Comments on: RIM Should Integrate Location Based Services & Presence http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-12107 John Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:40:20 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-12107 In Europe the pricing differents from one country to the next when it comes to data plans. But actually the real money will be a shared revenue model on the services enabled by such a platform. Ideally the carrier would become a partner as a "community operator". In Europe the pricing differents from one country to the next when it comes to data plans. But actually the real money will be a shared revenue model on the services enabled by such a platform. Ideally the carrier would become a partner as a “community operator”.

]]> By: DavidB http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-12100 DavidB Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:45:22 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-12100 Sounds cool and all John (though I abhor Twitter), but how do cellcos earn lots of cash for the data usage increase by this app? Data plans (especially for Blackberry) in the USA are pretty much all flat rate and "unlimited". Sounds cool and all John (though I abhor Twitter), but how do cellcos earn lots of cash for the data usage increase by this app? Data plans (especially for Blackberry) in the USA are pretty much all flat rate and “unlimited”.

]]> By: John http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-12094 John Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:19:27 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-12094 "Where are you?" has now been answered and soon to be made available via Blackberry and iPhone. It is already available on most other Java compatible devices. Send me your phone number (John.Lindsay@result.com) when you want an invite to start using the coolest mobile app that I've ever seen - since Twitter. It was developed by an entrepreneur in Dusseldorf. Imagine visiting another city, and seeing one of the people in your phone's address book suddenly popping up in your Belysio app - ready for a meet-up somewhere nearby. Or being able to follow the travelling adventures of a family member as they cross borders from country to country. Or a mother being able to follow her children that go camping or to an amusement park for the day, just to give a piece of mind.... and some entertainment as the kids share their experiences with tweets, and photos of their adventures as they unfold. All you need is a regular, modern cell phone with web access. Belysio is the first location based service that doesn't require geo positioning technology. They simply compiled a database with all known phone masts in the world, and through that you can, if you want to, automatically let everybody know where you are. Belysio is a Social Radar and a Geo Journal in one, showing you where your friends are, and what they're doing. In other words, it's the very first simple tool that demonstrates the advantages of "location" as an extra layer to your communications, offering you a delicious sense of "presence" and "proximity" regarding the friends, family members and business contacts in your phone's address book. Belysio offers many extras: - address book synchronisation - instant messaging via your choice of IM service - MSN, Yahoo!, etc.... even Twitter - photo album, - location based google & wiki search, - integration of your social networks, ...and loads of cool features to come! And by the way, the cellcos will love this stuff. It consumers data bandwidth on which they do earn lots of cash. “Where are you?” has now been answered and soon to be made available via Blackberry and iPhone. It is already available on most other Java compatible devices.

Send me your phone number (John.Lindsay@result.com) when you want an invite to start using the coolest mobile app that I’ve ever seen – since Twitter.

It was developed by an entrepreneur in Dusseldorf.

Imagine visiting another city, and seeing one of the people in your phone’s address book suddenly popping up in your Belysio app – ready for a meet-up somewhere nearby. Or being able to follow the travelling adventures of a family member as they cross borders from country to country. Or a mother being able to follow her children that go camping or to an amusement park for the day, just to give a piece of mind…. and some entertainment as the kids share their experiences with tweets, and photos of their adventures as they unfold.

All you need is a regular, modern cell phone with web access. Belysio is the first location based service that doesn’t require geo positioning technology. They simply compiled a database with all known phone masts in the world, and through that you can, if you want to, automatically let everybody know where you are.

Belysio is a Social Radar and a Geo Journal in one, showing you where your friends are, and what they’re doing. In other words, it’s the very first simple tool that demonstrates the advantages of “location” as an extra layer to your communications, offering you a delicious sense of “presence” and “proximity” regarding the friends, family members and business contacts in your phone’s address book.

Belysio offers many extras:
- address book synchronisation
- instant messaging via your choice of IM service – MSN, Yahoo!, etc…. even Twitter
- photo album,
- location based google & wiki search,
- integration of your social networks,
…and loads of cool features to come!

And by the way, the cellcos will love this stuff. It consumers data bandwidth on which they do earn lots of cash.

]]> By: DavidB http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-7998 DavidB Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:25:43 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-7998 For those who don't follow TechCrunch, great article on this same subject. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/04/location-technologies-primer/ For those who don’t follow TechCrunch, great article on this same subject.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/04/location-technologies-primer/

]]> By: DavidB http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-7910 DavidB Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:40:56 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/03/rim-should-integrate-location-based-services-presence/#comment-7910 This would indeed be cool, but how do you propose getting the carriers to allow it? Since Verizon and others seem to view GPS location in a Blackberry as an additional revenue stream, it's hard to imagine them getting too excited about it being given away for free? Or is the thought that if RIM completely integrates LBS into the OS, no carrier would dare disable it or try to charge extra for it? Ah, nirvana, but I'm not sure RIM has the cajones... This would indeed be cool, but how do you propose getting the carriers to allow it? Since Verizon and others seem to view GPS location in a Blackberry as an additional revenue stream, it’s hard to imagine them getting too excited about it being given away for free?

Or is the thought that if RIM completely integrates LBS into the OS, no carrier would dare disable it or try to charge extra for it? Ah, nirvana, but I’m not sure RIM has the cajones…

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