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This project explores location-based services with respect to community messaging. A user is able to leave a message at a specific location (and to be delivered in a specific time range) for specific recipients and related to a specific thread or topic. Mobile devices, both phones and PDAs, will combine the user's current location with information about the user's interests and preferences to display messages relevant to that user at that place & time. For example, upon receiving bad service at a restaurant, a user might leave a message outside the door addressed to everyone interested in restaurants detailing the negative experience. Other users, who have told their device they're interested in messages about restaurants would receive the message as they walked by the restaurant and could make their decisions accordingly.