Sprint-Nextel Corporation announced that it will incorporate “Geobrowsing” in its WiMax service. This system will improve location-based services levels ahead from its current state.

Called Xohm, the service boasts a wide variety of location-based features and services that users can avail of no matter what the mobile device they are using. Sprint teamed up with a lot of companies to make this service possible. Sprint will primarily utilize uLocate’s WHERE platform. This will allow communications with other telecommunication groups like Yelp, Topix, Eventful, NAVTEQ and AccuWeather.

Sprint is also hasting its way to come up with a special API for developers that will be used to combine into their own software. These APIs will also be available to all Xohm network users whether they are subscribe thru a mobile phone, laptop or music player.

The only problem that experts see is that the service requires information to pass Sprint’s web portal before it can reach the mobile phones or laptops of users. This implies among many other things, a limitation on the type of applications that developers can create.

Xohm with uLocate’s WHERE platform will be available in Baltimore starting September. Chicago and Washington, DC will have the service very soon.

Source: ArsTechnica

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