Snap only exchanges information with contacts that not only have a telephone number, but also a GTalk account. It uses GTalk to communicate with those accounts and our program broadcasts profile updates and location updates to those contacts. It does not call them or sms them, everthing is handled in the background using GTalk (or Bluetooth in the case of discovering new/matching Contacts).
So, how it works: Step 1: Using Bluetooth you see who is in the same neighborhood. You not only see their (nick)name, but also their interests (information that is coming from Facebook). Step 2: If you want, you can invite this person to your contact list (this is done using GTalk). Note: instead of discovering this contact using bluetooth, you can also simply enter his GTalk email address, and press invite. Step 3: If he accepts our program uses GTalk to exchange your profile. Your profile contains your telephone number(s), email address, the link to your facebook account, a picture and more. The basic information such as the telephone numbers are stored in the default android phone book memory, but the additional information is stored in our own database. Now if you change your profile, all your Snap! contacts (that all have GTalk) will receive the new information. You can also check out our 'Larger and Longer' screencast, hopefully it will show you exactly what Snap! is and what it can do http://www.snap-project.net/wikka.php?wakka=LargerLongerScreencast On Apr 12, 9:13 pm, YA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hielko: > > I read the PDF and cannot understand how the app works. Suppose I have > 20 phone numbers with names in my phone book. Suppose I also have a FB > profile. What does Snap do to my phone number contacts? Does it call > them, sms them or what? > > YA > > On Apr 12, 10:04 pm, Hielko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean with a 'pure phone app'. > > > We are using the contacts in the phone book memory. All contacts that > > are visible inside Snap! are also available in the default contacts > > application, but the aditional information such as the location, > > facebook profile are stored in our own content provider. > > > On Apr 12, 5:58 pm, YA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hmm... so this is not really a pure phone app. Are you using GTalk/FB > > > contacts or are you using the real phone contacts - the ones in the > > > phone book memory of the phone? > > > > YA > > > > On Apr 12, 6:51 pm, Hielko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It will run without GTalk account or Facebook account, but receiving > > > > new contacts or keeping existing contacts up to date is done using > > > > GTalk (it's ok if you are offline and the other person changes his > > > > info, it will sync as soon you will go online). > > > > > GTalk is certainly a very important corner stone of our app. > > > > > Snap! does not need other webservices, but obviously to get your > > > > information from Facebook or other social network sites it will have > > > > to connect to those at least one time. > > > > > On Apr 12, 4:33 pm, YA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Will it work without GTalk account or any other web service account? > > > > > > YA > > > > > > On Apr 12, 12:44 pm, writser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > > Snap! ties your telephone to social networking sites. It will notify > > > > > > you whenever people with the same interests as you are in your > > > > > > neighborhood. You can then exchange contact information with these > > > > > > people automatically and wirelessly. You can use snap instead of > > > > > > your > > > > > > standard contact list - it uses a p2p network to keep your contact > > > > > > list up to date at all times. > > > > > > > Our website:http://www.snap-project.net. Check out the screencast on > > > > > > the main page if you are interested. > > > > > > > Any comments are appreciated. Both the site and the program are > > > > > > still > > > > > > work in progress :) > > > > > > > regards, Writser- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > Hie- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
