Point and click on the go

Perhaps integrating similar and/or related services will improve Google Street View?

Geovector, Cybermap local search solution for mobile phones
Geovector, a provider of pointing based search solutions, and CyberMap Japan, owner of mapping services provider Mapion, have launched Mapion Pointing Application 2.0, called Mapion Pointing Appli, for mobile phones in Japan. This upgrade reportedly transforms Mapion's existing Geovector pointing mobile search service into a fully commercial application. Mapion Pointing Application allows users to easily find and launch content by pointing and clicking mobile phones at retailers, restaurants, historical sites or any of Mapion's 700,000 Points of Interest (POI) across Japan. The service combines Mapion's POI data with Geovector's pointing based technology and spatial search engine. The new release include features such as user driven opt-in advertising, sponsored categories and preferred placement. The service was initially launched over the KDDI network in January 2006, and is now available for download with Sony Ericsson models W32S, W41S, W44S and W51S phones, the W41K by Kyocera, the W42CA by Casio; and in July, with the W52S from Sony Ericsson. [source]


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Frantic Arm-Swinging to Increase Exponentially in Public Locations

NTT DoCoMo to launch motion sensing mobile phones
Japanese mobile service provider NTT DoCoMo has announced that they would soon launch mobile phone products with motion sensing technology. These 904i-series of phones would work like the Nintendo Wii’s Wiimote and users would be able to interact with games by moving the phones. Takeshi Natsuno, senior vice president of NTT DoCoMo and managing director of its multimedia services department spoke on these new generation of mobile phones: “Traditionally in trains youngsters would be staring down at their phones playing games but that is going to change dramatically.”

All of these upcoming phones would be based on the WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) 3G technology. And these are going to be available in stores by May and June in Japan. These phones are being manufactured for NTT DoCoMo by Mitsubishi Electric Co. Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) and Sharp Corp. Natsuno added on their plans for their domestic market: “DoCoMo is going to take the offensive. We are going to offer various things that cannot be mimicked by the other operators.” NTT DoCoMo also announced their plans to launch a music subscription service in partnership with Napster. Users would be able to download and listen to music available on the Napster Japanese service. [source]

Consider this a public service announcement.

UPDATE: Another article on this topic.


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