Yes, this problem pushed us out of the mobile market. There is
little room for creative exploration in such a tightly controlled
market--not only carriers, but also handset manufactures; it's sort
of like trying to start a company in the old USSR or the new Putin
Russia: huge risks that daddy will take your toys away, even if you
invented the toys yourself. You can make money there, for sure, but
only if you have or find an inside track. And I think there are
limits to the amount of money you can make. If you make too much,
well you know what happens then.
Wimax might help. Or a fast low-power non-assisted GPS chip (ha).
Dan R. Greening, Ph.D., CEO BigTribe Corporation, http://
dan.greening.name/contact.htm
On Jan 2, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Mike Liebhold wrote:
For those of us naively anticipating a truly open mobile geoweb in
2007, the most recent issues of Directions Magazine's newsletters
feature some sobering and depressing details of Verizon' s LBS
stringent developer program
Verizon Wireless' 3rd Party LBS Developer Program (TheZON) By
David H. Williams Dec 28, 2006
http://www.lbs360.net/articles/index.php?article_id=2370
Here's a few quotes:
"... Nearly all of VZW's subscribers' cell phone now have an
embedded GPS chip in them, and VZW uses Assisted-GPS as its primary
location determination method, backed up by AFLT (Advanced Forward
Link Trilateration) network triangulation in poor GPS visibility
areas. VZW offers LBS only on BREW handsets...."
" ... In considering applications to deploy on the VZW deck,
[ garden ]
... Uniqueness - .... The company does not want application
redundancy; it is looking for unique applications to add to the
deck [garden] ..."
... Business Case - .... what is the real market opportunity?
How do you intend to make money? "
... Provide revenue/subscriber projections by subscription 3rd
Party Output/Deliverable: Revenue Projections
There are more details on the Verizon Developers' web site:
http://www.vzwdevelopers.com/aims/
" Am I guaranteed that my application will launch on the Verizon
Wireless network? [garden]
No. Verizon Wireless will evaluate the application based on its
merits, the business case, ... and how well the application aligns
with Verizon Wireless' goals and business objectives. ... "
There's nothing like the open web here in having a monopoly
network operator in your face and in your books.
[sigh]
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