Hey , you have intercourse our single onHelio ’s Frost White , GPS - enabled Drift phone ? Well we ’ve had a bit of time with the phone , andbasic stats aside , the buddy finding , GPS , and mathematical function features are salient . But I ’m not sure if its better than the combination of the already - downloadable Google Maps andDodgeballbuddy finding service .
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Our tour begins with the very robust location - aware Google maps implementation :
The screen ’s QVGA ( 320 by 240 pixel ) res shows tons of details on Google maps , including orbiter view ( but no intercrossed survey , unlike the java interlingual rendition I have download onto my Sony Ericsson . ) nerveless thing ever is that the Drift can map your current localization with a single click . It feels as if the receiver in the telephone is very quick . So quick that away from a window , and within minute , it map my location within 200 foot . Which is too debauched to be believed , so I think its using triangulation of electric cell tower . Either way , you’re able to employ the current localisation to set your starting point for turn by turn direction ( of course , without voice nav , and with such a small screen , you ’d better have someone sit shotgun directing your drive ) . The phone also ferment with Google Maps Traffic , which picture congestion on major route with a few moment delay . Green seam intend the cars are flowing freely , while yellow-bellied and red mean delays .
Then there ’s the buddy finder .
Basically , you may use the headphone to find ally on you buddy list , with a few conditions . They have to have a Drift telephone , too . They have to be on your buddy inclination . They need to have pinged the server with their most recent location . Still , very cool .
Helio shipped Gizmodo ’s earpiece with each other on buddy lists . I can pink buddies to ask them to update location , and I can see their location on mapquest , too . ( Yep , it does n’t apply Gmaps for pal finding . ) Nextel has something like this so employer can spy on their otiose workers … BTW , Jason , get back to work , imprecate it .
Those familiar with google’sDodgeballservice will spot the construct . This is like that , but Dodgeball ’s feature list ( crush tilt , ex girl stealing , pic , friends of friends , yelping - like lookup railway locomotive ) is extensive , and although you have to fit in to the system of rules using SMS , well , have front it , everyone has SMS , and I think its rare to determine two Drift substance abuser who are n’t already embrace buddies . BTW , twogorgeouspeopleI know found each other on Dodgeball , so its maybe worth a shot if you have n’t tried it before .
Anyhow , back to the Drift . Very cool , crack - futuristic GPS and pal finding feature . map yes , utilitarian , but you may already download Gmaps to phones now . Buddy finding , very cool , even if of circumscribed use . The speech sound itself is essentially a high speed 3 G shopping center , with most of the functionality limit to buy stuff for a few buck ( vids , music , etc ) and the internet browser still does n’t quite sense like it can provide a fraction of the power of the nomadic opera house internet browser . The hardware is solid , but until more phones have buddy rule in an open standard , it seems like a antic idea that ’ll work best if you muscle all your Saturday Nox buddy into getting one , too . Or gettingDodgeball .
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