Steve Follmer consulted in Silicon Valley for many years, where he co-founded live365.com. He is currently between startups and analyzing opportunities in the mobile space. Steve holds a BSE degree from Princeton University.

 

ABI Research projects that worldwide shipments of global positioning system (GPS) enabled mobile phones will reach 550 million units in 2012, up from 240 million units in 2008, representing handset revenue generation growing from $50 billion to $100 billion over that time, with installed base penetration approaching 40%. Who will seize the opportunity this creates?

On the 14th MobileMonday Taipei, we invited presentations from three location-based services providers: jMap.cc , Cogini and GPSStar, discussed how LBS is relevant to our daily life, the innovation they will bring to users, and the value LBS provides.

This industry has been simmering along for years, confronting a chicken-and-egg dilemma, no hardware no solutions, no solutions no hardware. But these presentations made clear that we’re long past the tipping point. To read the complete 14th MobileMonday Taipei event report written by Mr. Steve Follmer, please click here. 

You can see some photos of the event here