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Hello from Spatial Media...
Welcome to the first official drop of our "LBSzone Alert" Newsletter... we're pleased to be Delivering information on Location to your desktop. As many of you know, LBSzone has been around for several years now (the site actually was developed pre-GISuser), however, we've been waiting for just the right time to launch our electronic update focused on location-based services (LBS)... that time is NOW! I don't need to tell you that the LBS space is ripe; just look around you and you'll find dozens of developer programs focused on the delivery of apps and services based on location.
Even research giants have been recently touching on the topic of location and the rapid uptake of location-aware services around the Globe. Case in Point, Research in Markets have released a report on GPS usage in China. According to the report, Nokia, Motorola, and smaller domestic companies, like Lenovo and Bird, have introduced or will introduce a series of GPS-enabled models this year. This all bodes well for developers that are harnessing the power of location in their apps. Here in North America, Sprint has touted GPS-enabled devices and LBS for some time now. More recently, Nokia has finally targeted the US with the launch of the GPS-enabled N95 smartphone - the first of many more GPS-enabled devices from the largest supplier of cell phones (and digital cameras) in the World. Are you chasing the LBS space and looking for a kick-start? You might think about this year's LBS Challenge - EMEA applications are now being accepted while the Americas Registration opened officially on September 14.
Then there's the WHERE Developer Contest. Open to anyone (you don't have to be a hard-core developer here), simply take your idea and run with it. You could win some cash and a chance to shmooze with some VCs. Another great opportunity for developers exists with the Tele Atlas Maps in Apps Contest - registration closes Sept. 30 so you better act now! This contest is for consumer and business applications that are not LBS focused, but include mapping or location as a functionality enhancement.
Finally, some great opportunities to learn more about the power of location in your mobile apps is the deCarta devcon, slated for Nov 13-15 in beautiful San Francisco, CA. - this event is a must consider for LBS application developers. Also, one more tip for those interested in the LBS space is the first LBS Location 2.0 Summit (an invite only event) taking place Oct. 23 in San Fran (coinciding with CTIA Wireless). The event is being put on by SiRF ecosystems and will feature speakers from SiRF, Verizon, Navteq, Orange, and Wayfinder.
Until next week, we hope you enjoyed this first edition of "LBSzone Alert"... don't worry, I won't be rambling on this much all the time ;0)
[Send your comments, announcements, tips, tricks, gripes, or kudos to Glenn
or simply contact info@lbszone.com]
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RECENT LBSZONE FEATURES
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!
GISuser Spotlight... Nokia Maps - Putting the World's Maps In Your Pocket -
Nokia Maps puts free, downloadable maps and routing in your hands, in an earth browsing experience that allows you to zoom in from the globe to the destinations of your choice. With free maps for more than 150 countries, and with 15 million points of interest (POI) pre-loaded, Nokia smartphone users (select devices) can plan your route street by street, city to city.There are also optional extra features available such as a fully-fledged navigation system.
Welcome to the sporty, rugged, GPS-enabled Trimble Nomad mobile handheld -
A new, powerful, rugged mobile device recently hit the shelves thanks to Trimble... enter the Nomad. This sporty work horse provides your mobile workforce with a powerful 806 MHz Processor, VGA Display, Integrated GPS, Wireless, Optical Capabilities, Integrated Bar Code Scanner, Digital Camera Options and Up to 1 GB Flash Memory... Sweet!
Apple iPhone VS Nokia N95 - you decide
- iPhone or N95 which one would you want? Given North America's infuatuation with everything "Apple" and the mobile device users' passion for music it seems that the iPhone may win this battle, however, which device is really the best bang for the buck? Upon a closer look at the specs it really does seem like a simple question to answer although will it matter to the consumer?
Editorial... Nokia Maps: Are We There Yet? Nokia's release of Maps 1.x should mark a milestone in the migration of personal navigation to the smartphone. However, Maps may leave some S60 users a little lost. Over at our partner site on SymbianOne, featrues editor, Richard Bloor explores Nokia Maps and gives a perpective from down-under.
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 | Win $25,000 when you put Maps In Your Apps!
Location information enhances all kinds of applications; we'd like to see yours. This contest is for consumer and business applications that include mapping or location as a functionality enhancement.
One grand prize: $25,000 cash, $50,000 in Tele Atlas map data.
Two runners up prizes: $10,000 cash and $20,000 in Tele Atlas map data.
