[Geowanking] Verizon Location Services Walled Garden

[Dennis Crowley]

> " Am I guaranteed that my application will launch on the Verizon  
> Wireless network? [garden]
>
> No. Verizon Wireless will evaluate the application based on its  
> merits, the business case,  ... and how well the application aligns  
> with Verizon Wireless' goals and business objectives. ...  "
this doesn't sound so different than the playbook Verizon uses for  
getting *any* BREW app on it's deck (nevermind an LBS BREW app)

and word on how often you can ping the GPS / AGPS once you have a  
BREW app running on a handset?  i'm wondering whether you'll be able  
to ping for location lookup as much as you want or whether Verizon  
will charge the developer every time you want to run a lookup.

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dennis crowley
founder, dodgeball.com

+ dens at dodgeball.com
+ 917-301-2028
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Mike Liebhold wrote:

> For those of us naively anticipating a truly open mobile geoweb in  
> 2007, the most recent issues of Directions Magazine's  newsletters  
> feature some sobering  and depressing details of Verizon' s LBS  
> stringent developer program
>
> Verizon Wireless' 3rd Party LBS Developer Program (TheZON)  By  
> David H. Williams  Dec 28, 2006
>  http://www.lbs360.net/articles/index.php?article_id=2370
>
> Here's a few quotes:
> "... Nearly all of VZW's subscribers' cell phone now have an  
> embedded GPS chip in them, and VZW uses Assisted-GPS as its primary  
> location determination method, backed up by AFLT (Advanced Forward  
> Link Trilateration) network triangulation in poor GPS visibility  
> areas. VZW offers LBS only on BREW handsets...."
>
> " ... In considering applications to deploy on the VZW deck,   
> [ garden ]
>
> ...    Uniqueness - .... The company does not want application  
> redundancy; it is looking for unique applications to add to the  
> deck [garden] ..."
> ...     Business Case - .... what is the real market opportunity?  
> How do you intend to make money?  "
> ...     Provide revenue/subscriber projections by subscription 3rd  
> Party Output/Deliverable: Revenue Projections
>
> There are more details on the Verizon Developers' web site:
>  http://www.vzwdevelopers.com/aims/
>
> " Am I guaranteed that my application will launch on the Verizon  
> Wireless network? [garden]
>
> No. Verizon Wireless will evaluate the application based on its  
> merits, the business case,  ... and how well the application aligns  
> with Verizon Wireless' goals and business objectives. ...  "
>
> There's nothing  like the open web here in  having a monopoly  
> network operator in your face and in your books.
>
> [sigh]
>
>
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