Comments on: Really enjoying BuddyCloud http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: imaginator http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-245729 imaginator Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:05:04 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-245729 Buddycloud uses bluetooth to do proximity searching with nearby users. You can enable or disable this in Options -> Settings -> User Settings (positioning tab)<br><br>When you have bluetooth enabled in your positioning tab we do the following:<br><br>1. every 5 minutes, wake up all BT receivers for 20s<br>2. search for other BT beacons<br>3. push beacons back to the location butler<br>4. then if you are at an "unnamed place" on o2 and I am at "Starbucks" on Vodafone, and we "see" each other via Bluetooth, you also appear at "Starbucks"<br><br>Sorry for the confusion. I'll write up a FAQ on this. Buddycloud uses bluetooth to do proximity searching with nearby users. You can enable or disable this in Options -> Settings -> User Settings (positioning tab)

When you have bluetooth enabled in your positioning tab we do the following:

1. every 5 minutes, wake up all BT receivers for 20s
2. search for other BT beacons
3. push beacons back to the location butler
4. then if you are at an “unnamed place” on o2 and I am at “Starbucks” on Vodafone, and we “see” each other via Bluetooth, you also appear at “Starbucks”

Sorry for the confusion. I'll write up a FAQ on this.

]]> By: sevendotzero http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-245728 sevendotzero Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:50:12 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-245728 I tried BuddyCloud but removed it because it kept turning on Bluetooth & making my handset visible. Not keen on apps that muck around with my handset settings! I tried BuddyCloud but removed it because it kept turning on Bluetooth & making my handset visible. Not keen on apps that muck around with my handset settings!

]]> By: imaginator http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-232981 imaginator Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:05:04 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-232981 Buddycloud uses bluetooth to do proximity searching with nearby users. You can enable or disable this in Options -> Settings -> User Settings (positioning tab)<br><br>When you have bluetooth enabled in your positioning tab we do the following:<br><br>1. every 5 minutes, wake up all BT receivers for 20s<br>2. search for other BT beacons<br>3. push beacons back to the location butler<br>4. then if you are at an "unnamed place" on o2 and I am at "Starbucks" on Vodafone, and we "see" each other via Bluetooth, you also appear at "Starbucks"<br><br>Sorry for the confusion. I'll write up a FAQ on this. Buddycloud uses bluetooth to do proximity searching with nearby users. You can enable or disable this in Options -> Settings -> User Settings (positioning tab)

When you have bluetooth enabled in your positioning tab we do the following:

1. every 5 minutes, wake up all BT receivers for 20s
2. search for other BT beacons
3. push beacons back to the location butler
4. then if you are at an “unnamed place” on o2 and I am at “Starbucks” on Vodafone, and we “see” each other via Bluetooth, you also appear at “Starbucks”

Sorry for the confusion. I'll write up a FAQ on this.

]]> By: sevendotzero http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-232980 sevendotzero Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:50:12 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-232980 I tried BuddyCloud but removed it because it kept turning on Bluetooth & making my handset visible. Not keen on apps that muck around with my handset settings! I tried BuddyCloud but removed it because it kept turning on Bluetooth & making my handset visible. Not keen on apps that muck around with my handset settings!

]]> By: imaginator http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-232595 imaginator Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:05:04 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-232595 Buddycloud uses bluetooth to do proximity searching with nearby users. You can enable or disable this in Options -> Settings -> User Settings (positioning tab)<br><br>When you have bluetooth enabled in your positioning tab we do the following:<br><br>1. every 5 minutes, wake up all BT receivers for 20s<br>2. search for other BT beacons<br>3. push beacons back to the location butler<br>4. then if you are at an "unnamed place" on o2 and I am at "Starbucks" on Vodafone, and we "see" each other via Bluetooth, you also appear at "Starbucks"<br><br>Sorry for the confusion. I'll write up a FAQ on this. Buddycloud uses bluetooth to do proximity searching with nearby users. You can enable or disable this in Options -> Settings -> User Settings (positioning tab)

When you have bluetooth enabled in your positioning tab we do the following:

1. every 5 minutes, wake up all BT receivers for 20s
2. search for other BT beacons
3. push beacons back to the location butler
4. then if you are at an “unnamed place” on o2 and I am at “Starbucks” on Vodafone, and we “see” each other via Bluetooth, you also appear at “Starbucks”

Sorry for the confusion. I'll write up a FAQ on this.

]]> By: sevendotzero http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-232594 sevendotzero Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:50:12 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-232594 I tried BuddyCloud but removed it because it kept turning on Bluetooth & making my handset visible. Not keen on apps that muck around with my handset settings! I tried BuddyCloud but removed it because it kept turning on Bluetooth & making my handset visible. Not keen on apps that muck around with my handset settings!

]]> By: James Body http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-245880 James Body Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:36:53 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-245880 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">I'm using Buddycloud! http://is.gd/bOo9</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/jamesbody/status/1059008956">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> I’m using Buddycloud! http://is.gd/bOo9

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: James Body http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/12/really_enjoying_buddycloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-246494 James Body Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:36:53 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=12632#comment-246494 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">I'm using Buddycloud! http://is.gd/bOo9</span></span> I’m using Buddycloud! http://is.gd/bOo9

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