LBS - Location Based Services for Mobile Phones


	LBS - Location Based Services for Mobile Phones

onestepahead

5-7-2008 8:25 AM

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onestepahead says:

Keeping in step with the new mobile trend going above and beyond the mobile devices #1 application which is...placing phone calls, new technology is trying to guess the next step in what consumers will be asking of their mobile devices.

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