Symbian in Motion

Skyhook Wireless Upgrades Public SDK and Announces Development Contest

by Zach at 4:17 pm | September 17th, 2007 | Category: Location-Based Services, News, Tangents

Skyhook Wireless has recently announced that Symbian support has been added to their public WPS SDK along with some functionality improvements. Skyhook’s WiFi Positioning System (WPS) is a technology that allows location-based services to operate on software alone. What does this mean to the user? It means that developers can provide you with applications providing location-based services that do not require any kind of GPS hardware. Think about it - apps providing GPS, geotagging, location-based presence, security, location-aware web/news content, etc on any WiFi-enabled device! I personally can’t even begin to imagine all of the possibilities that surround this awesome technology…

Click here to read the full press release regarding this recent upgrade.

Skyhook is also holding a development contest to support this big announcement and to spark the integration of their SDK into a variety of creative usage scenarios. The rules are simple:

“Download the upgraded SDK now, and incorporate it into your application. We want to see creative uses of location in any type of application, on any platform and any device. Send us your application no later than October 29, 2007. Winners will be announced mid-November.”

The best app developed for Mac OS will score its developer a shiny new Apple iPhone and the author of the best Symbian app will get a sweet new Nokia N95! Not bad considering the potential that WPS has to enhance your current portfolio - and the fact that it’s a free SDK!

I know there are many developers who read my blog and I hope to see them all get involved with this competition and more importantly, this SDK. I’m getting excited just sitting here cycling through all of my apps and imagining all of the cool functionality that could be added to each one with WPS technology!

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