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What's the outlook for phone-GPS and cell-phone tower auto-checkins?
Playing with Brightkite makes me realize how siloed all the technologies in my phone are. My Blackberry Curve has GPS, so theoretically I should be able to give Brightkite (or any other app) permission to use that data, and then automatically check in just by posting a note or photo. I believe cell-phone tower triangulation can be used much the same way.
This is a really broad question, then. Is this something you guys see as feasible in any kind of near term? That would be really cool, especially since the SMS check-in seems to require very specific types of information- like street name and number.
Thanks! I'm having fun with it.
This is a really broad question, then. Is this something you guys see as feasible in any kind of near term? That would be really cool, especially since the SMS check-in seems to require very specific types of information- like street name and number.
Thanks! I'm having fun with it.
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Inappropriate?I would love this too, especially since I have GPS built-in to my AT&T Tilt, it seems silly to make those of us with GPS look up the address manually. -
Inappropriate?I would love this in a mobile client. I too have a GPS enabled phone. It would be nice to see visually locations of friends inside Google Maps or Msn Live Search!! I'm surprised it's not here yet, since this is a mobile client. Please pay more attention to WM phones since GPS capable phones are getting more common. -
Inappropriate?Even without GPS you should be able to do some rough location finding using mobile phone masts. In fact I assumed that feature was the core of the service!
Plus you should say up front which countries this feature covers when it is implemented. -
Inappropriate?I'm not affiliated at all with this guy or product, but I stumbled upon it and have used it with great success on my WM 6.1 phone. http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme_e...
I use it w/my GPS. It writes KML files and uploads them to Google, where I can then track my movements nearly Live. It has an option to look for 'friends' but I assume those are just people that use the service. Where I live, there are never any. But if this guy can schelp together something like this, I assume BrightKite can out-do this. Real-time /semi realtime tracking of friends etc. Every location (address etc) can be converted to GPS coordinates.. and vice versa. This is more like what I thought/hoped BrightKite would be about. -
Inappropriate?i assume they're preparing something for the launch of the new iphone? (been playing with the sdk i hope!)
