Comments for Strategeek http://peterholford.com Business strategy from an obsessive mind Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on A new business area for Google by best sat nav http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-188 best sat nav Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:17:05 +0000 http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-188 Well the latest iPhone does come with its own built in GPS unit and its cheaper than the original as well. Almost makes me want to switch my iPod touch for one. And I believe the GPS works quite well, just like in the Nokia N95, but obviously better cos it Apple. Well the latest iPhone does come with its own built in GPS unit and its cheaper than the original as well. Almost makes me want to switch my iPod touch for one. And I believe the GPS works quite well, just like in the Nokia N95, but obviously better cos it Apple.

]]> Comment on A new business area for Google by Paul http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-71 Paul Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:26:45 +0000 http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-71 Hi, just got the N95 8GB from http://www.allukphonedeals.co.uk/ and I want to use my copy of tomtom on it. Currently it’s on sd card for my XDA exec. Anyone know how to get it installed and working for my N95? I've read that it won't work with the built in gps but i do have the bluetooth jobbie I used on the XDA. Hi, just got the N95 8GB from http://www.allukphonedeals.co.uk/ and I want to use my copy of tomtom on it. Currently it’s on sd card for my XDA exec. Anyone know how to get it installed and working for my N95? I’ve read that it won’t work with the built in gps but i do have the bluetooth jobbie I used on the XDA.

]]> Comment on A new business area for Google by Noel Doherty http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-11 Noel Doherty Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:50:07 +0000 http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-11 Hi Peter, an interesting post, and I do think this is something of a possibility. As mobile devices become more capable at delivering faster bandwidth, the applications and data will be created to utilize that bandwidth. At the moment I'm using a Blackberry 8310 which has a built-in GPS receiver. It has as standard mapping software from TeleAtlas installed, and this uses portions of data from Georoute, DeAgostini, Ordnance Survey, and Google. It does allow live navigation like the TomTom devices, but has no voice prompting that I can find. I've also installed Google Maps, but this doesn't recognise the built-in GPS receiver, and is therefore somewhat limited in what it can deliver. IT will connect to external bluetooth GPS devices. While this technology is a great leap forward, I think it is the value-add services that make satellite navigation a potential cash cow. You can get traffic updates for TomTom through a bluetooth connected mobile phone, but the maps are static and quickly become out of date. On the Blackberry, the maps are dynamic, but the traffic updates aren't there. The value-add for me will come with road-tolls, and eventual road pricing. The Economist reported this week that the government is letting the national road pricing scheme die quietly after an online petition gained 1.8m signatures. This basically means that the roads deteoriate with greater congestion, and therefore a greater need for realtime traffic awareness, and possible dynamic route planning depending on congeston status along the route. I see this as a place where money can be made, either through subscriptions, or eating into pay-as-you-go top-up allowances. As long as the phone-wielding public see that the benefits of using the technology outweigh the costs, there could be huge profits to be made. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to receiving the 2008 Ordnance Survey Road Map of Great Britain for Christmas! Hi Peter,

an interesting post, and I do think this is something of a possibility. As mobile devices become more capable at delivering faster bandwidth, the applications and data will be created to utilize that bandwidth.

At the moment I’m using a Blackberry 8310 which has a built-in GPS receiver. It has as standard mapping software from TeleAtlas installed, and this uses portions of data from Georoute, DeAgostini, Ordnance Survey, and Google. It does allow live navigation like the TomTom devices, but has no voice prompting that I can find.

I’ve also installed Google Maps, but this doesn’t recognise the built-in GPS receiver, and is therefore somewhat limited in what it can deliver. IT will connect to external bluetooth GPS devices.

While this technology is a great leap forward, I think it is the value-add services that make satellite navigation a potential cash cow. You can get traffic updates for TomTom through a bluetooth connected mobile phone, but the maps are static and quickly become out of date. On the Blackberry, the maps are dynamic, but the traffic updates aren’t there.