Visit TeleAtlas for more information and to register. Hurry, contest ends soon! |
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LBSzone NEWS & INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS
NAVTEQ Launches Fifth Annual NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge in The Americas
Tele Atlas Extends Maps in Apps Contest
ArcGIS Goes Mobile - Build and Deploy Server-Based Mobile Applications
RealBird Announces Real Estate Property Websites for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch
Nominations Now Open For the Mobile Internet World Innovation 2007 Awards
NAC Google Brings the Power of Universal Addresses onto Your Desktop
Andrew Will Seek to Overturn US Court Decision In Geolocation Patent Suit
DataViz's Documents To Go Now Offers The Only Way to Edit Office 2007 Files On A Smartphone
New BlackBerry Models Run GIS/GPS Applications
SYWAREs Visual CE Tightly Integrates Google Maps Mobile with Easy-to-Use Database Software
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Save The Date - Nokia Tech Day - October 10 and 11: Miami, Florida
MySQL AB Previews New Open Source Database Products
Nearly 95 Million 'Ultra-Mobile Devices' to Ship by 2012, Says ABI Research
New Web Site from WaterRower Lets Rowers Go Virtual Racing on the River
Alltel Wireless Debuts the MOTORAZR2 V9m
Telmap Partners with Boost Mobile to Launch Branded Navigation Application
Analyse Why GPS Phones Draw More User Interest Than PNDs In China
Symbian welcomes the US HSDPA variant of the Nokia N95
Maps and More: Nokia Revamps its Location-Based Experiences
U.S. Mobile Search Advertising Revenues to Grow from $33.2 Million in 2007 to $1.4 Billion in 2012
SkyWave IsatM2M Service Strengthens Application Responsiveness
Scott Langbein new Topcon product marketing manager
Skyhook Wireless Announces Upgrade to Public SDK and Expanded Platform Support
Pitney Bowes MapInfo Aligns with Exclusive Analysis to Provide Advanced Terrorism Risk Analytics
Pitney Bowes Creates Single Software Business Unit
Real-Life Location Based Social Network for Millions of People
scanR goes live on 3neXt
Sprint Sports the Most Robust Location-Based Services Among Wireless Carriers
Vodafone Select Telmap to Power its Sat Nav Solution
Tele Atlas Maps Featured in New HP iPAQ 310 Travel CompanionTele Atlas Maps Featured in New HP iPAQ
Editor's LBS Application Tip of the week... locr, from Yahoo! Research, enables users to automatically add geo-references to photographs. Geographical positions can be displayed on digital maps, aerial and satellite pictures.
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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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.
Mobile Internet World 2007
The development of the next generation of the Mobile Internet has only just begun. Over the next decade, the expansion of the Mobile Internet will represent the single largest definable growth marketplace in the communications industry. The Mobile Internet World Conference & Expo will, for the first time, bring together all the key players in the emerging mobile internet ecosystem. Mobile Internet World is poised to be the defining event for this industry.
Forum Nokia Tech Days 2007
Join Forum Nokia in Miami for an intensive, two-day developer conference focusing on emerging technologies and new channel opportunities. October 10-11, Miami, Florida and November 13-14, Palo Alto, California
Smartphone Summit
Smartphone Summit Presents 'Smartphone Enterprise Solutions 2007' - An exclusive conference event at The Moscone Convention Center, dedicated to bringing you the top Smartphone mobile/wireless based Enterprise Solutions from all Smartphone OS platforms including Symbian, PalmSource, Microsoft, RIM, Apple and Linux. The targeted attendee demographic includes both enterprise users as well as developers and I.T. professionals.
deCarta devCON'07
deCarta is pleased to host its third annual devCON November 13th - 15th, 2007 at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose, CA
Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic
Beginning September 24th, mobile innovators in the Mid-Atlantic region will be able to converge monthly at Mobile Monday (www.momo-ma.com).
Send your event info to editor[at]gisuser.com
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 | The 2008 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge
Eight previous NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(R) participants have received venture capital funding and nine past LBS Challenge winners have launched commercial applications on major wireless carriers.
Register your non-commercial LBS application in the 2008 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge in one of three regions: Americas, Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) or Asia-Pacific(APAC). This could be your year.
Dream. Develop. Win |
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CAREERS
We're pleased to offer our readers and advertisers the opportunity to post and/or browse career listings for free! You'll find some exciting career opportunities waiting for you in the Job boards on our vertical properties at GISuser.com (GIS/LBS) and SymbianOne.com (mobile, wireless)
HOT Career Opportunity...
Senior Analyst, Telematics & Location Based Services
- ABI Research, a fast-growing industry research and advisory firm, is currently seeking a US-based Senior Analyst to join our worldwide team covering global Commercial Telematics and Location Based Services markets. Successful candidates should have demonstrable knowledge of some of the following technologies and markets: Location-aware content and applications, Map data, POI, real-time traffic information, and more.
HOT Career Opportunity...
Sr. Software Developer - Intermap Technologies, a GIS/geospatial leader, is mapping the world, enabling customers to facilitate better decision-making and create applications for numerous commercial, governmental, military, and consumer products through the purchase of high quality and affordable elevation datasets. We are growing and need motivated, intelligent, and hard working professionals to keep our data moving and evolving; and now we need a Senior Applications Designer for our Calgary, AB, office.
HOT Career Opportunity...
VICE PRESIDENT OF IT, Florida - The VP of IT will be accountable for the direction and management of the Company’s world wide mission critical E-Business, Sales and Marketing Software Development departments; develop and build a team that will consistently and independently deliver well aligned, on time and high quality business software
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Recent notes from the AnyGeo Blog & The Glenn 95 Blog
Share your Geotagged photos with GlobalMotion
LiveContacts localizer now supports nokia N95 - plots mobile locations on Google maps
Geotagging / Geolocating your flickr photos with Yahoo! zonetag and locr - a short tutorial
N95 Hits North America - we get the N95 lite!
Nokia N95 USA version coming - a pointer to a first look
DID-U-KNOW... you can now mobile and share your wallpapers, video clips, photos, or applications with
MOSH (Mobilize & Share)
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