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writser
Apr 12, 2008, 4:44:28 AM4/12/08
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Hey all,
Snap! ties your telephone to social networking sites. It will notify
you whenever people with the same interests as you are in your
neighborhood. You can then exchange contact information with these
people automatically and wirelessly. You can use snap instead of your
standard contact list - it uses a p2p network to keep your contact
list up to date at all times.
Our website: http://www.snap-project.net. Check out the screencast on
the main page if you are interested.
Any comments are appreciated. Both the site and the program are still
work in progress :)
regards, Writser
Snap! ties your telephone to social networking sites. It will notify
you whenever people with the same interests as you are in your
neighborhood. You can then exchange contact information with these
people automatically and wirelessly. You can use snap instead of your
standard contact list - it uses a p2p network to keep your contact
list up to date at all times.
Our website: http://www.snap-project.net. Check out the screencast on
the main page if you are interested.
Any comments are appreciated. Both the site and the program are still
work in progress :)
regards, Writser
Philip
Apr 12, 2008, 4:52:50 AM4/12/08
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Very nice!
You'll need to do a port to Windows Mobile to have those guys from the
video using it x). Good work.
Philip
You'll need to do a port to Windows Mobile to have those guys from the
video using it x). Good work.
Philip
YA
Apr 12, 2008, 10:33:47 AM4/12/08
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Will it work without GTalk account or any other web service account?
YA
YA
Hielko
Apr 12, 2008, 10:51:43 AM4/12/08
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It will run without GTalk account or Facebook account, but receiving
new contacts or keeping existing contacts up to date is done using
GTalk (it's ok if you are offline and the other person changes his
info, it will sync as soon you will go online).
GTalk is certainly a very important corner stone of our app.
Snap! does not need other webservices, but obviously to get your
information from Facebook or other social network sites it will have
to connect to those at least one time.
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new contacts or keeping existing contacts up to date is done using
GTalk (it's ok if you are offline and the other person changes his
info, it will sync as soon you will go online).
GTalk is certainly a very important corner stone of our app.
Snap! does not need other webservices, but obviously to get your
information from Facebook or other social network sites it will have
to connect to those at least one time.
>
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YA
Apr 12, 2008, 11:58:10 AM4/12/08
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Hmm... so this is not really a pure phone app. Are you using GTalk/FB
contacts or are you using the real phone contacts - the ones in the
phone book memory of the phone?
YA
contacts or are you using the real phone contacts - the ones in the
phone book memory of the phone?
YA
Hielko
Apr 12, 2008, 2:04:12 PM4/12/08
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I'm not sure what you mean with a 'pure phone app'.
We are using the contacts in the phone book memory. All contacts that
are visible inside Snap! are also available in the default contacts
application, but the aditional information such as the location,
facebook profile are stored in our own content provider.
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We are using the contacts in the phone book memory. All contacts that
are visible inside Snap! are also available in the default contacts
application, but the aditional information such as the location,
facebook profile are stored in our own content provider.
YA
Apr 12, 2008, 3:13:19 PM4/12/08
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Hielko:
I read the PDF and cannot understand how the app works. Suppose I have
20 phone numbers with names in my phone book. Suppose I also have a FB
profile. What does Snap do to my phone number contacts? Does it call
them, sms them or what?
YA
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I read the PDF and cannot understand how the app works. Suppose I have
20 phone numbers with names in my phone book. Suppose I also have a FB
profile. What does Snap do to my phone number contacts? Does it call
them, sms them or what?
YA
Hielko
Apr 12, 2008, 4:02:45 PM4/12/08
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Snap only exchanges information with contacts that not only have a
telephone number, but also a GTalk account. It uses GTalk to
communicate with those accounts and our program broadcasts profile
updates and location updates to those contacts. It does not call them
or sms them, everthing is handled in the background using GTalk (or
Bluetooth in the case of discovering new/matching Contacts).
So, how it works:
Step 1:
Using Bluetooth you see who is in the same neighborhood. You not only
see their (nick)name, but also their interests (information that is
coming from Facebook).
Step 2:
If you want, you can invite this person to your contact list (this is
done using GTalk).
Note: instead of discovering this contact using bluetooth, you can
also simply enter his GTalk email address, and press invite.
