The third thing I want to talk about is GPS location based related service. We all know that Google Map and Nokia Map with help of embedded GPS receiver can fix your current location and dispaly it on the map on your mobile phone. You can find POI (Point Of Interest) interested to you. And you can also plan your itinerary (driving or walking) by utalizing its navigation planning feature as well. Sorry turn by turn voice guidance you have to pay for it.
Unfortunatelly till end of this year (2008), the embedded GPS feature is still a premium feature and only available to mid to high end phones. Luckly starting from next year (2009~), my estimation is that we should be able to see more and more mid range hand phones (~USD250) to have this GPS receiver embedded, with the help of Taiwanese chipset design house such as MTK. Smiles!
In addition to the two above mentioned software, I would liek to add another application called GyPSii into the watch list.
Features of the GyPsii are
Features of the GyPsii are
- Mobile client available to Symbian, Windows Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, and RIM
- To fix your location by either GPS embedded in phone or your IP address assigned
- Integrated portal (sync. between web and WAP)
- Samsung announced to pre-installed the client in some selected phones
To me, it has a sense of social netoworking in location. Give it a try and let me know how do you think of it.
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