Augmentedreality. M-commerce. Mobile+stats. Smartphone Roulette for App Makers. GyPSii: all-in-one social networking for the iPhone. As 2008 came to a close, my blogger-buddy Peter Kim asked a batch of social media folks to think about what 2009 would have in store for our industry.
I included location awareness and mobile social networking among my predictions: Geo-location, location, location. Location awareness will be the mobile utility of the year as more and more consumers use their GPS-enabled phones and mobile social software (mososo) to find great stuff to see, do and buy wherever they may be at any given time, and foster real world face-to-face connections with the people in their social networks. A few months later, crayon began working with a mobile social network provider called GyPSii.
The Google Phone Is Very Real. And It’s Coming Soon [TechCrunch] The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way.
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Get ready for the Google Phone. It’s no longer a myth, it’s real. The next “super” Android device will almost certainly be a HTC phone that’s much thinner than even the Droid or iPhone – The Dragon/Passion.