Posts tagged GPS
9 nifty apps for the BlackBerry Bold 9900
Sep 15th
By Nestor E. Arellano
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 is probably one of the company’s finest smartphone in recent years. Although its look may not be as bold as expected and its operating system, the OS7 might be the last of the series before RIM moves on to the QNX platform, the 9900 has a lot going for it.
The new Bold is the thinnest BlackBerry ever and yet it packs a 1.2GHz, single-core
Nestor Arellano
Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm that leaves the processors in previous generations of BlackBerrys in the dust. The OS7 actually provides a better user experience than older versions of the operating system and the touchscreen works well with the BlackBerry 7 browser.
But to truly enjoy the phone you need to have the apps. Read the rest of this entry »
Carmakers differentiating through technology
Apr 18th
Let’s face it, in-vehicle technology is one of the few areas that car manufacturers coming out of an economic recession can differentiate their models and get users excited about buying new vehicles. In-vehicle communications and entertainment systems offer varied forms of voice control, Internet and e-mail features as well as advanced GPS, car security and safety features.
Gadjo Sevilla
The internal combustion engine, while quite evolved, is a 100-year-old invention. Hybrid technology is still in the early adopter stage, it is promising but prohibitively expensive and requires support from governments and costly infrastructure to back it up. Read the rest of this entry »
Next stop for tech ubiquity – your car
Mar 16th
I was born in the last generation that will ever remember living in a world where computing was not ubiquitous.
A computer didn’t enter my household until I was 11 years old, and we located it on the desk in the corner of our basement. For many years, that’s where my computing experience was contained – if I wanted to do word processing or access the Internet to do research (OK, most of the time I was playing Quake), I had to sit at the desk in the basement. Now that limited access to computing seems
Brian Jackson
quaint.
The “Holy Grail” of marketing with mobile web access
Dec 16th
Looking ahead to 2010, I expect to see more articles online and offline about how GPS technology is exploited more “fruitfully” by enterprises reaching out to persons carrying the latest PDAs.
While it is always fascinating to discuss the latest technological developments that have potential for applications, sometimes we miss the mark – am reminded of the time in 1998 when Motorola and Timex joined forces to create their “Beepwear Watch”. Just because a technological marriage is possible, doesn’t mean it could be a marketing success. The Pocket pager style “beepwear watch” won a CES Innovations award, only to fail as a consumer product because it was soon eclipsed by a decline in the cost of cellphones.
When I emphasized the word “fruitfully” I am reflecting that technological considerations alone will not arrive at the ‘killer application’ we seek. The solution to a blending of GPS and PDAs has to come from a marketing angle. Read the rest of this entry »
