Mobile apps enhance your Olympic experience
Wired at the Games: Taking in Vancouver sunshine... and email, phone messages, games, books, transit alerts and the online universe last week.
No matter where you go in Vancouver, you’re bound to notice that Vancouverites and visitors to the Olympic host city have embraced mobile technology and have one eye glued to their smartphones.
Perhaps people are checking out the latest medal count on their iPhone using Bell’s Official Mobile Spectator Guide of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games — built by Vancouver’s own Xomo Digital.
Maybe they are using Tourism Vancouver’s CitySmart application to find out what restaurants serve B.C.’s world famous Fanny Bay oysters or Okanagan wines.
No matter what app they are using, one thing is undeniable – mobile technology and British Columbia go hand-in-hand.
Leading this charge is British Columbia’s Wavefront, a community-based commercialization centre that helps emerging companies and developers create and deliver mobile applications. Located in downtown Vancouver, Wavefront offers developers testing facilities – including hundreds of different handsets – and accreditation services.
So if you’re in Vancouver, travelling to British Columbia, or are just interested in following the Olympics while on the go, download these apps, along with offerings from Lonely Planet and official broadcasters NBC and CTV.
There's a lot going on in British Columbia during the 2010 Games and beyond — you don’t want to miss a moment of the action.
Watch our flickr presentation — all photos taken February 19 in a 15-minute span on Vancouver's Granville Island.
Mobile apps will add to your Olympic experience and are making British Columbia a hub for wireless technology and development.
Could you have survived the 2010 Experience without with digital pals? Let us know.
