Comments on: A Glimpse into the Future of Location Guide http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/ technology. social. startup. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:24:08 +0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: limyh (Yung-Hui Lim) http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-2704 limyh (Yung-Hui Lim) Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:42:31 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-2704 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/limyh" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="limyh (Yung-Hui Lim)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.greyreview.com/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="limyh (Yung-Hui Lim)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/limyh) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> Errr yes! I still think gothere.sg offers us a glimpse into the future of location guide [link to post]<br /><br /> - Posted using Chat Catcher Twitter Comment


Errr yes! I still think gothere.sg offers us a glimpse into the future of location guide [link to post]

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]]> By: 701Panduan, Yet Another Directory Search or an e-Marketplace? | GreyReview http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 701Panduan, Yet Another Directory Search or an e-Marketplace? | GreyReview Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:43:28 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-1564 [...] Unfortunately, the map used by 701Panduan is not, well, appealing. It should instead do a mashup with Google Maps, something similar to Gothere. [...] [...] Unfortunately, the map used by 701Panduan is not, well, appealing. It should instead do a mashup with Google Maps, something similar to Gothere. [...]

]]> By: Yung-Hui Lim http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Yung-Hui Lim Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:11:21 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-270 Tonchidot pretty cool tech. I watched their demo livestreamed at TC50; the crowd went ballistic. However, there are some issues highlighted from the judges, the Japs couldn't answer, due communication problem. The judges loved Fitbit, instead, with solid biz model and compelling value proposition. Tonchidot pretty cool tech. I watched their demo livestreamed at TC50; the crowd went ballistic. However, there are some issues highlighted from the judges, the Japs couldn’t answer, due communication problem. The judges loved Fitbit, instead, with solid biz model and compelling value proposition.

]]> By: Kengyew|WhackyThinking http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Kengyew|WhackyThinking Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:41:12 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-268 @meta4, hey again...maam. ha ha. yup agreed there is huge monetization potential in the app. When you talked about it being mobile..you might be interested in what Tonchidot is doing http://blog.socialtalkr.com/tonchidot-imagination/ basically real time mobile tagging just like you said, not by taking pictures, but real time streaming, i.e. carrying your iphone with the video running. @Lim good catch man, just concept alone i like it already but too bad theres no content for malaysian addresses. @meta4, hey again…maam. ha ha. yup agreed there is huge monetization potential in the app. When you talked about it being mobile..you might be interested in what Tonchidot is doing
http://blog.socialtalkr.com/tonchidot-imagination/
basically real time mobile tagging just like you said, not by taking pictures, but real time streaming, i.e. carrying your iphone with the video running.
@Lim good catch man, just concept alone i like it already but too bad theres no content for malaysian addresses.

]]> By: meta4 | thechannelc http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-241 meta4 | thechannelc Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:39:28 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-241 You know who else can monetize this? Brands like credit card companies, It can highlight all the locations where Mastercard cardmembers can get additional discounts/some incentive when they charge purchases to their card. Since Tourism Malaysia won't get smart any time soon, Singapore Tourism should package this together with downloadable podcasts for areas of interest - like those guided audio tours in museums. From where you're standing, your device say a Nokia N95 can blink the next closest location you might want to see, then a popup window asks if you'd like to download an audio tour guide (in your native language) as you near your location. If you're driving, it should also show you where you can park and for how much. I remember that being a problem for me in Singapore. If you knew only underground parking at your location and it's full, you're pretty screwed. Good luck navigating out of that ridiculously traffic jam to look for another spot. So you visit the next place of interest. Another window pops up with an offer, it reads "Whatever you buy at this place, charge it to your MasterCard or Visa or Amex and get a S$10 discount on a full tank of gas or win a trip to come back to Singapore, first class, round trip on SIA for 2, from anywhere in the world. So take as much time as you need to look around cuz you could be back here again soon. Say you stopped at some garden, you snapped some pictures with your mobile phone. Another window pops up with another offer from some camera shop. Big discount on camera accessories, you need more memory cards, prints made, CDs burnt? Come come to Photo Shangrila (or wherever). Mobile handset manufacturers, credit cards, any merchant, tourism boards can all use this service. Now will somebody please bring this service to market? You know who else can monetize this? Brands like credit card companies, It can highlight all the locations where Mastercard cardmembers can get additional discounts/some incentive when they charge purchases to their card.

Since Tourism Malaysia won’t get smart any time soon, Singapore Tourism should package this together with downloadable podcasts for areas of interest – like those guided audio tours in museums. From where you’re standing, your device say a Nokia N95 can blink the next closest location you might want to see, then a popup window asks if you’d like to download an audio tour guide (in your native language) as you near your location. If you’re driving, it should also show you where you can park and for how much. I remember that being a problem for me in Singapore. If you knew only underground parking at your location and it’s full, you’re pretty screwed. Good luck navigating out of that ridiculously traffic jam to look for another spot.

So you visit the next place of interest. Another window pops up with an offer, it reads “Whatever you buy at this place, charge it to your MasterCard or Visa or Amex and get a S$10 discount on a full tank of gas or win a trip to come back to Singapore, first class, round trip on SIA for 2, from anywhere in the world. So take as much time as you need to look around cuz you could be back here again soon.

Say you stopped at some garden, you snapped some pictures with your mobile phone. Another window pops up with another offer from some camera shop. Big discount on camera accessories, you need more memory cards, prints made, CDs burnt? Come come to Photo Shangrila (or wherever).

Mobile handset manufacturers, credit cards, any merchant, tourism boards can all use this service. Now will somebody please bring this service to market?

]]> By: meta4 http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-212 meta4 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:50:38 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-212 Hey, Tourism Malaysia rhymes with TM. OMG. Hey, Tourism Malaysia rhymes with TM. OMG.

]]> By: Yung-Hui Lim http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Yung-Hui Lim Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:19:47 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-202 Just read the Tourism Ministry plans to spend RM36 million on its website over the next three years. Huh!?? http://bit.ly/1DTWcK. Just read the Tourism Ministry plans to spend RM36 million on its website over the next three years. Huh!?? http://bit.ly/1DTWcK.

]]> By: meta4 http://www.greyreview.com/2008/09/09/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-location-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-198 meta4 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:59:10 +0000 http://www.greyreview.com/?p=849#comment-198 You know who should invest and offer this service in Malaysia? The Malaysian Tourism Board! The locals can't even find their way around let alone foreigners and out of town Malaysians. As evident by the well traveled Bytebot who twitted his frustrations at trying to find his way to a location in KL yesterday. I understand his frustrations because just 2 weeks earlier I was lost in Penang. So what's the meaning of Cuti Cuti Malaysia when it's more like Frus Frus Malaysia? You know who should invest and offer this service in Malaysia? The Malaysian Tourism Board!

The locals can’t even find their way around let alone foreigners and out of town Malaysians. As evident by the well traveled Bytebot who twitted his frustrations at trying to find his way to a location in KL yesterday. I understand his frustrations because just 2 weeks earlier I was lost in Penang.

So what’s the meaning of Cuti Cuti Malaysia when it’s more like Frus Frus Malaysia?

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