Comments on: Seeker Wireless targets European homezone market http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market/ The emerging world of online and mobile location based services (LBS) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jeepx.net » Blog Archive » November News http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market/#comment-37 jeepx.net » Blog Archive » November News Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:49:42 +0000 http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market/#comment-37 [...] Seeker according to Geographically Challenged is coming out of stealth mode with improved location technology for GSM based phones. Check their SeekerZone product/service. [...] [...] Seeker according to Geographically Challenged is coming out of stealth mode with improved location technology for GSM based phones. Check their SeekerZone product/service. [...]

]]> By: Todd http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market/#comment-34 Todd Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:34:08 +0000 http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market/#comment-34 Hi James, Europe is ahead of the US market in most things mobile, especially when it comes to LBS. In this instance, Seeker are capitalising on an existing market in Germany for Homezone services and I hope that this means they stand a great chance of success. Other areas within Europe are also taking up this technology. The availability / compatibility of Seeker's technology should make them an appealling choice for telcos. Their technology is always going to be "opt-in" as with most other LBS we are seeing in the wild. The libertarians will need to learn that some people enjoy choice. If someone takes the time to understand the technology, it really isn't that difficult to realise there are no grave dangers to personal security or privacy. Thanks for your message! Todd. Hi James,

Europe is ahead of the US market in most things mobile, especially when it comes to LBS. In this instance, Seeker are capitalising on an existing market in Germany for Homezone services and I hope that this means they stand a great chance of success. Other areas within Europe are also taking up this technology. The availability / compatibility of Seeker’s technology should make them an appealling choice for telcos.

Their technology is always going to be “opt-in” as with most other LBS we are seeing in the wild. The libertarians will need to learn that some people enjoy choice. If someone takes the time to understand the technology, it really isn’t that difficult to realise there are no grave dangers to personal security or privacy.

Thanks for your message!

Todd.

]]> By: James http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market/#comment-33 James Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:02:59 +0000 http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market/#comment-33 Thanks for the info Todd. Interesting product idea and so many potential uses if successful (although I can see the civil libs having a privacy field day if they choose to see the product in their usual negative light). Great news that an Australian company (yet again) seems to be on the cutting edge. Hope they do well and don't get pummelled by the ridiculous US patenting laws that have crippled other tech companies of late. Thanks for the info Todd. Interesting product idea and so many potential uses if successful (although I can see the civil libs having a privacy field day if they choose to see the product in their usual negative light).

Great news that an Australian company (yet again) seems to be on the cutting edge. Hope they do well and don’t get pummelled by the ridiculous US patenting laws that have crippled other tech companies of late.

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