Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Mobility and Geo-localization

The winter is coming, and the summer vacations are long gone. Traveling along Europe, I realized the full power of my old N95 phone. Although most of the time i carried my photo camera with me, the best moments for a photo came when I had forgotten the camera. I took most of the photos with my N95, and I could tag the photos with the GPS location (using the Location tagger). Combining this with SportsTracker I could keep track of my photos and share them with family and friends.

Using the widsets I get updated with the news (BBC, engadget, etc.) and with gmail and Yahoo Go kept an eye on my emails. Opera web browser for SYMBIAN is great for a quick check on the net. I realized that I did not need a PC or laptop to get along. A-GPS helped to speed up the satellite tracking even when moving in the forest.