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Mobile Mapping Services Hit Big Time

pcworld.com — Gartner Inc. predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales decline by 4%.

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  • noizeuk, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4Mmmm Google maps on my G1.

    I love my G1
  • weeFred, on 07/13/2009, -0/+3I wish my friends would hurry up and get decent phones. It's annoying when you know how awesome things like latitude could be if your friends actually had phones that it works on.
  • Zeigy, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2Google Latitude. They just have to make it work in the Caribbean now...
  • DahRecords, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2I'd like to think that I'll never be lost after this, but that's not happening.
  • absolutelytrue, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2Despite this technology, I still never know where I am.
  • NikoKun, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2Location-based services? How about Augmented Reality on mobile devices?
  • epheterson, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2"The research firm also said that carriers who charge users up to $10 per month, plus the cost of a monthly data plan, for LBS can expect to lose customers who opt to take advantage of free services."

    Screw you, AT&T, with your TeleNAV. I pay you enough money, we'll stick to free services, thank you.
  • gALEXy, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1"Mobile Mapping Services Hit Big Time" hmm, people like to take maps with them when they go places, Gee who knew...
  • RickCarstens, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1this is the coolest innovation so far in the mobile tech... i love it greatly.... i am addcited to it so much that..... i never drive without my google mapping phone...
  • Michaelabehsera, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1thats cool
  • KeithBarrett, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1This just in - Gartner predicts that the now visible massive adoption of location based services is a trend. In other news; clouds are white.
  • inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1I know that feeling!
  • 4AntiStupid, on 07/13/2009, -0/+0I'm not sure there's a lot of money to be made in the consumer market. The real market is in companies that want a cheap way to track their delivery trucks and such. They pretty much suck as a navigation device compared to Garmin that doesn't cost much and has no service requirements.

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