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2008-05-14 09:59:59 CEST 2008-05-14 10:01:01 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION GeoSentric Oyj - Company AnnouncementGyPSii takes the lead in Mobile Social Networking with new and improved feature setGEOSENTRIC OYJ BULLETIN May 14, 2008 at 11:00 GyPSii takes the lead in Mobile Social Networking with new and improved feature set GeoSentric Oyj (GyPSii) (OMX: GEO1V) the world's leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, has made a series of significant enhancements to its feature set. “We are dedicated to continually developing and improving the GyPSii service to provide all users, whatever country they're in or handset they're on, with the best mobile geo-social networking experience in the world” said Dan Harple, GeoSentric Chairman. “The new GyPSii features further extend its position as the mobile lifestyle application that's turning the mobile phone into a personal digital life recorder.” Adding to this comment, he stated, “Only this week a GyPSii member, living in China, recorded in real-time the tragic earthquake in Chengdu and shared it with the whole GyPSii community. This exemplifies GyPSii's ability to share live events, anywhere, anytime, with the GyPSii community.” This weeks Chengdu GyPSii posting can be viewed at Place on News & Alerts on www.gypsii.com. The new features available to GyPSii users include: New and improved UI for Windows Mobile users. Plus speed improvements for the Windows Mobile platform, greatly reducing start-up time for the application. Extended contact invitation methods - members can now invite contacts through Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, AOL, FastMail.FM, Gmail, GMX, Hotmail, Indiatimes, Mail.com, Yahoo, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, Linkedin and MySpace. Event feeds on member profiles and home pages - now any public action involving a member's friend appears on the member's homepage. Comment feed subscriptions - a feature enabling users to subscribe to comment feeds on GyPSii Places and member profiles. Mobile PlaceMe reminder - a feature which emails members after they have carried out a PlaceMe using the GyPSii mobile platform. This allows them to share it with friends or edit the content. Friend search filtering - it is now possible to view friends in order of when they joined GyPSii, their proximity and by alphabetical order. Mr Harple continued; “In the upcoming months we expect to release further significant GyPSii developments in mobile advertising, maps for mobile, Cell ID and WiFi positioning, and support for more mobile devices.” GyPSii is a mobile lifestyle application; a location based friend-finder, a place and event finder, a networking site for communities and a home to share pictures, video, audio, and content with friends and other groups. GyPSii also uses location information to effortlessly “Geo-tag” entries and to provide a powerful location based database of User Generated Content. GyPSii users can make use of multiple features and services from their phone, including access to explore local and regional “Points-of-Interest”: receive maps: and instantly identify nearby friends and places that have been popular within their communities of interest. To sign up to GyPSii users can visit the company's website (www.gypsii.com) or from a phone browser at http://gypsii.com/m. About GeoSentric Oyj (GyPSii) GeoSentric's GyPSii connects people, places and communities across networks and devices; a geo-location social networking platform and services for mobile, web & set-top box devices. Based in Salo, Finland and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, GeoSentric operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. GeoSentric is listed on the Nordic Exchange (OMX: GEO1V). For more information, visit www.gypsii.com. © 2008 GyPSii Inc. All rights reserved. Contact for Press: Dave McCann/Alex Sowden The CC Group +44 (0) 118 920 7650 gypsii@the-cc-group.com Investor Relations: investors@gypsii.com |
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