Location Based Services: "Location-based services (LBS) are applications that leverage the user's physical location to provide an enhanced service or experience. Location awareness can be used, for example, for navigation and mapping, workforce tracking, finding points of interest, and getting weather information. It presents a compelling new business opportunity for application developers, operators, and content producers. Location awareness differentiates mobile applications from traditional PC and wired Internet services.
The S60 platform offers developers easy-to-use APIs and ready-made user interface components to make mobile applications location-aware. Additionally, starting with S60 3rd Edition, the Location Acquisition API is also supported via JSR-179, the Location API for the Java� 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME&trade).
To learn more how you can capitalize on location-aware applications, please take a look at our LBS White Paper.
The following table provides you an overview of the availability of LBS features in different platforms and devices.
Platform LBS Features Featured Devices
S60 2nd Edition,
Feature Pack 1Support for MT-LR Privacy
Nokia 7610
Nokia 6670
Nokia 3230
Nokia 6260
S60 2nd Edition,
Feature Pack 2Support for MT-LR Privacy,
Location Acquisition API Nokia 6630
Nokia 6680
Nokia 6681
Nokia 6682
S60 2nd Edition,
Feature Pack 3Same as in FP2 Nokia N70
Nokia N90
S60 3rd EditionSame as in S60 2nd Edition, FP2 and
Location Acquisition API (updated),
Landmarks API,
Landmarks Search API,
Landmark Database Management API ,
Landmarks UI Add/Edit API,
Landmarks UI Selector API,
Satellite Info API ,
JSR-179 Nokia 3250
Nokia E60
Nokia E61
Nokia E7"