Nokia in Barcelona on SO-LO

I recently checked out the videos from the Nokia World Event in Barcelona. Indeed it seem to have been a very inspiring event. One key word I remember being SOLO or social location. The combination of social networking services like fb ms etc with the gps and triangulation capabilities of the mobile network. It will create very exiting opportunities for both individual and corp related services. Think about visiting your city and seeing who is where, finding services quick and easy. Nothing here is brand new Google Maps and others have been around for some months. The thing is that devices, networks and consumer behavior indicate room for a breakthrough. Looking at the corporations one can forsee very exiting services for fleet managment, security applications and ERP.

Some early candidates for this market
Google of course with G Maps and the whole framework
Nokia, can see this as a starting point for truly differentiated services.
Wayfinder, Tomtom and the GPS sector.

How should those companies interact to create the right meshup and are the takers being service companies, banks, individuals ready?

http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld/home.htm

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