I guess SMS is generally more accessable and tends to be a lot cheaper, often free, in Toronto and most of Canada. Phones could transmit position continuously to a central server, or some centralized mechanisim, and I'm thinking it would be much easier for a centralized server program to notify phones reliably with SMS, rather then depend on a data connection.
Basically by using SMS it would be a more accesable and reliable application that could be run continously by the participants. Tie it into a social networking site maybe too. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Dean Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 5:16 PM To: Crane, Matthew; OpenMoko Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps Why would you need SMS - if you are running a data plan already to track cell tower and relative position to other Neo users then you may as well make it a self contained application. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Crane, Matthew > Sent: Monday, 28 May 2007 4:57 PM > To: OpenMoko > Subject: GPS+sms apps > > > Is there any existing application which combine sms messaging and GPS? > It would be pretty cool to get automated alerts whenever a particular > person is nearby, through a central machine (phone, desktop). Or to use > some sort of automated homing application, where two people are able to > lock to each other and the phone guides them, notifying the other device > when the route or position has changed. > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