The value-add for me will come with road-tolls, and eventual road pricing. The Economist reported this week that the government is letting the national road pricing scheme die quietly after an online petition gained 1.8m signatures. This basically means that the roads deteoriate with greater congestion, and therefore a greater need for realtime traffic awareness, and possible dynamic route planning depending on congeston status along the route.

I see this as a place where money can be made, either through subscriptions, or eating into pay-as-you-go top-up allowances. As long as the phone-wielding public see that the benefits of using the technology outweigh the costs, there could be huge profits to be made.

Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to receiving the 2008 Ordnance Survey Road Map of Great Britain for Christmas!

]]> Comment on A new business area for Google by Strategeek http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-10 Strategeek Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:19:31 +0000 http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-10 Thanks Roberto - and well done on not missing an opportunity to remind the world that you have an iPhone. Very nice it is too... Having looked at it, the missing 10% is pretty critical: you have to follow the map yourself rather than it tracking your location as you drive. Pretty difficult to do when you are driving and approaching a busy junction and removing the main reason to use sat nav rather than a conventional map. Android phones, huh? My mind is awash with the possibilities of such things - talk about taking voice commands to a new level... Thanks Roberto - and well done on not missing an opportunity to remind the world that you have an iPhone. Very nice it is too…

Having looked at it, the missing 10% is pretty critical: you have to follow the map yourself rather than it tracking your location as you drive. Pretty difficult to do when you are driving and approaching a busy junction and removing the main reason to use sat nav rather than a conventional map.

Android phones, huh? My mind is awash with the possibilities of such things - talk about taking voice commands to a new level…

]]> Comment on Welcome by Roberto http://peterholford.com/2007/09/25/welcome/#comment-9 Roberto Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:59:58 +0000 http://peterholford.com/2007/09/25/welcome/#comment-9 Welcome -again- to the blogosphere, my friend. Looking forward to your wisdom. Welcome -again- to the blogosphere, my friend. Looking forward to your wisdom.

]]> Comment on A new business area for Google by Roberto http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-8 Roberto Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:50:47 +0000 http://peterholford.com/2007/11/14/a-new-business-area-for-google/#comment-8 No sat nav on the iPhone but as I just showed you they have an ingenious way of doing routing that gives you 90% of the functionaoity at no cost. The triumph of ingenuity over technology. Loving it... If you must have a google-powered sat-nat, I recommend Maemo Mapper (http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/maemo-mapper/) on a Nokia 770 Linux tablet (or the more recent 800 and 880). I have got the 770 and have successfully set up Maemo Mapper to use Google maps as the source. The app works like a charm and, should it not require an external GPS receiver and Phone, it would have replaced my TomTom-enabled Nokia 9500 as my main SatNav in the car by now. Google-enabled satnav is quite ready for prime time yet. Expect it to be by the time Andriod phones hit store shelves... No sat nav on the iPhone but as I just showed you they have an ingenious way of doing routing that gives you 90% of the functionaoity at no cost. The triumph of ingenuity over technology. Loving it…
If you must have a google-powered sat-nat, I recommend Maemo Mapper (http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/maemo-mapper/) on a Nokia 770 Linux tablet (or the more recent 800 and 880). I have got the 770 and have successfully set up Maemo Mapper to use Google maps as the source. The app works like a charm and, should it not require an external GPS receiver and Phone, it would have replaced my TomTom-enabled Nokia 9500 as my main SatNav in the car by now.
Google-enabled satnav is quite ready for prime time yet. Expect it to be by the time Andriod phones hit store shelves…

]]> Comment on Welcome by Peter http://peterholford.com/2007/09/25/welcome/#comment-2 Peter Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:17:15 +0000 http://peterholford.com/2007/09/25/welcome/#comment-2 If you would like to contribute anything or would like me to cover anything then please comment or send me an email (remove the capitals first) at peterNO@SPAMpeterholford.com Thanks If you would like to contribute anything or would like me to cover anything then please comment or send me an email (remove the capitals first) at peterNO@SPAMpeterholford.com

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