09/8  Geominder

Category: Location-based Services    By editor at 21:44
Geominder for Series 60 phones
Geominder allows you to create location-based reminders that stay attached to physical locations.

When arriving at a marked location, Geominder can play an alarm and display a stored text note or a voice note previously associated to the location.

A location-based reminder can be much more convenient than standard time-based reminders - for example:
  • "When I arrive at the office, remind me to review next week's schedule"
  • "When I pass supermarket, remind me to buy vegetables"
  • "At home remind me to call Dave"
Geominder can improve your life in many other ways and scenarios, which are only bounded by your imagination!

Geominder uses mobile network's cell id information and doesn't require an extra GPS device. Mobile Network cell id information is free of mobile operator charges and depends on the cell antenna geographic distribution which is usually suited for most common day-to-day uses (for example home - office - shopping). No mobile operator fees are involved in using Geominder.
Via 37signals: Location-based reminders with Geominder



09/8  Mobile Device Database

Category: Miscellaneous    By editor at 19:33
Mobile Research
The Mobile Device Database Solution
The Mobile Device Database is a comprehensive collection of data for each device on every carrier. Mobile Research has a team dedicated to researching every device in your market, in detail. Device data is gathered from actual devices by our researchers using in-house profiling tools and processes. The Mobile Research device profiling process provides the Mobile Device Database with an unprecedented level of accuracy and scope. The XML formatted data is designed and presented in a format that is easy to parse and load into a relational database server for programmatic use. Mobile Research continually adds new mobile devices as they hit the market, enabling subscribers to support new handsets immediately. Mobile Research will continue to expand the scope of data that is available for each device as devices become more complex and as the market embraces new mobile media types.
In what relation does this stand to WURFL? Anybody?


Via Russ