We are very excited to be announcing the launch of XOHM from Sprint. As the development partners to the XOHM project, we here at WHERE are very excited to see what the future of geobrowsing and WiMax holds for consumers. For those of you who are not familiar with the XOHM project here is a little background.

What is XOHM?

XOHM is Sprint’s mobile broadband service which allows users to connect in more places, more often and anywhere there is coverage. As PCMag put it, “It’s a new kind of Internet connection, like cable or DSL. But wireless”. Which means, no more seeking out the hotspot, the hotspot will be seeking you out!  WHERE partnered with XOHM to offer geobrowsing capabilities by providing location based content and the friend finding application, Buddy Beacon to XOHM subscribers. The content provided by WHERE includes location based information from YELP, Eventful, and Topix.

Is XOHM available in my area?

Since XOHM just launched it will have limited availability starting with Baltimore and then expanding to Washington D.C. and Chicago later in the year. Check the XOHM Coverage Tracker to see if the service is available in your area.

How Much Will it Cost?

The great thing about XOHM is that there are NO long term contracts! You can choose to pay by the day or by the month. No hidden or cancellation fees either. XOHM will be available in your home or office, on the go in the form of a mobile card or Both! Home & Mobile.

Check out the XOHM website for more info.

As a real estate agent in today’s market, you must be faster, sharper and more resourceful than ever before. It is your job to guide hesitant home buyers and sellers through the process using your experience, knowledge and all of your available resources. In steps the WHERE™ iPhone application. Best part? It’s FREE!

Earlier this year, WHERE was touted as an “irresistible GPS mobile application” by Boston.com and just yesterday TechCrunch described it as ‘having everything but the kitchen sink’.  WHERE’s location based platform coupled with a bevy of useful widgets make it a real estate agents dream application. Here are just some of the ways agents can use the application to get work done and houses sold.

1. Starbucks - Office away from the office. Need to sign a P&S agreement quickly? Want to take a client out for coffee to discuss their home buying needs? WHERE’s Starbucks finder can help you locate the nearest location. (Bonus - Go for the seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte and you are sure to win them over)

2. Local Search - Perhaps you have buyers who have finally found a house they love and, unfortunately, it’s in an area that you are NOT AS familiar with. All you have to do is, bust out the WHERE iPhone app to help them find the closest dog park, chinese restaurant or elementary school.

3. Gas Buddy - I don’t have to remind you, as a real estate agent, you go through a lot of gas driving to open houses, home visits and buyer appointments. With the use of our Gas Buddy widget you can locate the closest gas stations to your current location (even when you are driving) AND find out which one has the cheapest gas.

4. Eventful - Welcome relocating clients with a wealth of information about the area’s local events, concerts and shows using the Eventful widget. This widget allows you to find out information about shows coming to the area.

5. YELP - Recommending a restaurant can be a tricky situation. What if they don’t like it? With WHERE’s YELP widget you can also find out what others have said about a certain restaurant and see how many stars it received.

While this is just a short list of how you can use the WHERE iPhone application to boost your real estate business, we’d love to hear how you have used it in your career. Tell us your story, leave it in the comment section, follow WHERE on Twitter or post to our Facebook fan page.

As the weather gets cooler and the November elections heat up, you can rely on the WHERE mobile application to help you stay up to date with everything you need in the coming months. Here is a list of our Top 5 WHERE widgets for Fall:

1. Eventful Politics - November 2008 is fast approaching. Eventful Politics keeps you informed of political events in your area.

2. Weather - Want to find out if it’s going to be a crisp autumn day or a warm indian summer? Use WHERE’s Weather widget to find out.

3. Starbucks Locator - With seasonal treats like the Pumpkin Spice Latte and Fruit Stella now available in all Starbucks locations you are never far away when you have the WHERE App installed on your phone.

4. Gas Buddy - Quite possibly the handiest little widget there is when trying to save some money at the pump. This widget will help you find the cheapest gas prices in your city.

5. Buddy Beacon - Find out where your friends are picking apples and trick or treating this fall. Share your favorite locations with the Buddy Beacon.

Visit our website for a full list of available widgets for your phone.

By now I’m sure you know that the WHERE mobile application is available on the iPhone and Blackberry and close to 100 handsets across all carriers, including the soon to be released Virgin Shuttle. Now we are inviting you to connect with Where on your favorite social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. What can I say…we are everywhere! And we want to hook up with you, users of Where, fans of Starbucks, lovers of saving money on Gas and YES..even you ski fans looking for the closest slopes. Find us & Friend us.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/whereapp
Facebook: http://www.facebook/pages/where
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/whereulocate
Twitter: @whereitsat

Our very own CEO, Walt Doyle, was recently interviewed by Michelle Sklar of bnetTv.com during the CTIA Wireless conference held last week in San Francisco. During the interview, Walt discusses the WHERE™ application and it’s location based functionalities including connecting users through the Buddy Beacon widget and helping users locate and share events, locations and restaurants with those contacts . Check out the video and Digg it if you like it!

With as many as 100 activations a second during the iPhone 3G launch and over 1.7 million searches for Starbucks on the Where™ iPhone app to date, it’s safe to say that a LOT of people have been enjoying our fancy location based service application. The questions, comments and ideas that have come in through the online Where.com forum have been instrumental in helping us fine tune our product as well as giving us a better understanding of what iPhone users want out of the Where™ application.

Whether you are a new Where™ or Buddy Beacon™ user or have been using Where™ to scope out the hotspots for a while, we invite you to share your stories, thoughts and suggestions with us via our Forum, Twitter, or our Facebook Fan Page. (YES, we are everywhere!).

Also here’s a quick Where™ iPhone app Demo for you newbies:

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