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No need to apologize, this is exactly why I posted the app and the idea to HN! I agree Latitude rocks hard (when you get friends to actually use it), and the i
by asmosoinio 15y ago
No need to apologize, this is exactly why I posted the app and the idea to HN!
I agree Latitude rocks hard (when you get friends to actually use it), and the idea of Glympse is brilliant. I haven't tried it myself but immediately thought it would be a good solution when I stumbled across it. We may want to implement something similar as well.
But they both fail on a few cases:
- Try getting your non techie friend with a dumbphone to use Latitude -- not possible as the app can't run on the device. Same with Glympse, however less so because it may work ok with pretty simple browsers on the receiving end.
- vs Gecko SMS: If someone can receive SMS, they can receive your location
- And then the "rest of the world" -argument: most people don't understand maps, maps are not available to many areas. Maps don't work well in cheap phones with small screens.
Landmarks is a simple concept that everybody understands, and it's available everywhere. That's what we offer.
I know this partly contradicts with using the Android platform, but that's where we wanted to start. We have a fully working prototype for S60 Symbian as well, but it's no fun to use. :)
- Pewpewarrows 15y agoThanks for the quick reply! I guess I missed the part where Gecko would work with so-called "dumb" phones as well, without any mapping software. That's definitely a good enough reason for me to give it a try this weekend.
- asmosoinio 15y agoHey, I just submitted something of my own for the first time so what else can I do than sit here replying?-) I don't think you missed it, that information probably isn't available anywhere yet. Unless you read all my comments here, and still I don't think I have really mentioned that. But had you read our business plan, you would definitely be aware of this. -- Update: Just realized you probably meant the receiving end, whereas I was talking about sending these messages from a dumb phone. The former is mentioned in the Market text: This means that Gecko SMS works with standard SMS and MMS, and does not require any special software on the receiving phone.