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...this is why i have an android...syncs everyone...always...

• dami 14y ago
  Yes android does keep contacts synced but the problem is that you still never know if you have the most up to the date and relevant information about your contacts. Only you know your contact and social information best. We let users create one profile with all of their contact and social information. So when you can add a contact on knok.me you're sending a request to their profile. The syncing solution is very complex. You're still creating duplicate copies of each contact. It is very unnecessary.
  • OafTobark 14y ago
    I'm not sure how it works on Android but contact info gets synced on iPhone as well. The problem in the pitch is non-existant because when you upgrade to a new iPhone, you can restore contact data. Alternatively, if you move off the iPhone, the address book keeps a copy on your computer as well. This is very different than your response here, which is less about losing contact info, more about always having an up to date source. Personally, I can only speak for myself but I don't see this as big of a problem. I do acknowledge I've seen people post losing contact info (for whatever reason) at least once or twice on my time on facebook but of course thats not representative of how big the space is. However I'm not sure if this problem is big enough of an issue (just my two cents).
    • dami 14y ago
      Very fair arguments. The really big point that I'm trying to make is that you're still keeping records for each everyone your contacts. Let's say you have John Smith in your address book and I'm friends with the same John Smith. I will also have a separate record of John Smith in my address book. People are creating unnecessary duplicate records of their contacts in their native address books. With Knok.Me we're letting people create their one profile that contains contact and social information of theirs. So you're the one who maintains your own contact information for you contacts. So each time someone adds you to their address book they are simply just sending a request to your profile. I would love to get your feedback on the idea. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want to chat more. I love hearing different perspectives on the problem. dami@knok.me .. I seriously think the address book isn't what it should be in this day and age.
      • OafTobark 14y ago
        Basically, you're creating a cloud base phone book (a much easier way to pitch the idea btw) and simply granting access much like a fb friend request to be able to access that data, and when you have no online access, it sits native to the phone until the next connection for a push update, if any.
        • dami 14y ago
          Yes exactly, that's a great way to explain it. I'll note it down. Thanks!