Comments on: iFob Offers iPhone Owners Close By Social Networking http://www.iphonefreak.com/2008/02/ifob-offers-iph.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:14:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John http://www.iphonefreak.com/2008/02/ifob-offers-iph.html/comment-page-1#comment-2067 John Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:40:14 +0000 http://pictures.cliczune.com/iworldfreak/?p=407#comment-2067 iFob indeed lets users see each other when they are nearby. However, it is limited by the range of WiFi. There are similar applications such as zintin (http://www.zintin.com) which are not limited to that range. iFob indeed lets users see each other when they are nearby. However, it is limited by the range of WiFi. There are similar applications such as zintin (http://www.zintin.com) which are not limited to that range.

]]> By: Archi http://www.iphonefreak.com/2008/02/ifob-offers-iph.html/comment-page-1#comment-1800 Archi Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:50:23 +0000 http://pictures.cliczune.com/iworldfreak/?p=407#comment-1800 Well, though iFob is a nice idea it mainly lacks some features I'd like to see, portability and openess. Some features I would like to see are filetransfer, voicechatting and gps-support (via triangulation on iPhone) on a more global scale (imagine you met the hot chick mentioned in the above article and now you want to keep in touch with her?). Portability because there is no linux-client avaible (not even a binary one) and the Windowsclient refuses to run under wine. This is a problem as more and more users start to use Linux (esp. Ubuntu) as a free and stable alternative to Windows. Openess would circumvent many of those problems. If the protocol (or better, the whole program) would be open it could be modified by anyone to fit his needs and the whole open source community could help develop a richer user experience. As a longterm solution for close by social networking XMPP/Jabber could be used (esp. considering the development of metropolitan area networks) It supports all features important to instantmessaging and much more (complete list http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/). The only thing missing would be a local user discovery independent of the central servers. Because I like the idea behind iFobs I think I'm going to write an extension proposal and send it to the XMPP Standards Foundation (I'm studying computer science with focus on mobile and distributed systems, so I think I can create a usefull approach to the problem). Archimedes Well, though iFob is a nice idea it mainly lacks some features I’d like to see, portability and openess.
Some features I would like to see are filetransfer, voicechatting and gps-support (via triangulation on iPhone) on a more global scale (imagine you met the hot chick mentioned in the above article and now you want to keep in touch with her?).
Portability because there is no linux-client avaible (not even a binary one) and the Windowsclient refuses to run under wine. This is a problem as more and more users start to use Linux (esp. Ubuntu) as a free and stable alternative to Windows.
Openess would circumvent many of those problems. If the protocol (or better, the whole program) would be open it could be modified by anyone to fit his needs and the whole open source community could help develop a richer user experience.

As a longterm solution for close by social networking XMPP/Jabber could be used (esp. considering the development of metropolitan area networks)
It supports all features important to instantmessaging and much more (complete list http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/).
The only thing missing would be a local user discovery independent of the central servers.

Because I like the idea behind iFobs I think I’m going to write an extension proposal and send it to the XMPP Standards Foundation (I’m studying computer science with focus on mobile and distributed systems, so I think I can create a usefull approach to the problem).

Archimedes

]]> By: drbling http://www.iphonefreak.com/2008/02/ifob-offers-iph.html/comment-page-1#comment-977 drbling Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:41:36 +0000 http://pictures.cliczune.com/iworldfreak/?p=407#comment-977 this ifob thing is only for iphone and ipod touch that have jailbrake, if you didn't jailbrake your iphone, you can't download and install it. plus this is sad for all those loners out there. lol this ifob thing is only for iphone and ipod touch that have jailbrake, if you didn’t jailbrake your iphone, you can’t download and install it. plus this is sad for all those loners out there. lol

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