Nick,

I was thinking of something ala DNS, where the application can discover
pieces of metadata associated to real-world items (you name it) categorized 
in a standard an open way. Users could add/edit/remove their own choices to 
customize what they want from their devices (getting closer to/getting far
from vs state/status of the element associated to metadata.

This could bring a benefic impact on the number/type of applications
developed not only for OpenMoko but for any device that could gain access
to a GPS hardware.

Btw, I've been keeping track on the mailing list, reading
quitely...Congratulations to all of you (hardware, software) for the
excelent work.

Regards,


-Urivan Flores Saaib


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On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:55:07 +0100 "Nick Johnson" wrote:

On 7/3/07, Mathias Rüdiger <ruediger@blueboot.org> wrote:
> No excuses left Nick. Seems that you have to write a wefi clone :)

Looks like it. ;)

Actually, I was thinking something more OpenMoko specific - a sort of
enhanced PIM that lets you store locations and contacts (and contacts
with locations) side-by-side, and a corresponding API so other bits
can take advantage of the data (like the aforementioned
muting-when-entering-cinema stuff).

The other idea for a 'killer mobile gps app' that occurred to me is
some sort of dynamic-flash-mob system, where you can express interest
in various activities, and it'll detect whenever a 'critical mass' of
people for a given activity are close enough together and buzz them
all. Imagine walking past a stranger and suddenly your cellphones buzz
to let you know you're both interested in a quick game of something...

Obviously there are some pretty significant privacy issues that would
be hard to get around for an application like that, though.

-Nick Johnson

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