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GyPSii Launches iPhone Platform



    GyPSii, the world´s leading geo-location and social networking
    service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, is now
    available on the iPhone - Apple´s market-leading high-end mobile
    device. The iPhone has shipped more than five million units worldwide
    since its launch in 2007.

    The new web-based GyPSii iPhone application integrates its
    multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for users to
    enjoy a wide range of new and exciting location-based features and
    services, along with social networking - all using the fluid,
    intuitive touch-screen user interface of the iPhone.

    GyPSii also confirmed that it would produce a "native" version of
    its application using Apple´s Software Developer Kit (SDK) which is
    scheduled to be launched later this week, providing seamless access
    for all Apple users, from the desktop, to the iPhone.

    GyPSii CEO, Dan Harple, said he didn´t want iPhone users who were
    keen social networkers to have to wait any longer for the only social
    networking platform specifically designed for location-enabled mobile
    phones to be available for their handset.

    "We´ll work with the SDK as soon as it becomes available," he
    said, "and then we will be uniquely offering both web and native
    versions of our application for iPhone users."

    GyPSii is taking advantage of its extensible product architecture
    enabling use of technologies (like Apple´s Safari) to make its
    advanced, geo-location features possible on the iPhone. In supporting
    these advances in web technology, GyPSii delivers an optimal
    location-based experience on a mobile device, or on a desktop
    computer, or even via a set-top box.

    Some of the new GyPSii for iPhone features enabled include:

    -- Improved UI: The application provides users a desk-top-like
    web experience that is easier to activate, navigate and use
    via Apple´s intuitive touch-screen.

    -- Expanded People/Places layout: GyPSii users can have easy
    access to complete information on their favourite people and
    places that appear on the iPhone. Users simply choose their
    favourite People or Places, bringing up all relevant
    information such as proximity, details and their position on a
    map, all on one continuous screen. Users can also access one
    click dialling to phone People and Places.

    -- Integrated directions from the mapping interface. Users can
    navigate to and from their favourite People and Places.

    -- Improved location based search: Users can search by proximity
    using new easy to use categories for both People and Places.

    -- Seamless user interface menus which take advantage of the
    progressive touch screen interface that comes with the iPhone.

    Commenting on the launch of GyPSii for iPhone, GyPSii CEO Dan
    Harple said, "With the iPhone, Apple created a game-changing handset
    that revolutionized the mobile device market. We are doing the same
    with our geo-location technologies to connect people and content to
    places, events, and social networks in exciting and never-before-seen
    ways."

    iPhone owners can use GyPSii to create and share experiences;
    photos, videos, audio and other content in real-time with friends,
    family and other network members, wherever they are in the world.
    Users can also search and locate people and places, as well access
    directions, maps and information on Points-of-Interest (POIs) - both
    in their immediate area and worldwide as well.

    "With GyPSii on your iPhone, it becomes your mobile personal
    digital life recorder," continued Harple. "You can record and share
    every aspect of your life as it happens with your friends, family and
    your online community - all via your mobile. GyPSii for iPhone makes
    social networking dynamic, mobile, and real-time. We´ve integrated
    with the deep feature set on the iPhone, with the result being an
    entirely new way to communicate."

    GyPSii for iPhone puts the application within reach of more than
    five million iPhone users worldwide, and advances GyPSii´s global
    strategy to be the market-leading geo-location and social networking
    services platform running on the broadest range of high-end and
    mass-market consumer mobile devices. This commitment is
    device-independent, with the company working to develop new mobile
    technologies that are faster, easier to use, and available on more
    devices. GyPSii is already available on other market-leading mobile
    phones and platforms - including BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows
    Mobile-powered devices.

    The addition of the iPhone to GyPSii´s list of compatible handsets
    follows hard on the heels of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
    where the combination of Location-based services with mobile
    technologies, and the award-winning GyPSii application in particular,
    seized widespread industry attention.

    "Initiatives like GyPSii may ultimately reach a status comparable
    with existing social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace,"
    said ABI Research principal analyst Dominique Bonte.

    Praising his development team for their achievement leading up to
    the launch of GyPSii, CEO Dan Harple said: "Our mission is to enhance
    every person´s mobile experience; blending their lifestyle and how
    they share their lives with each other and their chosen social
    networks. Our first iPhone release version brings us one step closer
    to that goal, and adds further to our momentum."

    GyPSii is now available for iPhone users at
    http://www.gypsii.com/m

    A demonstration of GyPSii for iPhone is also available at:
    http://corporate.gypsii.com/iphone/iphone.htm

    About GyPSii

    GyPSii is the market-leading mobile lifestyle application,
    connecting people, places and communities across networks and devices.
    GyPSii provides a geo-location social networking platform and services
    for mobile, web & set-top box devices, and is headquartered in
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (www.gypsii.com).

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