Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my pleasure to inform you that ArrivedOK, the Personal Arrival Tracker has been selected as an Official Honoree in The 13th Annual Webby Awards in two categories: (1) Experimental & Innovation and (2) Best Use of GPS or Location Technology.

The Official Honoree distinction is awarded to the top 15% of all work entered that exhibits remarkable achievement. With nearly 10,000 entries received from all 50 states and over 60 countries, this is an outstanding accomplishment for ArrivedOK team.

We want to thank all our supporters, especially beta testers, for keeping us believing that ArrivedOK is a real thing.

Being recognized by The Webby Awards is incredibly cool. Key Facts about The Webby Awards:

The Webby Awards is the Internet’s most respected symbol of success. The 13th Annual Webby Awards received over 9,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. Webby Awards are awarded in over 125 categories.

Judges:
Winners are chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences a global organizations whose members incluce David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Internet inventor Vinton Cerf, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson, and R/GA Chairman and CEO Bob Greenberg.

Judging Criteria:
Winners are selected for recognition based on excellence in the following criteria:

Websites & Mobile:
content, structure and navigation, visual design, functionality, interactivity and overall experience

Interactive Advertising:
creativity, integration, overall experience

Film & Video:
concept & writing, quality of craft, integration, overall experience

Past Winners:
Recognition by the Webby Award puts you in the esteemed group of industry leaders such as Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo!, iTunes, Google, FedEx, BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, NPR, Salon Magazine, Evite, Meetup, Wikipedia, Flickr, ESPN, Comedy Central, PBS, and The Onion.

The market for GPS enables phones, says the recent ABI Research, will grow in this (2009) recession year by 6.4%. It seems like the total volume of the market will be 240 million devices in 2009 and 450 M by 2012.

It is interesting to note that predictions severely underestimated the marked for the so called PND = personal navigation devices, which were thought by In-Stat to be only 56 M in 2011. Cellphone (smartphone) revolution altered the prediction by ten times.

Read the latest article on New York Times about iPhone apps for Travel.

By Matt Kapko

November 28, 2007

“Google Inc. apparently got so fed up waiting for more GPS-enabled devices to hit the market that it has taken matters into its own hands. Google Maps for Mobile users can now have their location automatically set, with or without GPS.

The search behemoth added a new My Location feature that takes information broadcast from nearby mobile towers to approximate the user’s location. Users simply click the “0″ button on their keypad to have the application calculate their location.

Google said the data from cellular towers typically puts the user’s location within 1,000 meters. The feature can also take advantage of GPS-equipped devices to provide more accurate data.

The My Location feature is available for most Web-enabled mobile phones, including Java, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. The feature is not yet available on Apple Inc.’s iPhone”.

http://rcrnews.com/