Jun 09 2009
Phonelocator is back on the Ovi store. More than 1200 new users have registered in the last week brining the total number of registered users to more than 13,000! There are more Phonelocator statistics here
May 26 2009
Phonelocator was uploaded to the Nokia Ovi store a few weeks ago when the the publisher’s portal was launched. When the store went live this morning I was delighted to see that Phonelocator was available. Since then it appears to have been removed. If anybody knows why please drop and email to contactus@phonelocator.mobi
Apr 02 2009
More than 10,000 people have registered to use phonelocator in the 8 months since its public launch! Phonelocator is used by around 250 different users every day. You can keep track of phonelocator statistics here
Mar 14 2009
Birkett Enterprise Ltd’s web hosting provider, Dreamhost, have made some configuration changes that have taken down the phonelocator web site. This blog was also down for a while. I’m working with Dreamhost to get things back up and running again as soon as possible. I apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.
Feb 15 2009
I’ll be demoing Phonelocator on the Symbian Foundation stand (Fira Hall 8, 8A77) at Mobile World Congress at 16:00 on Monday 16th Feburary at 16:00. I hope to see you there.
Feb 15 2009
The judging of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge took place today at Poble Espanyol in Barcelona. Phonelocator, along with the other contestants in the LBS Challenge ,was put through its paces by a panel of judges made up executives from leading wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, tool and platform providers, and venture capitalists.
Feb 05 2009
Phonelocator has been selected as a semi finalist in the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. As NAVTEQ put it, “The NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge continues to be the symbol of innovation in the mobile LBS space by shining a spotlight on its most talented developers and entrepreneurs.”
NAVTEQ has invited Birkett Enterprise to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress where phonelocator will be pitted against the other semi finalists (see here). An overall winner will be selected for the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region.
Jan 11 2009
I’ve just added an embedded map feature to phonelocator. It is now possible to add your location to your website or blog like this:
The url to embed
is http://phonelocator.mobi/embeddedmap?login=<your user name>.
My user name is alexb so I have embedded: http://phonelocator.mobi/embeddedmap?login=alexb
You can use an iframe to embed the url like this, adjust the width and height as you wish:
<iframe src="http://phonelocator.mobi/embeddedmap?login=alexb" width="640" height="480"> Alternative text for browsers that do not understand IFrames.</iframe>
Only phones that have their position set to public will be displayed.
Jan 11 2009
I’ve added phonelocator to O2 Litmus and Vodafone’s Betavine. Both services allow users to upload and download applications for mobile phones in a similar way to Nokia Mosh. Betavine allows users to tag, report feedback and review applications. Applicaiton authors can also blog using the site. The site will also push links to install applications to users’ hansets via sms. O2 Litmus allows application authors to sell their applications but unfortunatley only to O2 customers.
