Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project Location-based Service APIs
Reminder - UIQ Developer Fast Track an event for mobile application developers
New Online Service Provides Social Networking, Data Sharing Capabilities For Recreational GPS Users
Destinator Technologies launches new version of its award-winning navigation software
Ekahau Deploys First Mobile Tracking Solution in Madrid Public Transport Complex
LBSzone Alert Newsletter for Nov 14, 2007 - the latest in Location-Based Services
Do you have news about a new product, application, web service, developer tool, mashup, or ??? contact us at press[at]gisuser.com
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Eight previous NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(R) participants have received venture capital funding and nine past LBS Challenge
winners have launched
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Register your non-commercial LBS application in the 2008 NAVTEQ
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EVENT UPDATES
Browse this section to learn about mobile technology / wireless industry conferences, training, seminars, webinars, and relevant
events. Feel free to make a suggestion for future consideration or contact us to promote your event.
Nokia World -
Nokia World 2007 features renowned keynote speakers, focused seminar streams, an expo with over 80 demonstrations, and
the Nokia Party. Amsterdam, Dec 4-5, 2007 - see www.nokia.com/nokiaworld
UIQ Developer Fast Track -
The UIQ Developer Fast Track is an event for mobile application developers focused on UIQ . It provides mobile application
developers with technical and commercial information; you will learn about compelling business cases to be made targeting UIQ
3 and get a deeper technical knowledge about concepts behind the UIQ architecture. Budapest, Hungary, on the 29 - 30th of
November
Wireless Summit Vancouver, January '08 -
WINBC is hosting its first ever regional Summit Conference for the wireless industry in Vancouver on January 16, 17 and 18,
2008. With the theme "Ideas. Innovation. Investment." the Summit will invite companies from BC, the Yukon, Alberta and the
Northwest US, to engage in dialogue and collaboration on social networking, location-based services, mobile advertising and
wireless entertainment - the industry's hottest growth sectors. See www.pnwsummit.com
The Navteq LBS Challenge
Develop... Dream... Win... this year's North American and European challenges have kicked off. APAC Registration Opens
October 29. Thinking about entering but need an LBS Platform?? Check out the Autodesk Location Services Developer
Program
Attendee Choice Awards 2008
Three consumer LBS application developers will be chosen to showcase their solution in the Tele Atlas booth at the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES)
2008, with live SMS voting on which applications the attendees like best.. Submit your application for the Tele Atlas Innovators
Series Attendee Choice
Awards 2008 contest.
Send your event info to editor[at]gisuser.com
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Recent notes from the AnyGeo Blog & The Glenn 95
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GPShopper (Slifter) Wins
Tele Atlas Maps in Apps Contest
In Time For the Holidays... Nokia
N810 Internet Tablet hits the shelves
Amazon's Kindle e-book
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Map Mashups: the
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