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I think that it's not meant to replace those. It's meant to replace the act of passing your phone around in person — say, around a dinner table — in order to sh

I think that it's not meant to replace those. It's meant to replace the act of passing your phone around in person — say, around a dinner table — in order to show photos to the people you're with.

jbob2000 12y ago
So what's wrong with passing the phone around? Now I have to ask everyone to pull out their phones. "Mine is in my purse, let me go grab it" "I left mine in the car, oops" "My battery is dead" Then I have to text/email them the link. "I didn't get the link" "I have no service here" Whereas, passing a phone literally takes a millisecond.
- sp332 12y ago
  Nice that all of your friends are always in the same room with you.
- sliverstorm 12y ago
  It leaves you in control of the "show". If you have a series of pictures, for example, you pick when to move to the next photo, and can narrate as you do. You don't have to think about them flipping beyond the photos you wanted to share. They don't have to figure out how to work your phone. It's certainly easier to pass around a phone, of course, but I can see the flaws. This is a place where NFC would really be a step up though. Tap-to-share-screen, instead of having to find contacts and numbers and sending texts.
  - FiddlerClamp 12y ago
    I tried it out - the person you're sharing the Xim with can also control the slideshow.
- hamburglar 12y ago
  I agree. Whoever thought this was going to end up being less troublesome than passing a phone around (which is, admittedly, awkward) hasn't thought through the scenarios. There's no way a bunch of people at "dinner with friends" are all going to pull their phones out and start up a little photo-viewing LAN party.
- ben1040 12y ago
  I imagine it's to stop people from committing the social faux-pas whereby they're handed a phone, and they start swiping through pictures in the gallery (and possibly stumbling upon pictures the phone owner did not intend to be seen).
- nirvdrum 12y ago
  A lot of people don't like passing a phone around because in many cases the recipient, either out of force of habit or just snooping around, will keep scrolling through the rest of their photos.

jbob2000 12y ago

So what's wrong with passing the phone around? Now I have to ask everyone to pull out their phones. "Mine is in my purse, let me go grab it" "I left mine in the car, oops" "My battery is dead" Then I have to text/email them the link. "I didn't get the link" "I have no service here" Whereas, passing a phone literally takes a millisecond.

sp332 12y ago
Nice that all of your friends are always in the same room with you.
sliverstorm 12y ago
It leaves you in control of the "show". If you have a series of pictures, for example, you pick when to move to the next photo, and can narrate as you do. You don't have to think about them flipping beyond the photos you wanted to share. They don't have to figure out how to work your phone. It's certainly easier to pass around a phone, of course, but I can see the flaws. This is a place where NFC would really be a step up though. Tap-to-share-screen, instead of having to find contacts and numbers and sending texts.
- FiddlerClamp 12y ago
  I tried it out - the person you're sharing the Xim with can also control the slideshow.
hamburglar 12y ago
I agree. Whoever thought this was going to end up being less troublesome than passing a phone around (which is, admittedly, awkward) hasn't thought through the scenarios. There's no way a bunch of people at "dinner with friends" are all going to pull their phones out and start up a little photo-viewing LAN party.
ben1040 12y ago
I imagine it's to stop people from committing the social faux-pas whereby they're handed a phone, and they start swiping through pictures in the gallery (and possibly stumbling upon pictures the phone owner did not intend to be seen).
nirvdrum 12y ago
A lot of people don't like passing a phone around because in many cases the recipient, either out of force of habit or just snooping around, will keep scrolling through the rest of their photos.