Engadget points out that Amsterdam is trying out a new digital city guide called Timespots.
Unlike other city guides like Vindigo or Zagat s PDA products, Timespots works on a dedicated unit that you rent from your hotel.
The Timespots device (which looks like a Pocket PC no specs are available on the developer s web site) includes an embedded city guide with data from the Rough Guides group, a phone, web and e-mail access, and a camera.
The service a joint venture of the Rough Guides, the City of Amsterdam, Vodafone, and developer Nika Productions may expand to other European cities.
Perhaps nobody does mobile application development better than the students at the University of Georgia. They have developed hundreds of innovative applications that run on the city’s own Wireless Athens Cloud.
The WAGZone (Wireless Athens Georgia Zone) uses seven BelAir200 units to form a wireless network throughout 24 blocks of downtown Athens.
Recent Mobile Applications developed by the students include:
- NMIX 4510 MOBILE MEDIA SCHOLARS with Dr. Scott Shamp
- Byte Sized Learning — Nicole Batten, Brian Spett
PDA education system for big classes - iPreg — Jason Lynes, Lindsay Wagner
A way for teen-mothers-to-be to use mobile media to have healthier babies - Mobile Media Bus Tour — Neil Caron, Travis McCutcheon
Check out what’s going on around you while in-transit - VisiTour/MoniTour (location-based tours) — Patricia Marsh, Bill O’Dell, Jen Sipin
A tour of Athens that uses WiFi signals to determine where you areNMIX 4510 CAPSTONE with Tom Cona and Clate Sanders
- Brewfest Trade Show – J.D. Whitlock, Kelsie Van Deman, Ryan Floyd
A handheld system that made a beer convention even more lively - Hockey Arena – Sean Couch, Lindsay Swymer, Matt Coleman
Use while you’re watching a hockey game - information about the arena, rules of the game, and view stats - Museum Tour — Jocelyn Steinberg, Brian Rehn, Lara Adair
A PDA to help museum visitors get the most out of their art experience - Music History Tour — Jonathan Lawhon, Angie Wedekind, Dara McCarney
A mobile system to guide you through Athen’s rich and legendary music scene - North Campus Walking Tour – Heather Harper, Dawn Miller, Douglas Borenstein
Mobile media enriching the tour of the most beautiful campus in America - PDA Radio — Rory Partalis, James Hobson, Eric Rutland
A system that streams Athens music to people while they walk around Athens - Twilight Criterium Companion – Michael Coplin, Jessica Duncan, Diane Latham, Bobby Ordon
Access schedule and map information, stats about teams and individual racers, and get real-time race updates
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