Anthony Doesburg: Mobiles to put you on the spot

Anthony Doesburg: Mobiles to put you on the spot Page 1 of 2 View as a single page 3:55AM Monday Oct 13, 2008 By Anthony Doesburg As cellphones with GPS chips - Apple's iPhone, for example - come on the market, the creation of location-based services becomes a realistic prospect. A local company that provides an audio guide for tourists using a purpose-built GPS receiver is already eyeing the potential of the iPhone and other GPS-capable phones. It's a breakthrough that's been a long time coming. Pundits have been talking excitedly for half a decade about the brave new world of location-based services. But researchers say New Zealand is well behind the leaders - namely Japan, Europe and the United States. What are location-based services, or LBS, and why are they worth getting excited about? According to Krassie Petrova, a... [read full story]