Location-Based Services
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A year in mobile: Location Based Services - Getting on the map
It kind of started and ended with Nokia, although there was a lot else going on as well
GeoLife launches Navmii, Windows Mobile Satellite Navigation with friend-find local based service
GeoLife, a GPS navigation solution provider, has announced Navmii, a new GPS navigation system with integral friend-finder service, for use on Microsoft Windows mobile devices.
GyPSii location-based social networking available on Touch for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
GeoSentric Oyj's, GeoSolutions BV Business Unit (GyPSii), the mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform, has today announced that it is the first location-based social networking application with touch screen experience to be able to support
Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning claim first to bring A-GPS SIM to market
Sagem Orga, a specialist in smart card technology, today announced a strategic partnership with BlueSky Positioning that, it's claimed, will help the mobile industry overcome the key stumbling block to the success of location-based services - affordable, accurate
70 million mobile navigation users by 2014
GPS to fuel growth
The number of mobile subscribers downloading navigation routes using their mobile handsets is expected to grow from 16 million users in 2008 to reach 70 million users in 2014, according to a new research report by Berg Insight t. Revenues from subscriptions and advertisements are expected to reach €597 million by 2014 from €177 million in 2008, a CAGR of 22.4 percent.
Sony Ericsson handsets to incorporate Mobile Commerce’s new search service
Sony Ericsson today announced that the new 8.1 megapixel Cyber-shot C905 phone will come preloaded with Mobile Commerce's ‘NearMe' application. Mobile Commerce is the UK provider of location-based services (LBS) and mobile content integration, and ‘NearMe' will alsoPersonal navigation to remain most popular LBS application over next five years - but enterprise apps will generate most revenue, says research
While many Location Based Services applications, such as friend finders and location-based search, will be launched by carriers in the next few years, personal navigation will remain the most important LBS category providing high value and clear benefits
GyPSii and Garmin sign global multi-year agreement for location-based services and social networking
GyPSii, the geo-location and mobile social networking provider, has today announced it has entered into a multi-year worldwide agreement with Garmin, the specialist in satellite navigation.