Comments on: Nokia proximity detector http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html/comment-page-1#comment-218965 Ben Smith Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:36:19 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html#comment-218965 @Mike: :-) You wouldn't believe how true that is. @Mike: :-) You wouldn’t believe how true that is.

]]> By: Ant UK http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html/comment-page-1#comment-218876 Ant UK Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:40:51 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html#comment-218876 Reminds me of the time I had Mobiluck on my 6630. It went crazy one morning in the very wee hours. Why? My neighbour had been a bit naughty and was subject to a dawn raid (put it this way, he's got greenfingers!) Anyhoo, the police come marching up the stairs and a few of them had their phone's Bluetooth connection on and, get this, with what appeared to be their real names. I kid ye not! <em>Ant UK's last blog post..<a href='http://freshplastic.vox.com/library/post/the-eee-pcs-younger-bigger-brother.html?_c=feed-atom' rel="nofollow">The Eee PC's younger bigger brother</a></em> Reminds me of the time I had Mobiluck on my 6630. It went crazy one morning in the very wee hours. Why?

My neighbour had been a bit naughty and was subject to a dawn raid (put it this way, he’s got greenfingers!) Anyhoo, the police come marching up the stairs and a few of them had their phone’s Bluetooth connection on and, get this, with what appeared to be their real names. I kid ye not!

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]]> By: Mike http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html/comment-page-1#comment-218864 Mike Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:18:22 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html#comment-218864 So you live in a balsawood apartment then? Is 'New construction' a euphamisim for 'Our builder now lives in Malaga and won't answer his phone?' This is actually a brilliant new Nokia service: Nokia Structural Household Integrity Test. Now with new features: *auto-SMS to Emergency services if it detects more than 10 devices in close proximity ('Help, my apartment block has collapsed') *Housie for houses: see when all your neighbours come home too (note: effective radius dependant on how much your quantity surveyor took as bribe from concrete contractor) *New Nokia Weather high-winds alert service: 'Flee now' ;-) So you live in a balsawood apartment then? Is ‘New construction’ a euphamisim for ‘Our builder now lives in Malaga and won’t answer his phone?’

This is actually a brilliant new Nokia service: Nokia Structural Household Integrity Test.

Now with new features:
*auto-SMS to Emergency services if it detects more than 10 devices in close proximity (‘Help, my apartment block has collapsed’)
*Housie for houses: see when all your neighbours come home too (note: effective radius dependant on how much your quantity surveyor took as bribe from concrete contractor)
*New Nokia Weather high-winds alert service: ‘Flee now’

;-)

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html/comment-page-1#comment-218858 James Whatley Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:13:33 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/nokia_proximity_detector.html#comment-218858 Used to do that back at the Refresh Mobile offices... "Quick, put the Wii away!" <em>James Whatley's last blog post..<a href='http://whatleydude.vox.com/library/post/reminder-mobile-geeks-of-london-iii.html?_c=feed-atom' rel="nofollow">Reminder: Mobile Geeks of London III</a></em> Used to do that back at the Refresh Mobile offices…

“Quick, put the Wii away!”

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