 Spime, a Silicon Valley California based company, is a worldwide provider of LBS, Navigation, and Location Tracking technologies.
Spime has developed the next-generation LBS solution, which is targeted to solve the complex LBS implementation challenges faced by mobile developers across the world for WinCE, Windows Mobile, WinXP/Vista devices. Spime's LBS Widget Framework bundles location enabling components (i.e., Win Mobile location API, JSR293, GPS Wi-Fi Positioning Client), complete turn-by-turn voice assisted Navigation (On-board, Off-board & Hybrid), real-time tracking services, content bundling (i.e., Web 2.0/GeoRSS/XML, location-based advertising), and seamless native connectivity to the contacts, address book, calendar, Email and SMS on the device. Widgets developed on top of the Framework automatically get all the functionality mentioned above. Non-LBS widgets are also supported. Already developed widgets include Navigator, Twitter, Weather, Meeting Manager, Traffic, and Friend Finder with AOL IM integration, and others.
The Widget Framework accelerates LBS application development and innovation by solving the interdependencies developers face with traditional LBS development. “The Framework gives developers easy access to map data, LBS geo-services like mapping, geo-coding, POI, routing from leading LBS platforms, plus Web 2.0 content, user-bases (contacts) from Social Networks and IMs, tracking and real turn-by-turn navigation services using Spime's NavEngine, all within one unifying framework,” says Kris Kolodziej, CTO. The standardized widget framework comes with Developer Tools that plug-in to standard industry development environments (i.e., Visual Studio) and support XML, HTML, and Native OS widget development. “The Framework gives developers easy access to broader distribution of apps across a wide range of devices and OS platforms,” adds Kolodziej.
The Widget Framework enables functionality customers already value and the location intelligence embedded across the widget pool drives higher application revenues. For example, users typically pay $3.99 per month for widgets, $9.99 per month for navigation, $3.99 per month for Friend Finder, $3.99 for standalone Traffic apps and $2.99 for weather widgets. Moreover, the location and navigation enables the entire Widget Pool, which increases stickiness and reduces churn.
Developers can email developers@spime.com to learn more and get started with the LBS Widget Framework Developer Tools.
About Spime Inc.
Spime Inc., a Silicon Valley based California Corporation, is a leading technology provider and emerging development partner for companies in the LBS industry, including Software System and application providers, mobile operators, and mobile and consumer electronics device manufacturers. Spime is a WEPP partner with such products as the NorthStar™, Discovery™ and PositionOne™ for Windows Embedded operating systems. For more information, please visit the Spime, Inc. website at http://www.spime.com/
Contact: info@spime.com
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