Sunday, September 5, 2004
MeetingPoint - Multi-platform Bluetooth Messaging Application in Public Beta
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "SOFTWARE" @ 04:30 PM
"MeetingPoint is a free, simple, short-range contacting software, using Bluetooth wireless technology. Bluetooth can "see" through walls, doors and people, at all directions at the same time. Its effective range is usually 30ft (10m). MeetingPoint follows the CB-style paradigm of channels, where people on the same channel are able to send messages to each other. It works on supported Smartphones, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and also on Windows PC/laptops."
The main purpose of this app is to help people find each other in crowded public places, especially if thye have not met before. The idea is to tune on the same channel and MeetingPoint will fire an audible alarm when both devices are close enough. It's interesting that in the FAQ, Net-Cell say that MeetingPoint will probably disappear, and its technology will power an upcoming product. Really, it's rather a specialised single puprose application. The final question from the FAQ is quite amusing and I suspect that it says rather more about the target audience than the developers intended :wink: :
"Q: Why is it limited to a single message? I want to chat!
A: MeetingPoint isn't meant to be a full-blown chat application. It's a contacting application. It helps you find/meet people. Once it does its thing, you are supposed to physically walk a few steps and say 'hi'."
The main purpose of this app is to help people find each other in crowded public places, especially if thye have not met before. The idea is to tune on the same channel and MeetingPoint will fire an audible alarm when both devices are close enough. It's interesting that in the FAQ, Net-Cell say that MeetingPoint will probably disappear, and its technology will power an upcoming product. Really, it's rather a specialised single puprose application. The final question from the FAQ is quite amusing and I suspect that it says rather more about the target audience than the developers intended :wink: :
"Q: Why is it limited to a single message? I want to chat!
A: MeetingPoint isn't meant to be a full-blown chat application. It's a contacting application. It helps you find/meet people. Once it does its thing, you are supposed to physically walk a few steps and say 'hi'."