Step 3:
If he accepts our program uses GTalk to exchange your profile. Your
profile contains your telephone number(s), email address, the link to
your facebook account, a picture and more. The basic information such
as the telephone numbers are stored in the default android phone book
memory, but the additional information is stored in our own database.
Now if you change your profile, all your Snap! contacts (that all have
GTalk) will receive the new information.
You can also check out our 'Larger and Longer' screencast, hopefully
it will show you exactly what Snap! is and what it can do
http://www.snap-project.net/wikka.php?wakka=LargerLongerScreencast
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telephone number, but also a GTalk account. It uses GTalk to
communicate with those accounts and our program broadcasts profile
updates and location updates to those contacts. It does not call them
or sms them, everthing is handled in the background using GTalk (or
Bluetooth in the case of discovering new/matching Contacts).
So, how it works:
Step 1:
Using Bluetooth you see who is in the same neighborhood. You not only
see their (nick)name, but also their interests (information that is
coming from Facebook).
Step 2:
If you want, you can invite this person to your contact list (this is
done using GTalk).
Note: instead of discovering this contact using bluetooth, you can
also simply enter his GTalk email address, and press invite.
Step 3:
If he accepts our program uses GTalk to exchange your profile. Your
profile contains your telephone number(s), email address, the link to
your facebook account, a picture and more. The basic information such
as the telephone numbers are stored in the default android phone book
memory, but the additional information is stored in our own database.
Now if you change your profile, all your Snap! contacts (that all have
GTalk) will receive the new information.
You can also check out our 'Larger and Longer' screencast, hopefully
it will show you exactly what Snap! is and what it can do
http://www.snap-project.net/wikka.php?wakka=LargerLongerScreencast
YA
Apr 12, 2008, 4:24:42 PM4/12/08
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Heielko:
I see now, so the service requires that both parties have Snap+GTalk
in advance to establishing a connection... but here is another
problem. It is EXTREMELY unsafe to leave your BT in visible mode - the
phone immediately becomes a target of bluehacking if not worse. Did
you figure out how to make the phone BT-invisible to anyone except
Snap users?
YA
> it will show you exactly what Snap! is and what it can dohttp://www.snap-project.net/wikka.php?wakka=LargerLongerScreencast
I see now, so the service requires that both parties have Snap+GTalk
in advance to establishing a connection... but here is another
problem. It is EXTREMELY unsafe to leave your BT in visible mode - the
phone immediately becomes a target of bluehacking if not worse. Did
you figure out how to make the phone BT-invisible to anyone except
Snap users?
YA
Hielko
Apr 12, 2008, 4:39:29 PM4/12/08
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YA: Obviously (?) you will need our application to use it... having
the requirement of GTalk is no problem: it is a default component of
the Android platform, everyone will have access to it.
With respect to the bluetooth security issue: since the bluetooth
stack cannot be used/tested inside the emulator, this is not something
we have addressed. That said; I think something like that is the
responsibility of the operating system.
the requirement of GTalk is no problem: it is a default component of
the Android platform, everyone will have access to it.
With respect to the bluetooth security issue: since the bluetooth
stack cannot be used/tested inside the emulator, this is not something
we have addressed. That said; I think something like that is the
responsibility of the operating system.
YA
Apr 12, 2008, 4:59:17 PM4/12/08
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Hielko:
opps, my message landed in a different thread. Anyway, I see your
point.
YA
opps, my message landed in a different thread. Anyway, I see your
point.
YA
Hielko
May 11, 2008, 7:28:49 AM5/11/08
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Update: our app didn't make it....
On 12 apr, 22:59, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hielko:
>
> opps, my message landed in a different thread. Anyway, I see your
> point.
>
> YA
>
> On Apr 13, 12:39 am, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > YA: Obviously (?) you will need our application to use it... having
> > the requirement of GTalk is no problem: it is a default component of
> > the Android platform, everyone will have access to it.
>
> > With respect to the bluetooth security issue: since the bluetooth
> > stack cannot be used/tested inside the emulator, this is not something
> > we have addressed. That said; I think something like that is the
> > responsibility of the operating system.
>
> > On Apr 12, 10:24 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Heielko:
>
> > > I see now, so the service requires that both parties haveSnap+GTalk
> > > in advance to establishing a connection... but here is another
> > > problem. It is EXTREMELY unsafe to leave your BT in visible mode - the
> > > phone immediately becomes a target of bluehacking if not worse. Did
> > > you figure out how to make the phone BT-invisible to anyone except
> > >Snapusers?
