Two students make last-minute plans to attend the night’s WaterFire Providence event, and want to round up a few buddies to join the fun. Using the camera in a mobile phone, they shoot a picture of a downtown coffee house and send it out to a dozen friends across the city, with a GPS tag, directions and a message instructing them where to meet at 7 p.m.

Or, if you like, several Ford Mustang drivers meet at a Providence burger joint and begin checking out each other’s wheels. Before long other car buffs in the area are receiving digital snapshots of the encounter on their mobile phones, with a map and geo-location information. In minutes, the parking lot looks like an impromptu car show.

It’s all possible with GyPSii, described in company literature as “a mobile social-network service that ties mobility and location together in real time.”

Full Story: Fulfilling the promise of mobile technology Source: Providence Business News, September 22nd, 2008 Author: John Larrabee Added on September 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 am, by Matt Mikula