NAVTEQ LBS Challenge Finalists for CTIA Las Vegas, 2009

By Editor Wireless and Mobile News on March 27, 2009 12:53 PM

NAVTEQ, announcdes the semifinalists of the Americas edition of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge.

Fourteen contestants have been selected to move on to Final Judging in Americas and the winners will be announced during an awards ceremony on April 2, 2009 during CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas. The awards ceremony is open to all CTIA attendees and will also be broadcast live online at www.LBSChallenge.com. The semifinalists, by category, for NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge - The Americas include:

Content

CellSoul, Inc: Azinfo by CellSoul is a mosque-locator and a location-based timings calculator for Muslim prayers.
Loci Smart, LLC: Loci Smart provides localized and personalized content, ads, maps and directions to users based on profile preferences.
Yojo Mobile, Inc: Yojo Mama finds parents what they need, when and where they need it most.

Entertainment & Leisure

Creativity Software: Rough Guides Mobile Travel Guide is a location aware city guide with User Generated content and social networking features.
Cutlass: Hollywood-USA is a GPS tour guide to movie locations nearest you and includes RSS news feeds from The Hollywood Reporter and social networked Make-a-Scene.

Navigation

Gowrabattini, Inc: Where is My Car helps you to never wander for a parked car - park the car, set the location, navigate back to the car.
TrafficZag, Inc: Traffic Share facilitates location of traffic events such as accidents among commuters.
Urban Mapping, Inc: URBANWARE Parking provides drivers with accurate and timely off-street parking information that can be incorporated into LBS applications.

Enterprise Category

Duzine.com LLC: GR8USEDCAR’s mission is to help consumers identify, locate and negotiate the purchase of a great used car.
Lightpole: Trulia is a real estate search application that allows users to obtain real estate information whenever, however they need and wherever they are.
T+1 Solutions: Taxi4me on your phone will get you the best and trusted taxi service for your desired trip, in your home town or when traveling.

Social Networking Category

Colombia Games: ToGetThere allows people that want to share a ride to create a trustful community that helps to save the earth by traveling together.
Dial Plus Inc: DialPlus enhances the standard phone call experience by automatically and simultaneously providing dynamic, contextually relevant visual information about the called or calling party before, during and after the call is over.
HS Latin America: Dimdix uses location social networking to track your friends and meet people around you.
“Now in its sixth year, the Global LBS Challenge continues to drive innovation in the LBS space and surface new, creative, pre-commercialized LBS applications and the talented developers behind them,” comments Marc Naddell, vice president, partner & developer programs, NAVTEQ. “NAVTEQ has once again secured an impressive line-up of official judges, all of whom have vast experience in evaluating applications and solutions for go-to-market channels, and reflecting the diverse value chains where NAVTEQ’s professional grade maps have created such powerful solutions.”

The Prizes
NAVTEQ and sponsoring companies are offering prizes that contribute to a global prize pool of over $5.5 million dollars US in cash, tool and data licenses, and handsets, making the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge one of the industry’s most rewarding developer competition.