Ovi Maps in your Own Voice

Via Nokia conversations... Own Voice lets you record and share your own navigation instructions for Ovi Maps,  The Own Voice app lets you create a new voice pack, taking you through each step of the process. To kick things off, find a quiet space to record, then let the app take you through each of the 53 required commands including my favorite “You have reached your destination”. When you’re done recording, you simply add your name, hit save and the voice pack is uploaded to the Own Voice website.

NASA Satellite Imagery Gulf Oil Spill

NASA Satellite Imagery Gulf Oil Spill,
originally uploaded by GISuser.com GIS and Social, Mobile Tech Images.

Amazing imagery from space showing the extent of the oil spill...

Fundraiser Widget

testing my ping.fm setup.. sorry!

Android Developers Blog: Android Market update: support for priced applications

Android Developers Blog: Android Market update: support for priced applications: "http://market.android.com/publish"

I'm sorry seeing all this crap going on in Mumbai... when will it ever end!

going for pizza to serve at the birthday party (@jrtweets)

mobile tech event of interest, Dec 4 San Fran - Symbian Partner Event! http://ping.fm/lRx5O

Geo Twitters, add you @username to this twitter directory so people can find you http://ping.fm/Iifdh

new GIS programmer job opp just hit the board... Overland Park, KS http://ping.fm/YOIuY

Official google.org Blog: Introducing Google.org Geo Challenge Grants

Google has released details of the Geo Challenge Grants program - an effort by Google to enable organizations to create maps that will enhance their work and impact. Apply and submit your proposal online here by December 22nd, 2008. See more at Google.org
Official google.org Blog: Introducing Google.org Geo Challenge Grants

My Sports Tracker Vine

Nokia Nseries Widget

Glenn's Trips

In order to view the Nokia Nseries Widget you need JavaScript and Flash Player 9+ support

Google LatLong: Google Earth now available for iPhone

Google has rolled out Google earth for iPhone and iPod touch -- From the lat/long blog... The world just got a little bit smaller. Google Earth is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing you to fly to the far reaches of the world from the palm of your hand.
Source: Google LatLong: Google Earth now available for iPhone: "To get Google Earth on your iPhone, visit the App Store in iTunes or your iPhone, and search for 'Google Earth.'"

last.fm mobile player Mobbler

Here's a tip for a fine last.fm client for S60 - mobbler - Mobbler, Mobile Scrobbler, is a last.fm radio player and scrobbler for Nokia S60 3rd edition smartphones. It allows you to listen to your last.fm radio stations and to scrobble tracks played using the Nokia S60 Music Player. Get it here

Google Geo Developers Blog: Geocoding... in Reverse!

According to the Google geo dev blog this week, Google now is making reverse geocoding available to developers. This is pretty huge for developers... in a nutshell this enables developers to add functionality that generates an address from a lat/long pair - a much tougher process than the reverse, which is grabbing a coordinate pair from an address (geocoding).
As a great example of a cool use of this technology enter MeetWays, a clever mashup that enables users to enter 2 locations (detailed or simply using zip codes) along with a variable (like pizza or coffee etc...) and in return you get returned locations that are aprrox in the middle... imagine, I enter your zip and mine and we determine a half way point to meet-up.. this is awesome!!


See also the HTTP Geocoding service for server-side geocoding, and the GClientGeocoder class for client-side geocoding

Google Geo Developers Blog: Geocoding... in Reverse!

Video - Nokia house tour, Helsinki Finland

Just dug up this video captured in Helsinki, finland, Sept 2008 at nokia house.

Another great Mobile Industry Review Show

Have you see the MobileIndustry Review yet? If not, check out the latest edition filmed in London. James is up to his usual self, hopping around an a coffee and red bull induced frienzy. Enjoy as he runs around asking people to show him their mobile... I love the chick with the dead N78!
Then there's the Nokia 6820 user.. nice, bet you haven't seen one of those for some time now! And a killer scene with the 3 US dudes that aren't carrying their phones with them (you know, roaming charges!) a tip, when in Europe check out one of the carrier shops and grab yourself a pre-paid SIM for cheap cheap, enabling you to actually use your device, if anything else you can use unlimited data while there! And then the lady with the iPhone thats getting slooooooower and sloooooower.. gee, haven't heard that complaint for some time! Enjoy the show and thanks guys!



Mobile Industry Review Show - Week 41 from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

my Helsinki, finland slideshow from Nokia OpenLab08