Keep that N95 safe with the Nokia wrist band

A rather odd find but nonetheless quite cool.. Nokia has a product for sale called the wrist band. Simply put, its a sports band type of garment that is designed to keep your smartphone safe and in place while you work out! Going for a jog... simply slide on the wrist band and tuck your Nokia N95 safely inside... ok ,you could put your iPhone in there instead but that would be a bit hypocritical wouldn't it?? Thanks to Phil over at the S60 blogs for the heads-up on this one!

The Tech traveler - why not the Nokia N95

I noticed an article in USA Today the other day and it chronicled the journey of tech savvy travelers and discussed the technologies used. The techies used the notebook, blackberry, iPod, a 3G wireless router for sharing Wi-Fi and took advantage of wireless resources, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other enabling technologies. All these gadgets were used to enable quick check-in at the airport and hotels, mapping and routing, reservations, and the all important entertainment. Inside I was laughing because I had to ask myself why on earth would such a tech-savvy professional tote all these gadgets around when one simple device - The Nokia N95 - could accomplish everything and more! LOL

Nokia N95 Customers Will Receive a Free Version of SlingPlayer Mobile

This out of the slingbox camp today.. sling hits the N95 - Nokia N95 Customers Will Receive a Free Version of SlingPlayer Mobile. For a limited time Sling Media is offering Nokia N95 current and future handset owners in the U.S. a discount on Slingbox AV. In addition, all U.S. Nokia N95 customers will receive a free version of SlingPlayer Mobile (a $29.99 value). Complete details can be found at www.slingmedia.com/go/nokia.

Put your N95 photos on a Google Map using 8motions

Interested in placing your N95 cameraphone photos on a map? If see check out 8motions - http://www.8motions.com - this app was a semi-finalist in the 2007 Navteq LBSChallenge!

10 Of The Coolest, Free Applications For Your GPS-Enabled Nokia N95 Smartphone

The Nokia N95 is in my mind one of those must-have devices. Sleek, powerful, packed full of memory, GPS-enabled, a 5 megapixel camera, high quality video recording, Bluetooth enabled, I could go on and on. Ideal for the outdoor enthusiast, a dream device for the business user. The Nokia N95 is now available to North American users and may finally be positioned to start making headlines... do you want one? If you've picked one up or plan on getting one then here's a handy list of must have, free applications that will run on your Nokia N95 or other Symbian S60 3 smartphone. Did I mention that these applications are all free? The suggested apps include:
fring
shozu
Mosh
locr
sports tracker
Zurfer
yahoo! zonetag
twibble
Yahoo! Go
Widsets
Nokia Maps
See complete details at http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/12773/28/

LBSzone Alert weekly newsletter

Did you happen to catch Volume #1 of the new LBSzone Alert weekly newsletter the other day? We've spun-off a weekly update to our newsletter offerings to now include a blast that's focused on mobile technologies and, more specifically, location-based services (LBS). As many of you know, LBSzone has been around for several years now (the site actually was developed pre-GISuser), however, we've been waiting for just the right time to launch our electronic update focused on location-based services (LBS)... that time is NOW! See Volume #1 Of LBSZone Alert HERE or Register to receive the LBSzone Alert HERE

Google gpicsync - embed location information in your photos

Here's an interesting application from Google - GPicSync automatically inserts location in your photos metadata so they can also be used with any 'geocode aware' application like Picasa/Google Earth, Flickr, loc.alize.us, etc.

Features:

automatically geocode your photos (in the EXIF header)
use a GPS tracklog in the GPX format or NMEA format (multiple selection possible)
Support elevation data if present in the tracklog
create a Google Earth KML file to directly visualize the geocoded photos and track in Google Earth
create a Google Maps file to publish your pictures and track on the web
Automatically associate audio or video files in Google Earth and Google Maps
create a Google Earth KMZ file (containing your geolocalized pictures and tracklog).
add additional geonames and 'geotagged' metadata (for automatic tagging in Flickr for example) and create an automatic IPTC caption
manually write latitude/longitude in a picture EXIF or a selection of photos
handy tools integrated (Time correction tool, EXIF reader, GPX inspector, rename pictures with date/location,)
supports Jpeg pictures and main RAW files format
See http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/

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Share your Geotagged photos with GlobalMotion

GlobalMotion has just launched a new Wiki focused on real world places: www.globalmotion.com. GlobalMotion has focused on making the content creation process easy and fun, using the millions of geotagged photos out there on the web in a useful & fun way. This could be a very cool way to use and share your geotagged Nokia N95 GPS tagged photos.

Some details on the app... GlobalMotion was started by Joost Schreve. Joost is an avid travel enthusiast. Joost hitchhiked on a sail boat from The Philippines to Hong Kong and then climbed with his skis above 8,000 meters in the Himalayas. He has always been into technology so he is marrying his two passions with his websites he started. A few other advisors to the company include: Hap Klopp, founder of North Face outdoor clothing and gear, as well as Per Enge who is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University.