Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Millions of tracks from major artists from Nokia Music Store UK
Millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming UK acts will be available alongside a host of interactive features such as music browsing, personal track recommendations, and a favourite artists search function.With a single account, music lovers can access the Nokia Music Store via their desktop computer or directly from optimized Nokia devices beginning with the Nokia N81 and Nokia N95 8GB, which are both on sale from 1st November 2007. See http://music.nokia.co.uk
3Guppies
a great app from 3Guppies for creating wallpapers and sending videos and images to/from your phone
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
YELLOWPAGES.COM Mobile from AT & T (supports iPhone too)
New from AT&T subscribers, another cool local search application. YELLOWPAGES.COM has also created a free, downloadable mobile application for 20 AT&T handsets that makes it easy for consumers to find what they need, when they need it. This enhancement allows consumers to search easily for whatever they want — local restaurants, ATMs, gas stations, airports, etc., and to save their favorite listings and locations for even quicker use in the future. The auto-complete feature makes searches faster. See www.yellowpages.com/mobile and www.apple.com/webapps
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
To market to market... where to get that Nokia N95
I noticed that just recently that Nokia has announced the opening of a new flagship store in Shanghai, China - FYI, the stores are Nokia's main POC for B to C and are quite important. There's a couple in the USA (New York , Chicago) but hardly enough. Why so? Well... its funny but Nokia is going gangbusters promoting the crap our of the N95 - this device was even recently billed as the official device of the Navteq LBS Challenge... ie. Nokia and Navteq want LBS developers to build apps to run on this device on the S60 environment. So what's the problem? Well... ever tried to buy an N95 in the USA! Currently, buying an unlocked device online (ebay or other) is likely the best way to go, unless you happen to be close to a flagship store. Otherwise, if you go into AT&T or T-Mobile they will likely look at you with a strange look and say "what's an N95"?? Getting to the consumer is a huge issue for Nokia smartphones here in North America and continues to get worse. Finally, get this... just this week I was at a Nokia S60 gig and the crew was giving away an N95 in a door prize (I didn't win.. darn it!) but the kicker... the Nokia/S60 people couldn't find one in San Francisco!! OUCH - one suggested resource for locating these and other products is - GPS-enabled product search, aka. GPS shopping! see www.s60.com / www.nokia.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
Nokia N810 internet tablet ready for prime time??
According to LAPTOP Magazine, the Nokia N810 has won the Best of CTIA Award for Best Overall Product The Linux tablet is the newest device in the company's Nseries line, was honored with LAPTOP's Best of CTIA Award in the Best Overall Product category at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2007 Show. Featuring a unique, sleek tablet form factor, and equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 400 MHz processor, a Mozilla-based browser and up to 10GB of storage space, the Nokia N810 provides a premier, portable internet experience. With VoIP calling, instant messaging and e-mail, you can easily stay connected with your colleagues, friends and family. But is Joe consume ready for a Linux Tablet PC? The N810 was a high profiled device last week at cTIa, however, given Nokia's problems at garneing marketshare in North America with any of the high-end Symbian smartphones do you think it's realistic that a Linix Internet tablet will have more success?? I doubt it - see also here for more on the n810
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
San Diego wildfire map
this is an interesting map developed by Sean over at Geocommons / fortisuone... he shared details with me...
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Map art!
Amazing that this image was created from USGS GIS data!
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Geotagging / Geolocating your flickr photos with Yahoo! zonetag and locr - a short tutorial
ok… more on the geotagging photos sent to flickr via shozu and my Nokia N95 GPS-enabled smartphone. I’ve recently been doing some research to figure out exactly how to geotag my photos, and get them up on flickr then view on a map. From the outside looking it one would think, “no problemmo”, however, things are not often as simple as they would seem. Luckily there’s a couple of good third party apps that work very well. Those of you that depend on out of the box functionality that wil accomplish this will have to try again!
My research has led me to believe the following:
- there’s much confusion out there about this.
- it’s a total pain in the arse to accomplish using the Nokia N95 out of the box
- it’s not as simple as blogs and other write ups lead you to believe
- many people seem to be having trouble with many different aspects of this.
- some people seem to be experiencing difficulties uploading via shozu from the Nokia N95 - I have yet to see any issues with this.
- apparently you can tag photos from N95 directly with GPS coords if you run sprt tracker or load the maps application - I’ve yet to be able to accomplish this seemingly simple task.
