Nick, I was thinking of something ala DNS, where the application can discover pieces of metadata associated to real-world items (you name it) categorized in a standard an open way. Users could add/edit/remove their own choices to customize what they want from their devices (getting closer to/getting far from vs state/status of the element associated to metadata.
This could bring a benefic impact on the number/type of applications developed not only for OpenMoko but for any device that could gain access to a GPS hardware. Btw, I've been keeping track on the mailing list, reading quitely...Congratulations to all of you (hardware, software) for the excelent work. Regards, -Urivan Flores Saaib ==============Original message text=============== On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:55:07 +0100 "Nick Johnson" wrote: On 7/3/07, Mathias Rüdiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No excuses left Nick. Seems that you have to write a wefi clone :) Looks like it. ;) Actually, I was thinking something more OpenMoko specific - a sort of enhanced PIM that lets you store locations and contacts (and contacts with locations) side-by-side, and a corresponding API so other bits can take advantage of the data (like the aforementioned muting-when-entering-cinema stuff). The other idea for a 'killer mobile gps app' that occurred to me is some sort of dynamic-flash-mob system, where you can express interest in various activities, and it'll detect whenever a 'critical mass' of people for a given activity are close enough together and buzz them all. Imagine walking past a stranger and suddenly your cellphones buzz to let you know you're both interested in a quick game of something... Obviously there are some pretty significant privacy issues that would be hard to get around for an application like that, though. -Nick Johnson _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ===========End of original message text=========== _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
