http://gigaom.com/2006/10/02/nokia-trimble-lbs/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2006/10/02/nokia-trimble-lbs/#comment-66090 Tasso Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:29:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/nokia-trimble-lbs/#comment-66090 <p>Katie, consumer LBS is exploding. People keep talking about location-based social networking, meanwhile navigation and child safety apps are the ones that are exploding.</p> Katie, consumer LBS is exploding. People keep talking about location-based social networking, meanwhile navigation and child safety apps are the ones that are exploding.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/10/02/nokia-trimble-lbs/#comment-66089 Jesse Kopelman Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:43:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/nokia-trimble-lbs/#comment-66089 <p>Funny how Nextel was always so far ahead of the much larger competition in things like LBS and PTT. Makes you wonder what would have happened if AT&T had actually kept the McCaw Cellular folks around after buying that company -- the telecom landscape, even beyond wireless, would be very different today.</p> Funny how Nextel was always so far ahead of the much larger competition in things like LBS and PTT. Makes you wonder what would have happened if AT&T had actually kept the McCaw Cellular folks around after buying that company — the telecom landscape, even beyond wireless, would be very different today.

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