Enter Yahoo! Research labs zonetag and locr. Zonetag from Yahoo! has just recently come out with a version that supports Symbian S60 3rd edition devices (Nokia N80, N95, 6110 etc…). The application is very simple to use and it works. Simply install zonetag, setup your preferences (I’m still tweaking these) load the app, connect the GPS to grab your fix, take a photo, upload to flickr… it’s as simple as that! Once on flickr your photos will have a hyperlink to map the photo and the coordinates will display when you view the photo on a map. So far I’ve had excellent results with this application.
Locr (www.locr.com) operates in a similar manner. Install the app, setup an account, connect to GPS to get a fix, snap a photo, upload to flickr and to locr if you wish. Your photos are maintained in a locr account and from the mobile device you can also view your photos or photos that are near you. Once feature I’m not big on is that the application takes over the camera and you don’t seem to get the full functionality from your device. This contrasts with Zonetag where you use the camera in the same mode that you normally would with your device.
Please note, you should have an all you can eat data plan to use these applications otherwise the results (and your next phone bill) could be scary! I use shozu for uploads normall, however, it seems that when using zonetag or locr you are actually bypassing the shozu functionality… I’m not worried as I can use al teh data I want. Stay tuned for more on these apps. Overall, I give locr a 3.5 out of 5, zonetag gets 4.5 out of 5!
Related weblinks:
http://flickr.com/photos/gisuser/
Free Push Mail and more for Symbian devices
This from Cortado... I'm using it on my N95! With Cortado Free, a free-of-charge push mail service based on the industry standard IMAP IDLE supported by Symbian OS™, is available for sending and receiving e-mails in real time. Additional Cortado mailbox packages also allow synchronizing calendar, address book, memos, and tasks. The Cortado premium services further enable Symbian smartphones to print, fax and view attachments. Get it here
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
social.fm now has a mobile client (S60) woohoo
you may think big deal... but today there's great news for anyone with a S60 mobile smartphone (like the Nokia N95) as social.fm has released a mobile client. I just downloaded it and am testing as I write this.. its awesome... social music networking at its best.. simply search for a song, add to my favorites and listen... anytime anywhere.. SCORE! See www.social.fm or you can catch the news over on symbianone - see http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/4943/108/
Sinbad Search Beta released
Sinbad Search as an open beta, it is a free application designed for smart mobile devices to simplify information retrieval. We are hoping to find some people interested in smartphones and smartphone applications to take it for a test drive, give us some feedback and maybe even write a bit about it on the web.
Sinbad Search is for looking up information on the go, it is not just intended as another RSS reader but software for finding information you need using your phone wherever you are. It is built with a simple interface and minimal bandwidth use in mind.
or from the mobile version of the website at http://m.sinbadsearch.com
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Tiger art
Some more cool Tiger art I captured with the phone one day in Longmont - a great wallpaper
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
Buffalo art
Some cool art I snapped in Longmont Colorado.. enjoy! Use as your wallpaper if you want - you can grab it from my MOSH http://mosh.nokia.com/user/symbianone
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
S60 UI gets touch - think iPhone (video)
Thanks to Rafe over at AAS for grabbing this video showing the latest addition to the symbian S60 form factor - touch screen (listen to the phone ringing in the crowd.. nice!!) Great vid Rafe.. thanks!
A cool Flickr slideshow and google maps on N95
HEre's a great app for you to use to embed photos into your website or blog. The app comes from http://flickrslidr.com/ - flickr slidr and is very simple to use... enjoy! Below is a slide show of images captured showing the latest Google maps mobile running on a Nokia N95
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
WorldMate Now Free for UIQ
WorldMate, Inc., a leading provider of travel services for mobile devices, announced today the release of the free version of WorldMate Professional for Symbian UIQ and Windows Mobile Standard smartphones, providing on-the-go professionals with a superior, award-winning resource at no charge. Serving as the 'Swiss Army Knife' for road warriors facing the unpredictabilities of travel, WorldMate empowers users with a mobile tool to combat challenges such as scheduling conflicts and flight delays. WorldMate can be downloaded for the UIQ platform at www.mobimate.com/uiq or over-the-air at mobile.mobimate.com/uiq. For Windows Mobile smartphones, the application is available at www.mobimate.com/smartphone or over-the-air at mobile.mobimate.com/smartphone. 
symbian
symbian
smartphoneshow
Loads of news out of London today from the Symbian smartphoneshow now available via SymbianOne.com
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
symbian
Looking for images from the symbian smartphoneshow?
