Geodelic, makers of a leading location-triggered discovery application, today announced it was chosen by top LBS industry leaders for a People’s Choice award at the recent SiRFecosystem’s Location 2.0 Summit in the Consumer Applications & Services Category for its Geodelic mobile application.  Geodelic was chosen by popular vote because of its superior use of the power of location to connect people, content and services, as well as its level of innovation, impact on the market, features and benefits to end users.

The People’s Choice awards recognize companies for their cutting-edge technology and innovative use cases that promote location as a part of daily life.  Attendees at the Summit’s afternoon panel discussions used their mobile phones to vote for their favorite Fast-Pitch presentations, and the winners were honored with a People’s Choice Award at the evening Awards ceremony.

The SiRFecosystem’s Location 2.0 Summit is one of the foremost strategic forums for the key decision makers of the LBS industry.  The Summit offers leaders in the field of LBS and members of the LBS development community the ability to connect with location ecosystem partners to drive new applications and services for this exciting, rapidly evolving market.  The Fast-Pitch presentations offer developers a unique opportunity to showcase their applications and services and to spark compelling discussions among an exclusive audience of leading global location industry executives.

Winners to be announced at International CTIA WIRELESS IT & E 2009®

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 18, 2009 – Geodelic Systems and the Geodelic mobile location aware discovery application has been named a finalist in the “Best Mobile Consumer Application” of the first annual CTIA Hot for the Holidays awards program, which showcases this year’s must-buy mobile consumer electronics products and applications. International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009® takes place October 7-9 at the San Diego Convention Center.

CTIA 2009 Hot for the Holidays award winners will be announced at a ceremony on Thursday, October 8 and all finalists will be prominently displayed in a special showcase at International CTIA WIRELESS IT&E. Submissions were judged on innovation, functionality and creativity by a panel of top tier reporters and industry analysts.

“This year’s awards program offers a preview of the many CE devices, applications and accessories that are sure to be in demand this holiday season,” said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA WIRELESS IT & E.   “CTIA congratulates Geodelic on being named a finalist in Best Mobile Consumer Application.”

Just because you’re not scaling Mount Everest doesn’t mean you don’t need some assistance getting around–and Sherpa’s here to help. A free local discovery application optimized for Android and powered by a learning engine dubbed GENIE–i.e., Geodelic ENgine for Interest Evaluation–Sherpa promises a customized user experience that improves each time you use it, recommending retailers, restaurants and attractions as it begins to understand your likes, dislikes and behavioral patterns. Sherpa also takes into account the larger world around you, combining your interests and location with related contextual information (for example, time of day) to aggregate and present personalized, site-specific recommendations and insight about the places and things in the immediate vicinity. With Sherpa on your smartphone, it’s a small world after all.

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