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Lightning Look at 5 Mobile Touch UIs - iPhone 3G, Samsung Behold, G1, Blackberry Bold, Nokia 5800 - So, you want a touch UI mobile device. I've been checking out some of
the latest touch UI mobile devices lately, curious to see who's coming
out with what and what features are being offered. To date it seems
it's tough to find that one touch device that offers everything. I've
looked at 4 touch UI devices (+ the Nokia 5800) recently, some of the
quick observations made follow in this article.
The development of wireless transmission technology and the rise of the
mobile devices have broken the limitation on portability of Geographic
Information System and even expanded its application levels. So the
Mobile GIS has drawn more and more attention from the GIS field in the
recent years. Mobile GIS like an extension of Web-GIS but its GIS foundation is
unchanged: moreover it allows acquiring, storing, integrating,
processing, analyzing and presenting of spatial data just like what
Web-GIS can do (Ren Fu, 2002).
Just because your company is on Twitter doesn't mean that your
company Twitters! Interesting discussions lately coming out of a number
of camps - for example, see a recent Mashable piece on Twitter and
brands. Twitter is a funny thing and it's a different tool to every
user. There's no right or wrong way to twitter, although there is some
etiquette and there are some more effective ways to Tweet. Indeed it
does boil down to the individual behind the account as to how the
account will be used and whether or not the information pushed/pulled
via the Twitter is going to be one way, two-way, collaborate, or
simply, robotic.
Last week at Symbian Partner Event (San Fran) Google reps were on hand
demonstrating the latest release of Google Maps Mobile which includes
Street View imagery. At that time, no release date was given, however,
just today google released Google Maps Mobile 2.03 (Supports Symbian
S60)... enjoy!
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A Detailed Look at Core Changes In The Series 60 Platform 3rd Edition -- Series 60 Platform 3rd Edition Series 60 Platform 3rd Edition (Series 60 3.x) builds on Series 60 Platform 2nd Edition (Series 60 2.x), extending existing technologies and capabilities plus providing access to many new ones. For developers considering porting their applications to smartphones this primer on the latest enhancements to the Series 60 platform is a must read!
Market Segments Identified for Hotel Mobile Applications -- Location based services (LBS) have been the focus of many developments exploring the general tourism experience. From a market perspective where a perceived low value of LBS to customers lingers, revealing hotel guest preferences should help customise products and services to target specific segments.
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Wi-Fi Roaming and Cell Phone Roaming Options - an introduction for the new user-- The Canadian company, Seaboard Group crystal ball is glowing with Wi-Fi predictions. In a recent commentary on this issue, Canadians Cut Their Wires on the Wi-Fi phenomenon, Seaboard Group predicted that by 2007, Wi-Fi hardware equipment and integration services will exceed 800 million with shipments of 1.7 million base stations and 3.2 million access cards.
A Look at What's New With Free Voice Over IP (VoIP) Providers-- What you should know before signing up with a voice over IP provider. The information provided in this article is geared toward people who operate a Linux operating system and are interested in converting their Pocket PC into a free Voice Over IP Phone.
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Just because your company is on Twitter doesn't mean that your
company Twitters! Interesting discussions lately coming out of a number
of camps - for example, see a recent 