Rafe and the gang have been snapping photos and posting them to flickr... enjoy a few images from the UK and the 2007 smartphoneshow...
www.flickr.com
|
symbian
Symbian Smartphone Show Symbian C++ version of Google Maps Mobile
From The Symbian Smartphone Show... Symbian Limited today announced that Google has made available a free, native Symbian C++ version of Google Maps for mobile that was developed by Google for Symbian smartphones. The new version of Google Maps for mobile will provide users with an extremely fast and responsive mobile version of Google's award-winning mapping and location services software for Symbian smartphones. The client is available for download for S60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS-based phones at www.google.com/gmm
Monday, October 15, 2007
Cheers!
Go Rockies... I had an "Easy Street" to celebrate another win!
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
Nokia N95 multimedia computer makes global debut
It's official, the 8GB N95 is now available to users pretty much anywhere! Now with A-GPS, Nokia N95 8GB connoisseurs can whiz to their locations on Nokia Maps faster and enjoy maps for over 150 countries. Explore the world, find specific routes or locate services such as restaurants and hotels, covering more than 15 million points of interest. Purchase additional features, such as city guides and voice guided navigation, is an option too. The N95 8GB multimedia computer has an estimated retail price of EUR 560 before taxes or subsidies. For more on the N95 see www.nseries.com/n958gb
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
My cube creation
this is a clever flickr add on tool that enables users to create a cube from photos, then print it and fold it. I created it using my Google maps mobile uploads from today
Coming soon to symbian OS - Social.FM
Awesome.. social.fm is coming out with a symbian application in the future (a little bird tells me!) Check out social.fm this week-end when you have nothing else to do... it rocks!
Google MAps Mobile updated at 1.70.2- now running on my Nokia N95
A quick technorati search today seemed to indicate to me that Google Maps Mobile has received some kind of update - although I can't find any definite validation of this. According to some blogs, Google maps mobile has been optimized to run much better on Symbian S60 smartphones (think Nokia N95) So, curiosity got the better of me and I ran to grab it... I currently run Nokia Maps which comes "stock" on the N95. I go to http://www.google.com/mobile/gmm/index.html and then register for the latest download. I then get a txt message where I can grab the app (you gotta love all you can eat data plans ;0) I downloaded gmaps mobile (1.7) and loaded her up. The app started me off in London (why??) but then I simply requested that my location be updated.. low and behold in about 2 seconds the map centers on my current position (likely grabbed from cell fix). Then I browse around, switch to satellite image mode, and then even viewed current traffic conditions on I-25 - something that's crucial here as it can easily be a parking lot! I test the search and it works very well... simply put, the latest Google maps mobile on Symbian S60 is freaking awesome! Its fast, intelligent, and it works! I'll be testing some more this week-end so stay tuned. Screen shots and more details are now up on the flickr - see http://www.flickr.com/photos/gisuser/sets/72157602390210155/
Share your content in a Mobile friendly manner with MOSH
A tip... Have you MOSHed yet? MOSH (stands for mobilize and share) is an application just out from Nokia. It enables users to explore and share mobile friendly content. The app is optimized for mobile use although you can use it with your PC as well very comfortably. Simply create a profile and then upload photos, videos, games, documents, applications (i.e. demo ware) etc... its an awesome way to share your content with a HUGE community of mobile users. At first you may wonder why bother, although if you've ever struggled to get data onto your phone you may like this one. For example, you could create a PDF or Word version of your resume and add it as one of your documents.. then while on the road if you ever want your resume, want to send it to someone etc... you can simply send it to your phone or anyone's device for that matter... its very cool! MOSH is free and you don't have to have a NOKIA smartphone to use it.. any web-enabled device that can hit the Internet will work just fine. Check out my MOSH at http://mosh.nokia.com/user/gisuser
follow friends on your phone through Twitter
Twitter has just been updated with some new features... for example, one new feature allows anyone to track concepts in real time over SMS or IM. Tell Twitter what words or phrases you're interested in and you'll receive updates containing those words the instant anyone Twitters them. One of the most popular words being tracked by people right now is "overheard." Send "track overheard" to Twitter to find out why. (Send "untrack" if you change your mind and "stats" to get a list of words you track.) http://twitter.com/blog/2007/09/tracking-twitter.html Or, interested in knowing more about a twitterer... now you can send "whois username" to find out more about that person, or "follow username" to follow his or her updates
More on social networking with utterz
This is a very interesting application designed to be used from a PC client or mobile. It's rather "twitterish" and then some. After setting up a profile (free) users can then configure for auto blog updates where the application then feeds a user's weblog (most popular apps seem to be supported). I configured it to post all my updates to this blogger blog and it did so immediately without hassle - it even realizes that I have multiple blogger profiles in my setup, something my apps freak-out on! Widgets are provided - see right sidebar - where my utterz are also available for viewing and listening. So far I've uploaded a message via the familiar PC client through their website, very simple, and it seems that the text is also turned into an audio clip available on the widget. I've also sent a photos and a video via mobile (N95). I did notice that having the auto blog-update as well as a widget is a bit redundant but remember I was simply testing the functionality.
