GTX Corp signs Samsung agreement to deliver GPS Tracking Apps to 40 million new smartphones

August 17th, 2010 by admin


 In the agreement, GTX Corp will make available its popular GPS Tracking apps on Samsung’s bada operating system.  The GPS Tracking apps will be featured for sale October 2010 in Samsung’s Application Store. Of the 40 million Samsung handsets anticipated to ship between now and mid-2011, 15-20 million will be the new “Scotia” models. Samsung, [...]

Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and tracking of eloping and wandering disease victims

August 10th, 2010 by admin


GPS technology embedded into shoes provides tracking for wandering and eloping victims of Alzheimers — Afflicting more than five million Americans the disease without a cure may finally see research applications to predict those that will get the disease with a Spinal-Fluid Test ten years before the proteins and plaque destroy thier brains. GTX Corp and Aetrex Worldwide [...]

Technology is changing our interactions and changing us in the process.

July 24th, 2010 by admin


Nearly 90 percent of U.S. households now have a cell phone – a huge number and clear paradigm shift that is only eclipsed only by the number of global mobile phone service subscriptions eclipsing 5 billion this month. Of that number, there are now more than 500 million active 3G data subscriptions. Curiously with that [...]

Samsung’s first Bada smartphone the Wave, sells 1 million units in June,

July 13th, 2010 by admin


The Wave’s touchscreen device has a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz processor, 5MP camera, 2GB internal memory, and 802.11n Wi-Fi. The display is said to be “incredibly” vibrant and removes all outdoor visibility issues.Samsung also announced plans to release variations of its Bada OS for tablet PCs and TV set-top boxes. The Bada OS [...]

Not having your own Electronic Medical Records can hurt you and your family

July 4th, 2010 by admin


A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that of the two-thirds of U.S. hospitals surveyed; only 1.5% of them have a comprehensive electronic-medical records system. This despite substantial Federal stimulus funding and a 2011 “Meaningful Mandate” usage goal… Physician resistance was noted by the study researchers as a critical factor [...]

Questions and Answers from Patrick Bertagna, CEO GTX Corp – Third in a series

July 3rd, 2010 by admin


GPS Tech Review: What are the GTX Corp business models and its channels of distribution? Mr. Bertagna: We marshal our extensive GPS expertise, integrate our patented technology then identify an enterprise partner entrenched in their vertical market and work together to provide a proprietary solution via licensing and/or subscriptions. We have recently secured several licensing [...]

Questions and Answers from Patrick Bertagna, CEO GTX Corp

July 1st, 2010 by admin


GPS Tech Review: Could you elaborate on the demand for your GPS applications and give us the trends that you are seeing in the market place? Mr. Bertagna: There is a greater awareness for GPS apps as demonstrated by the increase in downloads and inquiries LOCiMOBILE receives daily. The demand for personal location apps is [...]

Watch out for BADA OS the Samsung Wave just might have an edge over the other platforms

June 29th, 2010 by admin


No contest is not the swan song for the South Korean appliance giant. The company may be a bit late to the smartphone party, but it also might be the one that gets the prize on the way home. The Samsung S8500 Wave is the first bada OS powered smartphone to hit the market. It takes Samsung’s TouchWiz [...]

People are talking about the people speaking at The first People Tracking and Location USA Conference

June 27th, 2010 by admin


The guys listening wanted to know what the future has in store for GPS People Tracking devices and if future LTE technologies will be eating GPS’s lunch… The podium pundits; Ira Paul Gorelick, Senior Manager – Business Development, Verizon Wireless Open Development,  Carlos Briceño, VP Business Development, GTX Corp, Simon Buckingham, CEO, Zoombak, Eric Carr, Vice President, Products, Location Technologies, Loopt, Moderator: Claudio [...]

Searching for a loyal mobile crowd – Best keep looking as they are constantly on the move and quite brand fickle

June 15th, 2010 by admin


The BlackBerry operating system now accounts for 19.4 percent of the worldwide smartphone market, with sales of 10.5 million units in Q1, according to research firm Gartner. BlackBerry trails Symbian (24.0 million units in Q1/44.3 percent market share) but still leads Apple’s iPhone (8.3 million units/15.4 percent share) and Google’s Android (5.2 million units/9.6 percent [...]