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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:45:49 +0000

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By: Elibom

Elibom — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:28:39 +0000

One example here.

The US VZW also provides lots of mobile location-based services. One of them is called navigation services. it is about $5+ per month. However, as you know, the GPS service itself is free to public and a GPS receiver is as low as $200 with a pretty decent screen and airtime charge. (More decent than a mobile phone.) It is really difficult for me to choose the VZW navigation service instead of buying a GPS receiver. On the other hand, the VZW GPS is a A-GPS/AFLT based hybrid solution under the tight control of the operator. If you travel out of the VZW network coverage, you will be out of luck. However, with a standalone GPS receiver, you have no problem.

By: Edgar

Edgar — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:30:26 +0000

LBS has been around for years, but it takes a launch like the iPhone app store to really get the ball rolling. Now everyone will want to get there hands on LBS and they can, now that it’s available to the masses. I still think the leader in LBS is WHERE by uLocate. I bet they’ll have an iPhone app too.

By: Elibom

Elibom — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:18:16 +0000

I have read the similar news many times these days. Is there any relationship between the new iphone debut and this? Strang enough, suddenly mobile LBS starts flying.