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Most new cell phones here in the US now come equipped with a GPS
receiver due to e911 requirements. And if the receiver doesn't work
well enough, triangulation could probably give a coarse location -
which is all that's needed for what I'm asking about.
With all the hype over location based services, I haven't seen much in
the way of services for consumers that take advantage of location via
cell phones.
I should be able to dial a number that has a voice recognition system,
say:
"nearest Starbucks"
and it should be able to spit out a location, phone number, and
possibly routing directions.
Does anything like this exist? If not, who's developing something like
this? Any publically traded companies developing applications that make
use of location from cell phones?
And I mean plain old cell phones without fancy displays, not smart
phones; where you could dial a number, and then get useful information
based on location.
receiver due to e911 requirements. And if the receiver doesn't work
well enough, triangulation could probably give a coarse location -
which is all that's needed for what I'm asking about.
With all the hype over location based services, I haven't seen much in
the way of services for consumers that take advantage of location via
cell phones.
I should be able to dial a number that has a voice recognition system,
say:
"nearest Starbucks"
and it should be able to spit out a location, phone number, and
possibly routing directions.
Does anything like this exist? If not, who's developing something like
this? Any publically traded companies developing applications that make
use of location from cell phones?
And I mean plain old cell phones without fancy displays, not smart
phones; where you could dial a number, and then get useful information
based on location.
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Does LBS exist or is it still vapor ware?
What's causing the absence of an LBS product? Are Verizon, Cingular,
and other wireless vendors charging too much for access to cell phone
coordinates?
It bugs me that I can't even get my own coordinates from my cell phone.
dananrg@yahoo.com wrote:
What's causing the absence of an LBS product? Are Verizon, Cingular,
and other wireless vendors charging too much for access to cell phone
coordinates?
It bugs me that I can't even get my own coordinates from my cell phone.
dananrg@yahoo.com wrote:
> receiver due to e911 requirements. And if the receiver doesn't work
> well enough, triangulation could probably give a coarse location -
> which is all that's needed for what I'm asking about.
> With all the hype over location based services, I haven't seen much in
> the way of services for consumers that take advantage of location via
> cell phones.
> I should be able to dial a number that has a voice recognition system,
> say:
> "nearest Starbucks"
> and it should be able to spit out a location, phone number, and
> possibly routing directions.
> Does anything like this exist? If not, who's developing something like
> this? Any publically traded companies developing applications that make
> use of location from cell phones?
> And I mean plain old cell phones without fancy displays, not smart
> phones; where you could dial a number, and then get useful information
> based on location.