Yes, currently we use GPS for broadcasting location to the server and carry out the searches. A mobile search engine is something that every mobile user needs and so can be bundled along with a mobile phone by the mobile carriers. Hence we are looking at them as a potential buyers of our application.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:23 PM, whitemice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>If you look at our mobeegal.in website, mobeegal will help you find > things in various categories like dating, shopping etc., which is exactly > what you are looking for to build on top of your Snowball server.<< > Your website seems pretty sparse on the specifics, I need to > understand the technology you are using so can I take a guess? > > You are using GPS to locate the user, and then performing a search > using a back end server to return information relevant to nearby > locations. You have produced an Android front end, but would like to > brand it to specific Mobile Carriers or OEMs? > > Am I close? > > > >>If your API becomes public, we might also consider using mobeegal to > talk to Snowball for location sensitive information and perform the > search.<< > Snowball will become public as soon as I find the time to put a > developer program together, although that's not the same as saying > "soon". > > >>On top of the domain specifc software that is getting build, I'm also > seeing developers doing the same location, social networking related code > again and again. May be, this is one area where people in the mobile social > networking can work together and probably help each other out. Collaboration > is possible among products of similar interests. We just need to figure out > how.<< > We are now clearly in the "consolidation" phase the Android, where > "battle tested" developers raise their weary heads from the contest > and start looking for comrades. Getting ready to tool up for stage 2, > where the competition will be much tougher. > > Collaboration sounds good. Hence I am taking an interest in your > product and trying to figure out where it belongs in the LBS > landscape. > > > >>If either of you are interested in input on these areas from a > perspective that it allied with, but somewhat outside of, the social > networking space, then count me in. While I'm less interested in the social > networking and commercial applications of this work, I'm definitely > interested in the sea-change that can happen if local, short-range > networking takes off. I'd be delighted to talk more about some of the > technical issues that are involved in making this work on the ground.<< > > You sound like someone I should be in contact with when implementing > the Snowball Wi-Fi and Bluetooth channels. :-) > > Like Android itself, people will only use this technology if there are > truly useful applications built on top of them. > > > > -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://mobeegal.in find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
