http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/09/gps-penetration-of-mobiles-reaching-a-tipping-point/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/09/gps-penetration-of-mobiles-reaching-a-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-6523 Nikon D90 Camera Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/?p=926#comment-6523 x x

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/09/gps-penetration-of-mobiles-reaching-a-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-4817 Amazing Bargains Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/?p=926#comment-4817 Indeed, there is a great need for someone smart to integrate, gps, wifi and the "personal area network" to deliver a great new application that we all need. Imagine walking around a strange city looking for a fast food place. You just say "Where's MacDonalds?" into your bluetooth mic and then a map comes to your cell phone with walking directions through your earpiece. Perfect lol Indeed, there is a great need for someone smart to integrate, gps, wifi and the “personal area network” to deliver a great new application that we all need. Imagine walking around a strange city looking for a fast food place. You just say “Where's MacDonalds?” into your bluetooth mic and then a map comes to your cell phone with walking directions through your earpiece. Perfect lol

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/09/gps-penetration-of-mobiles-reaching-a-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-3390 nic Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:00:18 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/?p=926#comment-3390 Hi Ed - I don't think making that linkage for individual services will be that difficult technically speaking. One startup that is doing it already is SportsDo - mostly using GPS dongles. Hi Ed – I don’t think making that linkage for individual services will be that difficult technically speaking. One startup that is doing it already is SportsDo – mostly using GPS dongles.

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/09/gps-penetration-of-mobiles-reaching-a-tipping-point/comment-page-1/#comment-3389 Ed French Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:43:51 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/?p=926#comment-3389 It certainly feels closer- have you a come across any common way of linking the GPS information the handset holds with the web services that would use that data for you? Without that we're likely to have a range of diverse applications for different phones. It certainly feels closer- have you a come across any common way of linking the GPS information the handset holds with the web services that would use that data for you? Without that we’re likely to have a range of diverse applications for different phones.

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