Utterz seems to have freaked out a bit on the Shozu, recall I use shozu on my mobile to crunch data when uploading... it also neables me to easily send multi-media without having to go through a cumbersome SMS or email send process. Utterz seems to want to post an audio clip from shozu (odd) and then the video does in fact get uploaded.. I'll have to mess around some more. Finally, the audio welcome message that is now available for listening to via the widget was created simply by me calling the special phone number and leaving the message... I'm imagining leaving messages on a personal blog using this or maybe even posting a bunch of audio clips when I'm attending a conference.. imagine live updates from every session or booth I visit while on the road.. way cool! The final test will be to see if the utter blog posts freak out planet geosapatial as I know I've had problems with this in the past, for example, when I auto blog update images from flickr the planet GS freaks out and then I typically get an email from JAmes asking me what's up ;0) For more on utterz see http://www.utterz.com
Utterz seems to have freaked out a bit on the Shozu, recall I use shozu on my mobile to crunch data when uploading... it also neables me to easily send multi-media without having to go through a cumbersome SMS or email send process. Utterz seems to want to post an audio clip from shozu (odd) and then the video does in fact get uploaded.. I'll have to mess around some more. Finally, the audio welcome message that is now available for listening to via the widget was created simply by me calling the special phone number and leaving the message... I'm imagining leaving messages on a personal blog using this or maybe even posting a bunch of audio clips when I'm attending a conference.. imagine live updates from every session or booth I visit while on the road.. way cool! The final test will be to see if the utter blog posts freak out planet geosapatial as I know I've had problems with this in the past, for example, when I auto blog update images from flickr the planet GS freaks out and then I typically get an email from JAmes asking me what's up ;0) For more on utterz see http://www.utterz.com
A free Nokia N95 Tip - The Free
Here's a tip on a very cool, free application to load on that Nokia N95... enjoy! The Free WorldMate software for Nokia N95 provides the following 5 essential travel services - completely Free of charge:
* Weathercaster
* World Clocks
* Global Weather Forecasts
* Currency Converter and Exchange Rate Service
* World Day/Night Map
Get it at http://www.mobimate.com/s60/
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
Nokia N95 news archive for ya
Just an FYI, for those of you interested in keeping abreast of news and other announcements applicable to the N95 smartphone, please be sure to consult the N95 news archive we maintain on LBSzone - see http://www.lbszone.com/content/category/1/45/2/
Mobile post sent by gisuser using Utterz.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
jB5 Mobile Browser for Symbian Series 60
Jataayu Software, the pioneers in the mobile internet technology, announces the release of its Truly Mobile Browser – jB5 for Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition mobile phones. jB5 is a mobile browser that can deliver true Internet browsing experience on the widest variety of phones. It can embed seamlessly on smart phones and feature phones as well as other Internet devices. jB5 provides one of the most complete mobile web browser implementations today covering not only all relevant web standards like HTML4, CSS2, ECMAScript but also complete WAP2 specifications. Completing the picture is its extensive support for requirements of leading operators around the world. jB5 has already been integrated into many diverse platforms proving its versatility and ability to fit into differing requirements quite easily. Truly Mobile Web Browser, can be downloaded from www.jataayu.net.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Protection for that smartphone
I'm sure someone out there has an idea on where/who has some decent cases for a Nokia N95 (Darla also recently pointed this out). Usually I'd start at Otterbox but since the device is so new here in the US they aren't making one yet. Any ideas?? My case simply isn't cutting it!
