Openwave's location-enabled MIDAS application development platform is designed to offer a uniform way for content publishers and developers to access a variety of location functionality, from location determination to mapping and routing. The Openwave MIDAS application development environment also includes tools to create idle-screen widgets and a framework for widget discovery, delivery, and lifecycle management. Openwave MIDAS is designed to run on Windows Mobile, Symbian, BREW, QTopia, Linux, and any feature phone platform.

"A key part of creating mobile services with a highly targeted and personalized experience is knowing where subscribers are, and the integration of the SiRFstudio APIs with MIDAS is designed to bring high-accuracy location technology within the reach of content publishers and developers," said Openwave's Nara Rajagopalan. "When combined with other existing content feeds and services in addition to other applications, location adds the geographic dimension and filtering needed to create compelling and highly relevant mobile data services that can drive Web content consumption on mobile devices."

For its part, SiRF provides a rapid location-based service application development platform for software developers to embed location capabilities into new and existing applications or services. SiRFstudio is part of the SiRFecosystem, a comprehensive suite of tools and resources to speed development, testing and marketing of LBS applications that drive application diversification and provide a compelling locative experience for users.

Source: ddj.com