Comments on: A new era of location, location, location http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/05/14/a-new-era-of-location-location-location/ Stories from around the Nokia neighbourhood Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Local, Local, Local (WEB) « All Things IP http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/05/14/a-new-era-of-location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-3513 Local, Local, Local (WEB) « All Things IP Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:23:01 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=44#comment-3513 [...] “We expect to ship about 35 million GPS-enabled Nokia devices in 2008, which is equal to the entire GPS device market in 2007,” Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. [...] [...] “We expect to ship about 35 million GPS-enabled Nokia devices in 2008, which is equal to the entire GPS device market in 2007,” Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. [...]

]]> By: Antoine of MMM http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/05/14/a-new-era-of-location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Antoine of MMM Fri, 16 May 2008 07:25:49 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=44#comment-81 Speaking as someone who is being more location aware with mobile tech, I think its great that Nokia is taking steps towards enablement. What I'd like to see though is more LBS type services that don't require data connections. This will give a baseline QoS that users can expect (things like tagging towers for contacts; BuddyBeacon like notification services based on cell-ID, etc.). Because while having GPS is smart, and really nice when it works. The fact is that data service plans that would make GPS best usable just aren't in that price range of mass acceptance. Maybe having more GPS enabled services and devices will help; but it would also be a good idea to tap the side of the market that will take the longest to get into this. Speaking as someone who is being more location aware with mobile tech, I think its great that Nokia is taking steps towards enablement.

What I’d like to see though is more LBS type services that don’t require data connections. This will give a baseline QoS that users can expect (things like tagging towers for contacts; BuddyBeacon like notification services based on cell-ID, etc.). Because while having GPS is smart, and really nice when it works. The fact is that data service plans that would make GPS best usable just aren’t in that price range of mass acceptance. Maybe having more GPS enabled services and devices will help; but it would also be a good idea to tap the side of the market that will take the longest to get into this.

]]> By: Alan S> http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/05/14/a-new-era-of-location-location-location/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Alan S> Wed, 14 May 2008 18:25:02 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=44#comment-82 Speaking as someone whose GPS facility has been hosed by the N95 v21 firmware upgrade, I'd say they have to get the GPS functions working first! Once working, GPS is indeed a wonderful adjunct to everyday mobile use. Speaking as someone whose GPS facility has been hosed by the N95 v21 firmware upgrade, I’d say they have to get the GPS functions working first!

Once working, GPS is indeed a wonderful adjunct to everyday mobile use.

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