You are in the midst Manhattan - and looking for some samosa? - Whip out smart phone and it tells you the nearest location - recommended by your followers / friends.
I remember, thinking about such ideas - in 2005/06 for my Graduate Projects. It was the future that time. Today, its a reality.
Location based applications are going to come of age in 2010. Yelp, Foursquare & Loopt have already proven it. Many more would come up.
Foursquare - has taken it to entirely different 'interesting' level as a game which also ties up to a business model of location based coupons at places where you are the Mayor. FS is something to look forward to in 2010. But, in spite of all the hoopla about FS (foursquare?) , I prefer Gowalla - just because it is not tied to any particular city - and that could be the key for its rise to the top. [ Gowalla - is available where I live and FS in not! ]
With Twitter FINALLY having decided to Geo Enable within the Twitter platform - the world is gonna be a much smaller place. Believe me. There have been clients like Twitterrific which do so, using their own ways. - But having it within the platform - is great thing.
Trending topics in your neighborhoods (no-water today!! - india specific) - could provide all together different insights. (Micro?) Location based news - is what gets achieved with this.
And presenting it as a game (like FS) and still being able to cash on that - awesome.
On another note - micro payments from mobile - should not be that far away in the future now. Its been thought of by many, have been discussed at various meets.. but a very good and formidable solution was not in sight. (not that I was aware of). But with squareup - its gonna be awesome. I truly feel so.
There is still a lot of space in this area to innovate - especially in India - with the number of mobile device holders. and the rate at which the Telecom industry has grown (is growing). SMSOne from Pune, India which was TC'ed and PTed (Pune Tech'ed!) - is certainly impressive - and are doing well in that space. Best Wishes to them!
I see one more area - where location based apps coupled with sensor data could be powerful.
What is the geo-app you would like to use?
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