>
> > > YA
>
> > > On Apr 13, 12:02 am, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
> > > >Snaponly exchanges information with contacts that not only have a
>
> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -
On 12 apr, 22:59, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hielko:
>
> opps, my message landed in a different thread. Anyway, I see your
> point.
>
> YA
>
> On Apr 13, 12:39 am, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > YA: Obviously (?) you will need our application to use it... having
> > the requirement of GTalk is no problem: it is a default component of
> > the Android platform, everyone will have access to it.
>
> > With respect to the bluetooth security issue: since the bluetooth
> > stack cannot be used/tested inside the emulator, this is not something
> > we have addressed. That said; I think something like that is the
> > responsibility of the operating system.
>
> > On Apr 12, 10:24 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Heielko:
>
> > > I see now, so the service requires that both parties haveSnap+GTalk
> > > in advance to establishing a connection... but here is another
> > > problem. It is EXTREMELY unsafe to leave your BT in visible mode - the
> > > phone immediately becomes a target of bluehacking if not worse. Did
> > > you figure out how to make the phone BT-invisible to anyone except
> > >Snapusers?
>
> > > YA
>
> > > On Apr 13, 12:02 am, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
> > > > telephone number, but also a GTalk account. It uses GTalk to
> > > > communicate with those accounts and our program broadcasts profile
> > > > updates and location updates to those contacts. It does not call them
> > > > or sms them, everthing is handled in the background using GTalk (or
> > > > Bluetooth in the case of discovering new/matching Contacts).
>
> > > > So, how it works:
>
> > > > Step 1:
>
> > > > Using Bluetooth you see who is in the same neighborhood. You not only
> > > > see their (nick)name, but also their interests (information that is
> > > > coming from Facebook).
>
> > > > Step 2:
>
> > > > If you want, you can invite this person to your contact list (this is
> > > > done using GTalk).
>
> > > > Note: instead of discovering this contact using bluetooth, you can
> > > > also simply enter his GTalk email address, and press invite.
>
> > > > Step 3:
>
> > > > If he accepts our program uses GTalk to exchange your profile. Your
> > > > profile contains your telephone number(s), email address, the link to
> > > > your facebook account, a picture and more. The basic information such
> > > > as the telephone numbers are stored in the default android phone book
> > > > memory, but the additional information is stored in our own database.
>
> > > > Now if you change your profile, all yourSnap! contacts (that all have
> > > > communicate with those accounts and our program broadcasts profile
> > > > updates and location updates to those contacts. It does not call them
> > > > or sms them, everthing is handled in the background using GTalk (or
> > > > Bluetooth in the case of discovering new/matching Contacts).
>
> > > > So, how it works:
>
> > > > Step 1:
>
> > > > Using Bluetooth you see who is in the same neighborhood. You not only
> > > > see their (nick)name, but also their interests (information that is
> > > > coming from Facebook).
>
> > > > Step 2:
>
> > > > If you want, you can invite this person to your contact list (this is
> > > > done using GTalk).
>
> > > > Note: instead of discovering this contact using bluetooth, you can
> > > > also simply enter his GTalk email address, and press invite.
>
> > > > Step 3:
>
> > > > If he accepts our program uses GTalk to exchange your profile. Your
> > > > profile contains your telephone number(s), email address, the link to
> > > > your facebook account, a picture and more. The basic information such
> > > > as the telephone numbers are stored in the default android phone book
> > > > memory, but the additional information is stored in our own database.
>
> > > > GTalk) will receive the new information.
>
> > > > You can also check out our 'Larger and Longer' screencast, hopefully
> > > > it will show you exactly whatSnap! is and what it can dohttp://www.snap-project.net/wikka.php?wakka=LargerLongerScreencast
>
> > > > You can also check out our 'Larger and Longer' screencast, hopefully
>
> > > > On Apr 12, 9:13 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hielko:
>
> > > > > I read the PDF and cannot understand how the app works. Suppose I have
> > > > > 20 phone numbers with names in my phone book. Suppose I also have a FB
> > > > > profile. What doesSnapdo to my phone number contacts? Does it call
> > > > On Apr 12, 9:13 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hielko:
>
> > > > > I read the PDF and cannot understand how the app works. Suppose I have
> > > > > 20 phone numbers with names in my phone book. Suppose I also have a FB
> > > > > them, sms them or what?
