Ron Liechty's Forum Nokia Blog

Ron Liechty's Forum Nokia Blog http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog I am extremely customer focused and I like to tilt at windmills on occasion. I manage the Forum Nokia Discussion boards and will fight for Nokia Developers to be productive. Nokia Ron 2009-11-23T16:13:18Z The Navteq Global LBS Challenge Feb 29th Code Camp http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2008/02/22/the-navteq-global-lbs-challenge-feb-29th-code-camp The <a href="http://developer.navteq.com/site/global/lbs_challenge/p_lbs_home.jsp" target="_blank">Navteq Global LBS Challenge </a>is under way, once again letting developers compete for a share of a global prize pool valued in the millions of dollars, as well as priceless exposure for their location-based services applications. Now in its fifth year. Asia-Pacific (APAC)developers are challenged to build innovative LBS applications that work with mobile devices using dynamic positioning technology and Navteq map data. Registration Dates: APAC: October 29, 2007 – February 29, 2008 Resgister for the LBS Challenge and participate in the Code Camp online. Forum Nokia would like to invite you to join us at the unprecedented Forum Nokia LBS Code Camp on 29 February 2008. *During the code camp, you'll be overloaded with how-to tutorials, intensive discussions with our code camp leaders, plus hands-on experience with coding the LBS apps yourself. So, grab the chance! Join the camp and start creating LBS applications to get recognized by millions! Details of code camp Date : 29 February 2008, Friday Venue: Singapore (exact location to be confirmed) Trainers include Forum Nokia's technical consultants and Navteq's technical expert. Preparation: Kindly bring your laptop for hands-on exercises during the workshop. Sharing of laptop between colleagues is also alright.  You can also participate via the <a href="http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126674">Forum Nokia LBS discussion thread dedicated tot he code camp</a>. Ron Event Location Based Services 2008-02-22T02:24:01Z Nokia Ron Forum Nokia LBS Code Camp, 29 February 2008 in Singapore http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2008/02/11/forum-nokia-lbs-code-camp-29-february-2008-in-singapore Calling all LBS Expert Developers! Forum Nokia would like to invite you to join us at the unprecedented Forum Nokia LBS Code Camp on 29 February 2008.    During the code camp, you'll be overloaded with how-to tutorials, intensive discussions with our code camp leaders, plus hands-on experience with coding the LBS apps yourself.  So, grab the chance! Join the camp and start creating LBS applications to get recognized by millions!   Details of code camp Date :      29 February 2008, Friday Venue:    Singapore (exact location to be confirmed) Trainers include: Forum Nokia's technical consultants and Navteq's technical expert. Preparation: Kindly bring your laptop for hands-on exercises during the workshop. Sharing of laptop between colleagues is also alright.   To Register: Email: Hawa Hassan at <a href="mailto:ext-hawa.hassan@nokia.com">ext-hawa.hassan@nokia.com</a> with following details: (1) Name (2) Company (3) Job Title (4) Email (5) Tel/ Mobile (6) Special dietary requirements? (7) Interested in LBS Technology in Java or Symbian? (please choose)   If you have any questions on the code camp, kindly email Hawa Hassan at <a href="mailto:ext-hawa.hassan@nokia.com">ext-hawa.hassan@nokia.com</a>.   Agenda: 9:30 - 10:00 Registration10:00 - 10:30 Business Overview: Forum Nokia, LBS Opportunity Speaker: Gary Chan, Developer Relations Manager, Forum Nokia Asia10:30 - 11:00 LBS on Nokia Platform Speaker: Eileen Khoo/Valerie Tai, Senior Technical Consultants, Forum Nokia Asia11:00 - 12:30 Getting to know Navteq Maps Speaker: Michael Moore, Technical Consultant, Partner & Developer Program, Navteq12:30 - 13:30 Lunch13:30 - 16:30 Hands-on Coding session16:30 - 17:00 Networking sessionThank you. Yours sincerely,Forum Nokia Asia Team <a href="http://www.forum.nokia.com/">www.forum.nokia.com</a> Event Location Based Services 2008-02-11T21:29:06Z Nokia Ron Web 2.0, Part 2.0 Sales http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/ron-liechtys-forum-nokia-blog/2007/08/21/web-2.0-part-2.0-sales <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">My local newspaper recently changed to truly be local with only one page devoted to national or international news yet on Sundays they have the expanded news and there is one page devoted to business. In this weeks paper the main feature was <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070818/ap_on_hi_te/mobile_phone_ads">Technology helps reinvent cell phone advertising</a> an Associated Press story from the Broadcast and Communication Exhibition in Singapore. The story is how advertising on mobile devices is now less obtrusive and not as distractive. Some advertising can be beneficial information which is a big part of Web 2.0 philosophy.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Why this is important is that even in small town America the mainstreaming of the Internet on mobile devices is recognized as the future of the Internet. Just as people that do not have home computers are missing out economically so will those that do not have multimedia devices miss out in the near future. What has kept many people from accessing the internet by mobile device is cost and speed. </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">The cost is certainly going to go down if advertising can be done in a manner that most people perceive as beneficial. For example when using your GPS aware device you wish to dine out, a list of restaurants near by will pop up. These restaurants have paid the search provider to be listed on the web the same as they pay to be listed in the Yellow Pages of a phone book. What developers need to do is create new applications that use a beneficial advertising. This way you are paid by the advertiser and do not need to worry about how to distribute and sell the application.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Ron</div> Connectivity Enterprise Location Based Services 2007-08-21T00:24:05Z Nokia Ron