Google appear to be the front runners at the moment – is their lead assailable?
With Google’s current domination of the maps space thanks to Google Maps, and their recent upgrade of mobile maps to include my location, and the rumours circulating that soon they will open up their cell-ID database API to third parties – [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted August 8, 2008
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Tagged cell-ID, google, gps, location, maps, mashup, mobile, mobile advertising, my location, Nokia, zagme
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…well not really. The summary from the official Google mobile blog reads
“Wireless phones can make and receive calls because they are connected over the air to a nearby cell tower. The phone knows the ID of the cell tower that it’s currently using. If the phone has GPS, the Maps application on the phone sends [...]
Microsoft quietly launched a new feature on the mobile version of their live website at http://m.live.comhere in the UK. As you can see from the screenshots below, there is now a “find me” button.
Users in the UK who access m.live.com from their native WAP browser (would not work on Opera Mobile or Opera Mini) are automatically [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted May 31, 2008
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Tagged cell-ID, google, live, live.com, local search, location, location search, microsoft live, my location, search
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Welcome to All About Symbian readers – looks like we’ve had a flood of traffic from the post by Steve Litchfield titled Ruminations on cell-id location in Nokia Maps 2.0.
I have been using Nokia maps for some time now, and following the launch of their V2.0 beta at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, I have been [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted May 26, 2008
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Tagged gmm, google, google mobile maps, gps, lbs, location, location inventory, maps, my location, Navteq, Nokia, nokia maps
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Following on from my earlier post on the new My Location feature on Google Mobile Maps, and after having used the application for the last month, I thought I’d provide an update on usability in a range of real world situations.
While I have been testing it everywhere I have travelled in December (London, Bristol, Athens, [...]
