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Late June 2008

Mobile phones are becoming powerful enough to rival some of the most powerful field data collection devices ever made. Our industry is catching the attention of some software developers who are writing software for smart phones that can be very productive for field personnel.

The Mobile Frontier in Field Data Collection
The mobile phone business is going nuts. Makers are introducing powerful phones in droves. The sleek and stylish Motorola Razor is almost an antique now. Apple introduced their new iPhone G3 last week and Sprint is introducing the Instinct later this month, complete with streaming TV service. Blackberry is rumored to be coming out with a touch screen phone for Verizon. Nokia, well, they're in the process of buying Navteq. Navteq map databases power the leading personal navigation devices (PNDs) like Garmin, Magellan and Navigon among others. 'Nuff said.

2008/2009 is going to be the year(s) of the smartphone, with manufacturers packing more and more into mobile phones. I saw this at the CTIA Wireless 2008 conference in Las Vegas a couple of months ago. I was blown away by the absolutely huge exhibition booths setup by Nokia, Motorola, BlackBerry/Research in Motion, Samsung, LG, etc. Their booths were like small metropolitan areas within the exhibition center.

Okay, this is cool stuff, but how does this affect my business/organization? read more>>

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			EVENTS
			International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: XXI Congress July 3, 2008 - July 11, 2008 Beijing, China GeoWeb 2008 July 21, 2008 - July 25, 2008 Vancouver, BC Canada 2008 ESRI International User Conference August 4, 2008 - August 8, 2008 San Diego, CA Map Asia 2008 August 19, 2008 - August 21, 2008 Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia ION GNSS 2008 September 16, 2008 - September 19, 2008 Savannah, GA

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