I agree, this would be a really useful service that a lot of teams are looking for and would also pay for. We did have some discussion on this forum about snowball and how to keep the devices networked using a mix of bluetooth, wifi, cell towers etc., but guess the discussion dropped after a few excited conversations.
The market is out there for anyone providing reliable GPS information, or for a new kind of network which would keep the devices connected no matter what. On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Alex Pisarev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Agreed, if Google want some expert consultancy on this issue then I'm > > your man. ;-) > > Hi Mark, > > Just had a quick look into SnowBall. Your idea to use wi-fi hotspots > as well as bluetooth for more accurate location data delivery is > probably the best dream the LBS might offer. I mean if you have > something like LocationProvider which can return reliably the best > approximated/calculated coordinates (which are calculated on the basis > of last known GPS position/Cell ID/Wi-Fi Hot Spot location and > Bluetooth reading from nearby phones), I would definetely start using > it in my app and would definetely pay for it (as soon my app gets to > real phones). > > It looks like you're currently building apps on top of the service, > however, having something simple like "pls give me the best known > locational data at the moment with the provided accuracy" as well as > allowing user to configure between "less accuracy-more battery" and > "more accuracy-less battery" modes is definetly kind of service that > most of the LBS application developers' and end users would be > interested to use, and we're not an exception here. > > > -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://cookingcapsules.com - nourish your droid. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
