Ed, That Mountain biking must have been fun! Went Biking across GoldenGate bridge last week, and it was wonderful.
Please tell the girl that CookingCapsules is soon going to be on her Android Phone, to make her time in kitchen a whole lot of fun ;) On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 3:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Muthu, > > I especially like the toggled roll call function, for when you think > you have eveybody on the bus, but don't! How many times have people > wished for that: "OK, who is NOT here? Please speak up!" With Android > "Knock.Knock BusStop" that is a one click function. > > If you don't like Gieger Counters or Pilot Beacons, there are also > some pretty silly audio seek feedback functions for when you are > trying to find that missing one. My favorite right now (a bit iffy > with VISTA audio) plays a fraction of their name based on how close > you are to pointing at them. Here is how that works: Say their name is > "Joseph" and written languages are read from left to right in your > native language. And their location is... north. When aiming west you > get a "J", Northwest gets a "Jo", Northeast gets a "eph", due North > gets a "Joseph!". > > The thing is the current SDK has all the commands needed to do that! > Remarkable that virtually all my agitation is aimed at hardware. > These folks have done a brilliant job with the SDK. > > Thanks again for positive feedback... Rode mountain bikes this morning > with a girl that uses the web a lot to find cooking information. She > was really excited about how Cooking Capsules can help make cooking > less complex in the kitchen. "That's exactly what I need!" Google > must know how much traffic cooking related sites and blogs get! > > ed > > On Jun 14, 1:56 pm, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ed, > > > > Like what you are trying to build with Android. Keeping track of kids in > any > > environment with a low cost device will be of great use to all the > parents > > out there. Good luck. > > > > Hope Android really makes these dreams come true. > > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Along the lines of what Muthu said, > > > > > I can only speak for our team. We are trying to make a kid proof phone > > > exist that is light enough and tough enough for an elementary age kid > > > to carry in their sock like a soccer shin pad. The features of the > > > software will allow teachers to keep track of the kids on field trips > > > to public places like the zoo, and allow the kids to arrive at AM bus > > > stops just in time. Yes, the bus driver would need one, too. > > > > > Parents are motivated to make purchasing decisions that take care of > > > their children. And they will push their communities to do the same. > > > > > Android in it's current directional implementation lets you > > > demonstrate this software on full featured phones (that are too > > > expensive for our application), but it is open source. Once we > > > demonstrate how it works to protect children and families by using > > > $400 handsets, we will make a pitch to develop purpose specific > > > hardware that meets the cost requirements for this market, about $25 a > > > kid. > > > > > We don't want it to be a disposable phone for environmental reasons. > > > But we want it to be priced like one. Just much tougher so it can be > > > reused as if rental equipment. You need to be able to pull it out of > > > the lake, knowing it will still work - even after you sterilize it, so > > > that you would be comfortable giving it to your child again. It should > > > survive, and benefit from, a warm water/detergent wash cycle in a > > > household washing machine. > > > > > Most apparent rants are aimed at making broad market demand/acceptance > > > for the ingredients needed for this phone: location based ring tone > > > utility (this is for kids, after all), inexpensive simulated or real > > > compass that works in any orientation and cost less than $1, edge > > > active accelerometer based touch screen for 26 cents, cell tower > > > location triangulation based algorithms that still work with bad > > > information because the two phones that are trying to find each other > > > can process the raw signals on a differential basis,... oh, and it > > > helps if dad is around, so cell tower ID to help with his commute. > > > > > Android makes that within reach for demonstration and prototyping. > > > > > I think customers will want and demand phones like this once they > > > realize it is within reach to make their lives more secure. I am > > > concerned the Linux overhead will push the chip/processor cost too > > > high. Each/most of the things are algorithmically simple. Once a > > > software set is demonstrated that does all these things, and the > > > market is recognized, second generation... that decision is not yet > > > well posed. > > > > > Anyway, I hope this answers your 'why' question and builds on Muthu's > > > directional answer. > > > > > On Jun 12, 11:48 pm, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Carriers will carry them if users want them to. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Jim < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Why do people think carriers, T-Mobile for example, would carry the > > > > > Android phone? Is Google just paying them to? Will Google and T- > > > > > Mobile share in service revenue like Apple and AT&T share? > > > > > > -- > > > > take care, > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > > >http://cookingcapsules.com-nourish your droid.http://mobeegal.in-find > > > stuff closer. > > > > -- > > take care, > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > http://cookingcapsules.com- nourish your droid.http://mobeegal.in- find > stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://cookingcapsules.com - nourish your droid. http://mobeegal.in - find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
