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Articles tagged with: Wi Fi and Social Networking
Eight Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2009 and 2010
Gartner says that it has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies. more
Related Tags: ethernet, nfc, near-field-communication, apple, bluetooth, rsa, privacy, itu, gps, hspa, e-book, gartner, uwb, battery, wireless-broadband, chipsets, projectors, displays, presence, 802.11n, widgets, bandwidth, uplink, downlink, display, wired, health, mobile-web
ST-NXP Wireless Brings 3G/UMA to Mass Market
ST-NXP Wireless says the world's first 3G unlicensed mobile access (UMA) chipset platform is now in mass production, paving the way for a new range of converged fixed and mobile phones with enhanced multimedia capabilities. more
Related Tags: edge, mts, fixed-mobile-convergence, umts, indoor-coverage, handover, indoor, wifi, congestion
Location Ecosystem Still Looking for Sustainable Growth and Viable Business Model
Despite the relative success of Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) and industrial GPS applications, the location ecosystem has yet to reach a mature stage as it continues to encounter challenges on its way to continued profitable growth. While penetration levels of consumer telematics and LBS services remain low, the more established product categories suffer from price erosion and dwindling margin levels as evidenced by the recent financial results of PND vendor TomTom. more
Related Tags: rsa, gps, wind, abi-research, lbs, personal, pnd, telematics, pnds, personal-navigation-devices, navigation
Skyhook Wireless Brings Wi-Fi Location to Symbian OS
Skyhook Wireless, provider of the wi-fi Positioning System (WPS) has demonstrated wi-fi positioning on the latest version of Symbian OS, v9.5. The collaborative work between the two partner companies demonstrates support for Skyhook's wi-fi Positioning System (WPS) by Symbian's LBS architecture, enabling fast and accurate location acquisition in urban and indoor environments. more
Related Tags: smartphone, rural, gps, lbs, location-based-services, skyhook, a-gps, symbian, ims, indoor, cell-phone
T-Mobile Shows off its "Google Phone"
T-Mobile today announced the international launch of the world's first Android-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. The handset will be available from next month not just in the USA, but also in Europe. more
Related Tags: android, google, deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, wind, edge, palm, mobile-internet, instant-messaging, 3, retail-stores, navigation, email, option, mobile-web, qwerty, gmail,
Location-based Mobile Social Networking Will Generate Revenues of $3.3 Billion by 2013
The recent emergence of location-based mobile social networking services offered by providers such as GyPSii, Pelago and Loopt is revolutionizing social networking by allowing users to share real-life experiences via geo-tagged user-generated multimedia content, exchange recommendations about places, identify nearby friends and set up ad hoc face to face meetings. more
Related Tags: samsung, privacy, gps, abi-research, skyhook, garmin, us-cellular, instant-messaging, indoor-coverage, indoor, loopt, wi-fi-
Third of Portable Navigation Devices Will Offer Two-Way Connectivity by 2013
The emergence of connected navigation services such as real-time traffic, live local search and map updates is prompting many PND vendors such as Magellan, Mio, TomTom, and Dash to develop connected personal navigation device (PND) solutions with two-way real-time connectivity based on cellular or wi-fi technology. more
Related Tags: qualcomm, abi-research, pnd, telematics, pnds, satellite, chipsets, personal-navigation-device, personal-navigation-device, navigation, navigation-services, seamless
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