In addition to being location aware, the smartphone of the future will be situationally and contextually aware.
Smartphones and many tablets are location aware.
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Skyhook-enabled Motorola smartphones, which will begin shipping later this year, will have the ability to better support a new wave of location-aware applications by leveraging Skyhook's precise, reliable, and fast-performing location engine.
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So I think these location-aware services are now in their prime time to be fully commercialized.
"There is so much location-aware information out there for which online maps provide the natural interface, " said Mitrovic.
The SiRFPrimaII auto infotainment platform brings the features of premium, location-aware in-vehicle infotainment systems to the mainstream market.
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Washington duo Bluebrain released a location-aware album in the form of an app called The National Mall.
For product strategists, this new gold mine of information means opportunities to create new experiences based on location-aware services.
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Unlike more established technical work networks like Freelancer, eLance and ODesk, these are location-aware systems.
Location-aware smartphones and inexpensive digital memory storage in the "cloud" of the Internet make the transition possible and inevitable.
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These systems are becoming location-aware so many run on a mobile device and can show you local gigs automatically.
The app is location-aware and provides access to your notes on pretty much any device (iPad, iPhone, Android, desktop, laptop).
The service, which is accessible via an iPhone application or the Web, claims it is the first location-aware mobile address book.
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With those billion customers walking around with radios in their hands Nokia has the chance to tap into the world's largest location-aware network.
Most location-aware services that have succeeded so far have been social.
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If customers are publicly broadcasting their whereabouts, it makes sense to take advantage of that in a direct way, rather than conspicuously floating location-aware ads on their phone browsers.
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Along that same data spine, customers can add reviews, limousine services and florists can enhance the dining experience, and a location-aware Smartphone app can tell you what restaurant within walking distance of where you are has a table available right now.
From March 2010, all new Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones will come installed with the new Ovi Maps application and pre-loaded with local country map data and walk and drive navigation with access to location-aware Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides at no extra cost.
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After you're done partying it up, the event will automatically end when people leave and stop posting due to the location and context-aware nature of the app.
Russia had already been made aware of the location, but had raised alarm bells yet again when the project dates were finally announced.
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"While she is not charged in the criminal complaint, the government is aware of her location and is continuing the investigation to determine the role of all involved, " said a Justice Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
The Dame Janet Smith Review website says it would like to hear from those who were the subject of inappropriate sexual conduct by the presenter on BBC premises or on location, and from those who were aware of or suspected such conduct.
Future premiums will reflect risk (tied both to specific location and expected climate change) so individuals are aware of the hazard they face.
And as you're probably aware, the Democratic governors will be going to the stakeout location in about 45 minutes or so when their meeting with the President concludes.
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