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  • 11.10.08
    Telenav steps into the spotlight calling, “Shotgun!” gadgets | Comments Off
    Generally when you thing of portable navigation devices (PNDs), you think of Garmin, Magellan or relative newcomer to the market TomTom. While many people have never heard of Telenav, the company's navigation software can be found on mobile phones from virtually all of the major US mobile carriers. Telenav's software runs on virtually any standard Java-based phone and many GPS-enabled Windows Mobile and Blackberry phones. Now the software company has decided to enter the consumer electronic device market with the release of the Telenav Shotgun. Continue Reading...
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  • 07.28.08
    Mobile Mapping Up 82% Since Last Year gadgets | Comments Off
    Mobile mapping usage is up 82% year over year since last May. Interestingly enough, this still only represents 7.5% of mobile subscribers or about half of the people on the mobile web. Mark Gardner of Comscore says that, “The mobile phone as a personal navigation device makes tremendous sense,” though, in my humble opinion, the user experience has a long way to go. Comscore cites the iPhone as a device that is helping to drive this growing trend. In fact, it's likely also due to the My Location feature in Google Maps for Mobile that determines your location based on nearby ...
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  • 06.24.08
    7 Signs of the Impending Mobile Carrier Apocalypse gadgets, on the go | (1)
    While the end of days may not be here for mobile carriers like AT&T, Verizon or Sprint-Nextel, the mobile web is driving fundamental change in the industry. Much like the internet forced better pricing and more choice for land lines (those still exist, right?), the mobile web will force carriers to evolve or die. So what are the forces threatening the power structure of the mobile industry? Continue Reading...
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  • 06.12.08
    Loopt Location-Based IM and Ad Targeting for iPhone 3G gadgets | (2)
    When Loopt first released their location-based IM client last November it was only available for Sprint and Boost Mobile phones. The concept is fantastically simple and elegant, combine the ability to talk with your friends on IM and see their locations. This can help you meet up with friends or see if they're running late. At WWDC this week, Loopt demoed their iPhone 3G application to extend their functionality to the largest group of mobile web users online today. Also included in the new iPhone 3G version are the ability to call, text or even send invitations to friends on the ...
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  • 06.10.08
    10 Location Based Services For iPhone or iPhone 3G on the go | (6)
    With Steve Jobs' announcement yesterday about the inclusion of GPS into the new iPhone 3G, location-based services for the iPhone are set to take the mobile web by storm. However, there are already some really great location-based applications for iPhone that you can use to start getting local and social on your cell phone today. Check them out here. Continue Reading...
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  • 06.04.08
    FindWhere and Geoff Livingston’s Mobile Manifesto on the go | (1)
    Jaap Groot, CEO of FindWhere which makes the Buddyfinder service Livecontacts and Geoff Livingston, author of Now is Gone just released a manifesto entitled Breaking Through: The Local, Mobile and Social Manifesto. They're proposing the steps necessary to win in integrating location-based services into the social web. Here are their 8 tenants of their strategy for being mobile, local and social: Provide a base offering free of charge. Today’s social network user does not tolerate paid-for services. Work on a wide selection of phones. Offer an intelligent, simple user interface for accessing information. Use GPS rather than force users to manually enter their location ...
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