Here's something that I *know* will be on the N900/Fremantle, that I'm glad will be included. Location awareness.

It would seem that Nokia is taking this idea of apps being location aware very seriously with developer tools to help create these types of apps. In fact, it seems to be a play that they are (at least publicly) alone on. Together with the tight integration of other OVI services, the great hardware (GPS/camera), it would appear that these services will offer a new level of depth for people on the go, or local explorers.

Even the simple act of sending a quick mail/IM with your mapped location, and a picture, can have a tremendous impact in the way we interact. Amazing!

This should provide great incentive for developers to use the OVI store. With the arsenal of devices that Nokia has coming out (including the beloved N900), they are sitting in a pretty competitive position, which will have the competition playing catch-up.

This idea of location awareness is to be talked about in the 2009 Developer Summit in Monaco which is coming up in a week (April 28-29). You can read about all of the talks here: http://www.developersummit2009.com/Agenda.1459.aspx .

I'm curious:
How would you implement a location aware app on the N900 given the hardware/software?


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