Peer-to-peer Location-based Mobile Services: Local Social Mobile Applications Beyond the Hype


Published: Apr 2010
Pages: 
21
Analyst: 
Tina Whitfield
Single User: 
$495.00
Company Wide: 
$1,395.00
Team License: 
$685.00
The marketplace is booming with mobile local social applications leveraging peer-to-peer location-based technologies. Many of the companies carving out their niche in mobile social have not presented a transparent revenue model that extends beyond the next 12 months. Additionally, many of the companies have not presented a vision of how their specific products will enhance the lives of their consumers over the next five years.

This report addresses the leading app developers world-wide as well as recent applications making a difference and presents a visionary use of peer-to-peer mobile location-based services.

Target Audience: 
  • Mobile Search, LBS, and Social Networking Companies
  • Mobile Application Developers focusing on Emerging Market Trends
  • Location-based Service Application Developers
  • LBS Infrastructure and Software Companies
  • Investors, Analysts, and Consultants focused on Mobile Search, LBS, and Search
Table of Contents: 

Introduction 2
1.0 GPS 4
1.1 Competitive Values for Handheld Terminals 4
1.2 Emerging Global Solutions 5
2.0 4G 5
3.0 Hype, Trend, Buzz 7
4.0 Perspective 8
5.0 Entertainment Mobile Social Applications - Key Competitors 8
5.1 Google Latitude 8
5.2 Apple iGroups (working name) 9
5.3 Brightkite 10
5.4 Whrrl 11
5.5 Citysense for BlackBerry (iPhone coming soon) 11
5.6 iPling 12
5.7 Loopt 13
5.8 MobiLuck 13
5.9 Yahoo! Social Pulse 13
5.11 Twitter 14
6.0 Enterprise Mobile Social Applications 14
6.1 IRL 15
6.2 Nokia 15
6.3 Omnilink 15
6.4 MemberScout 16
7.0 Personal Safety 16
7.1 Omnilink 17
8.0 Banking 17
9.0 Hardware and Services 18
10.0 What's Hot 20
11.0 Copyrights, Trademarks, and Disclaimers 21
12.0 About the Author 21

Categories: 
Location Based Services (LBS)
Mobile Commerce
Social (media and networking)

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