A few things I found include this flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasom/sets/72157602315717396/; Darla - http://darlamack.blogs.com/darlamack/2007/10/so-where-are-th.html;
and http://www.otterbox.com/ - maybe the Blackberry or iPhone case will work... otherwise looks like you need to shop in the UK.
A few things I found include this flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasom/sets/72157602315717396/; Darla - http://darlamack.blogs.com/darlamack/2007/10/so-where-are-th.html;
and http://www.otterbox.com/ - maybe the Blackberry or iPhone case will work... otherwise looks like you need to shop in the UK.
Share your content in a Mobile friendly manner with MOSH
A tip... Have you MOSHed yet? MOSH (stands for mobilize and share) is an application just out from Nokia. It enables users to explore and share mobile friendly content. The app is optimized for mobile use although you can use it with your PC as well very comfortably. Simply create a profile and then upload photos, videos, games, documents, applications (i.e. demo ware) etc... its an awesome way to share your content with a HUGE community of mobile users. At first you may wonder why bother, although if you've ever struggled to get data onto your phone you may like this one. For example, you could create a PDF or Word version of your resume and add it as one of your documents.. then while on the road if you ever want your resume, want to send it to someone etc... you can simply send it to your phone or anyone's device for that matter... its very cool! MOSH is free and you don't have to have a NOKIA smartphone to use it.. any web-enabled device that can hit the Internet will work just fine. Check out my MOSH at http://mosh.nokia.com/user/gisuser
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Event of Interest - Nokia N95 Photo Gallery Exhibitio
Thursday, 04 October 2007 - The Gallery features images shot entirely with the Nokia N95 multi-media computer by photographer and artist Henry Reichhold, as part of the Reflect series at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Connected Worlds project will create two exhibitions, one at the Royal Albert Hall and a virtual exhibition on the Nokia Island in Second Life (www.secondlife.com).
The photographs feature nine cities across five continents; London, Paris, Venice, New York, San Francisco, Sydney, Cape Town, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The exhibition has 2 Free viewing days at Albert Hall, October 29 and November 3 - see more at http://www.reichholdarts.com
See also http://www.royalalberthall.com/
The Connected Worlds project will create two exhibitions, one at the Royal Albert Hall and a virtual exhibition on the Nokia Island in Second Life (www.secondlife.com).
The photographs feature nine cities across five continents; London, Paris, Venice, New York, San Francisco, Sydney, Cape Town, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The exhibition has 2 Free viewing days at Albert Hall, October 29 and November 3 - see more at http://www.reichholdarts.com
See also http://www.royalalberthall.com/
Keep that N95 Charged - a charger solution for road warriors
If there's one thing that N95 users can rant about its the lack of battery power... imagine this, your at a conference, snapping photos, grabbing video, texting the office, checking email etc... then at 1 PM in the afternoon you notice your down to 2 bars of juice.. arghhhh!!! This is a common problem for me. One solution is a battery charger (USB) from Proporta. Backup power in case of emergencies. Proporta even has an N95 travel kit with all the necessities. Some details:
Gadget Bag with USB Mobile Device Charger
* Three individual compartments to store your mobile devices
* Quick and easy access to your device
* Plastic aperture, allowing headphones and charging cables to be fed through each section
* Includes USB Mobile Device Charger - 3400 mAH of power contained within the rechargeable battery
* Gadget Bag: 27cm x 22cm x 7cm (10.6" x 8.7" x 2.8")
* Gadget Bag without front pockets: 27cm x 22cm x 4cm (10.6" x 8.7" x 1.6")
* Front Pocket: 14cm x 20cm x 3cm (5.5" x 7.9" x 1.2")
* Interal Compartment: 13.5cm x 10.5cm x 3cm (5.3" x 4.1" x 1.2")
Gadget Bag with USB Mobile Device Charger
* Three individual compartments to store your mobile devices
* Quick and easy access to your device
* Plastic aperture, allowing headphones and charging cables to be fed through each section
* Includes USB Mobile Device Charger - 3400 mAH of power contained within the rechargeable battery
* Gadget Bag: 27cm x 22cm x 7cm (10.6" x 8.7" x 2.8")
* Gadget Bag without front pockets: 27cm x 22cm x 4cm (10.6" x 8.7" x 1.6")
* Front Pocket: 14cm x 20cm x 3cm (5.5" x 7.9" x 1.2")
* Interal Compartment: 13.5cm x 10.5cm x 3cm (5.3" x 4.1" x 1.2")
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