>
> > > > > YA
>
> > > > > On Apr 12, 10:04 pm, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean with a 'pure phone app'.
>
> > > > > > We are using the contacts in the phone book memory. All contacts that
> > > > > > are visible insideSnap! are also available in the default contacts
>
> > > > > YA
>
> > > > > On Apr 12, 10:04 pm, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean with a 'pure phone app'.
>
> > > > > > We are using the contacts in the phone book memory. All contacts that
> > > > > > application, but the aditional information such as the location,
> > > > > > facebook profile are stored in our own content provider.
>
> > > > > > On Apr 12, 5:58 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hmm... so this is not really a pure phone app. Are you using GTalk/FB
> > > > > > > contacts or are you using the real phone contacts - the ones in the
> > > > > > > phone book memory of the phone?
>
> > > > > > > YA
>
> > > > > > > On Apr 12, 6:51 pm, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > It will run without GTalk account or Facebook account, but receiving
> > > > > > > > new contacts or keeping existing contacts up to date is done using
> > > > > > > > GTalk (it's ok if you are offline and the other person changes his
> > > > > > > > info, it will sync as soon you will go online).
>
> > > > > > > > GTalk is certainly a very important corner stone of our app.
>
> > > > > > > >Snap! does not need other webservices, but obviously to get your
> > > > > > > > information from Facebook or other social network sites it will have
> > > > > > > > to connect to those at least one time.
>
> > > > > > > > On Apr 12, 4:33 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Will it work without GTalk account or any other web service account?
>
> > > > > > > > > YA
>
> > > > > > > > > On Apr 12, 12:44 pm, writser <writ...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Hey all,
>
> > > > > > > > > >Snap! ties your telephone to social networking sites. It will notify
> > > > > > > > > > you whenever people with the same interests as you are in your
> > > > > > > > > > neighborhood. You can then exchange contact information with these
> > > > > > > > > > people automatically and wirelessly. You can usesnapinstead of your
> > > > > > facebook profile are stored in our own content provider.
>
> > > > > > On Apr 12, 5:58 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hmm... so this is not really a pure phone app. Are you using GTalk/FB
> > > > > > > contacts or are you using the real phone contacts - the ones in the
> > > > > > > phone book memory of the phone?
>
> > > > > > > YA
>
> > > > > > > On Apr 12, 6:51 pm, Hielko <hie...@tweakers.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > It will run without GTalk account or Facebook account, but receiving
> > > > > > > > new contacts or keeping existing contacts up to date is done using
> > > > > > > > GTalk (it's ok if you are offline and the other person changes his
> > > > > > > > info, it will sync as soon you will go online).
>
> > > > > > > > GTalk is certainly a very important corner stone of our app.
>
> > > > > > > >Snap! does not need other webservices, but obviously to get your
> > > > > > > > information from Facebook or other social network sites it will have
> > > > > > > > to connect to those at least one time.
>
> > > > > > > > On Apr 12, 4:33 pm, YA <yuri.ammo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Will it work without GTalk account or any other web service account?
>
> > > > > > > > > YA
>
> > > > > > > > > On Apr 12, 12:44 pm, writser <writ...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Hey all,
>
> > > > > > > > > >Snap! ties your telephone to social networking sites. It will notify
> > > > > > > > > > you whenever people with the same interests as you are in your
> > > > > > > > > > neighborhood. You can then exchange contact information with these
> > > > > > > > > > standard contact list - it uses a p2p network to keep your contact
> > > > > > > > > > list up to date at all times.
>
> > > > > > > > > > Our website:http://www.snap-project.net. Check out the screencast on
> > > > > > > > > > the main page if you are interested.
>
> > > > > > > > > > Any comments are appreciated. Both the site and the program are still
> > > > > > > > > > work in progress :)
>
> > > > > > > > > > regards, Writser- Hide quoted text -
>
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> > > > > > > > > > list up to date at all times.
>
> > > > > > > > > > Our website:http://www.snap-project.net. Check out the screencast on
> > > > > > > > > > the main page if you are interested.
>
> > > > > > > > > > Any comments are appreciated. Both the site and the program are still
> > > > > > > > > > work in progress :)
>
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