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London agencies AKQA and PHD go head to head for yell.com mobile business

As reported in New Media Age recently, the team at Yell.com mobile have devised an interesting way to stimulate downloads of their mobile maps application.
Back in July, we reported on the updated Yell mobile mapping application.  Since then I have tried to get it working on my Nokia E71 (latest Symbian 60 3rd Edition FP1 with [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted September 22, 2008 in advertising | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Andrew will be speaking at the Navigation and Location Europe 2008 conference on June 4th – 5th at the Marriott Hotel in Amsterdam

Andrew will be speaking at the Navigation and Location Europe 2008 conference, organised by Telematics Update magazine on June 4th – 5th at the Marriott Hotel in Amsterdam. Built on the long running success of 4 years of navigation conferences, Navigation and Location Europe 2008 represents the next step forward for the industry. Joining Nokia, [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted April 6, 2008 in applications, conference, location, mobile, speaking | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Is the GPS party about to end? Report points to SiRF job cuts and asks what has changed in the GPS world

Over at Gigaom, a story about SiRF Technologies laying off workers has started a discussion around “the end of the GPS party”.  Read the full article here

Quoting from Gigaom “SiRF Technology (SIRF), a San Jose, Calif.-based maker of GPS chips, this morning said it was cutting jobs and trying to restructure its business due to [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted March 25, 2008 in location, mobile | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The rise and rise of the GPS mobile – but not for mobile advertising

I noticed a story (with accompanying video) on the BBC Click website titled Rise and rise of the GPS mobile.

Like many stories at the moment about GPS, the author makes a few generalisations.
In the closing paragraphs, the BBC reporter Marc Cieslak notes
“This location based technology does throw up the potential for annoying features however.
If retailers [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted March 9, 2008 in advertising, gps, location, mobile, social networking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Carnival of the Mobilists #108 is up at www.skydeck.com/blog/

This week’s rich instalment of all things mobile is available over at the Skydeck Blog with contributions from John Puterbaugh from Nellymoser lays down a concise yet thorough review of the 700 mhz auction that defines openness, reviews Google’s impact, explains what is at stake, and addresses what it will all mean for the future of [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted January 28, 2008 in carnival | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Davos Effect – Google CEO Eric Schmidt expects mobile to be big – is he right and what has to happen to prove him right?

Much has been written on the “Davos Effect”, where the musings at this annual event from senior executives of large companies such as Google and Sony actually become true, or at least offer a window into the current thinking or focus of a particular company or industry segment.
By now, many of you will have read the summary [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted January 27, 2008 in opinion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)