(keitai-l) Re: D505i

We have a product like this on trial in Singapore using CELLID and EOTD
positioning. We usually only build games, mass-multiplayer,
location-based, but this product kinda fell out of R&D.

Using SMS, WAP and Java you can get various snapshots of your social
network.

With SMS for example, sending the word FINDALL results in a list of all
visible buddies and lists their name, area and distance in meters from
you. 

Users can control visibility with various modes which can be set against
various groups of friends, e.g. invisible to work > 6pm 

Users can also publish personal info like venue and activity.

We found that during the week people look for individuals, FIND ALEX,
FIND AMY etc and as the weekend approaches they start doing the group
commands FINDALL, FINDALL BEERBUDDIES etc

Alex


-----Original Message-----
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Tom,

Check out ImaHima (www.imahima.com).  I believe they offer a service
like 
you've outlined.

Philip

At 09:23 AM 5/27/2003 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi,
>I often think it would be nice to be able to display a list from your
>addressbook with the nearest 10 folk's distance away from you
>displayed so you could say have lunch with them if it turned out you
>were within almost shouting distance.
>Tom
>England
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Reto Grob <rgrob@klab.org>
>
>:
>: Hi Nick,
>:
>: > >> They are too stonking heavy.
>: > >
>: :
>: Yes. I think so too. And not many people can foresee correctly which
>: feature actually is going to open a new interesting market. That is
>why
>: many makers are trying out new stuff - and the mobile phone they
>think
>: is a great toy to test.
>:
>: In 505 we already have tests for
>: - OLE technology
>: - fingerprint technology
>: - barcode reader technology
>: - 3d screen technology
>: - high-res digital camera
>:
>: Are some of those needed/successful or not?  Maybe not. And I doubt
>: about some of them too. The market will decide.
>:
>: > Phones will slim down a little as the  hardware becomes
>commodotized -
>: > but unless there is a really incentive to get them REALLY slim, it
>won't happen.
>:
>: Yups. I agree.
>:
>: Let's say Sony tries the SUICA in their phones. This may make the
>phone
>: bigger at first. But they do not yet know if this would be a success
>or
>: not.  So, at first the phone may be big. But in case everybody likes
>it,
>: they would spend the effort to make it smaller.
>:
>: > REAL Geeks like elegant design, things that are good at the jobs
>they do
>: > - not - well - the latest crop have all the elegance of EMACS!
>:
>: Yeah. Maybe some geeks on this world will at one time work together
>with
>: a manufacturer to make a really stylish useful fun phone. It is a
>far
>: way but it will come, I am confident.
>:
>:
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The International University of Japan
Graduate School of International Management
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