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Kreativbranche 2.0

Article on the project servingo by the magazine PAGE, May 2006

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Zentraler Service für mobile Geräte

Article on the project servingo by the magazine PC go, May 2006

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World Cup on your Mobile

Article on the project servingo by the magazine Computer Bild, 17 October 2005

Just imagine: Germany is World Cup Champion 2006! You watch the play with the decisive goal over and over as a computer re-enactment on your mobile. You receive a slideshow of your best celebratory pictures via e-mail. And your mobile even gives you directions to the World Cup Party (and back to your hotel) ...

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servingo at Medienwoche Berlin-Brandenburg

Project head Dr. Dirk Balfanz introduced the project servingo to an enthusiastic and prestigious/elite ODER high-ranking audience at Medienwoche Berlin-Brandenburg.

You can find a program overview of the event on the Medienwoche server.

Sports fan, what more could you want?

Press release issued by the servingo consortium partner, itCampus, 06 July 2005

For the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006^TM, the new service servingo will transform mobile terminals into information platforms - to this end, itCampus GmbH is developing an innovative Internet portal as part of the servingo consortium.

Read the press release in its entirety (PDF, 28kB, German).

From round to square

Contribution of the GeoBIT editorial department on the topic servingo, GeoBIT, Issue 7/2005

The mobile service world's long-anticipated vision of "Location Based Services" (LBS) is finally going to become reality for the World Cup 2006, developing international markets from mega event to mega event. With the portal servingo, the designers hope to facilitate a breakthrough for LBS.

Read the contribution in its entirety (PDF, 956kB, German).

Soccer info ­ any time, any place

Press release issued by Fraunhofer Media Service, Nr 6, 2005

An ambitious project for the 2006 FIFA World Cup is under way: Researchers are setting up a service portal for mobile terminals that will interlink local services. Servingo will provide infotainment and logistics on all aspects of the big event, regardless of the user's location.

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servingo introduces itself

The servingo consortium cordially invites you to an initial presentation of their servingo technologies on 29 June 2005 at the SAALBAU Gutleut in Frankfurt!

Read a brief summary of the event highlights.

Comprehensive service per mobile for football fans

Press release issued by the Main Netz Info-Services on 11 July 2005

On Wednesday, as the Confederation Cup kicks off as the dress rehearsal for the World Cup 2006, servingo will also be experiencing its first acid test. The novel service platform is slated to help solve the World Cup's logistical problems while providing comprehensive information on the World Cup 24/7 for football fans from all over the world via their mobiles and other mobile terminals.

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Digital city maps for the World Cup visitors

Press release issued by the Main Post on 11 July 2005

One more year until Germany lands at the center of worldwide football fascination. 32 teams will be arriving from countries across the globe; more than four million fans are expected, with almost one and a half million of them arriving from foreign countries. Assuming a Japanese visitor might have a hard time negotiating German street signs and city maps, Geodata is currently developing a mobile information and communication system for the World Cup in the five FIFA languages.

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3D Football on Multimedia Mobiles

Press release issued by the Heise Newstickers on 12 February 2005

If the creators of the servingo project get their way, sports fans will soon be seeing important plays - a spectaculor goal, a contested foul - with less delay as three-dimensional computer reconstructions//re-enactments on their multimedia mobiles. According to the servingo designers, no television transmission could offer this quality of experience: the sports enthusiast as user can interactively move within the play, determine speed and adopt different perspectives.

Read the press release in its entirety on the Heise Verlag server.

Always at ball level

Press release issued by ZGDV, Fraunhofer IGD and GIStec on 11 February 2005

The best game plays as 3-D reconstructions/re-enactments on your multimedia mobile. On the occasion of the FIFA World Cup 2006, ZGDV, Fraunhofer IGD and GIStec are developing a new service platform for information, entertainment and mobility.

Read the press release in its entirety (PDF, 145kB, German).