Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Mobile Socialising in Singapore?

I've been reading about this being a hit in Europe since bluetooth became a standard mobile phone feature. It was then known as bluejacking. In it's most primitive way, it involves sending an anonymous greeting to another bluetooth enabled phone within range. This greetings will have to be sent in the form of a business card since most mobile phones do not allow you to send messages via bluetooth. To find out how, click here. A slightly more advanced method of bluejacking can be done in the newer phones. Use the phones voice recorder to record your message and have it sent via bluetooth to your target. It can be fun too! You can also send pictures. Create a picture like the one on the left and send it to your target via bluetooth. It gives basic steps for its recipient to reply you. Perhaps someone might entertain you with a reply! There are also java applications that have been developed to make mobile socialising easier. These are known as mobile socialising softwares (Mososo). They are small applications that you install into your mobile phone. It enables you to chat via bluetooth. Here are some that are free to use and seems to work pretty well too. 1) Chat2U, a final year project by some student. 2) SMOB, a personal project. 3) BlueChat, another personal project. 4) Nokia Sensor, only for Symbian phones though The only catch with these Mososo are that the other party must be using a similar a application, and that not all phones are supported. Do download them and check it out. I'm really curious about how well the Singapore mobile phone community receives this. Some possible uses that for Mososo that I can think of are: 1) Cheating in class tests and exams. (Damn! I wish they had this when I was studying!) 2) Entertaining each other during a meeting where your boss gives one of those damn long speeches. It is better than SMS because using bluetooth does not cost any money! Please download one of these Mososo and try it out. Drop me a comment. I'd like to see your views too! I have them installed in my phone. It would be a nice surprise if we should end up chatting via bluetooth.

# Crapped by Toadjuice on 4/19/2006 01:02:00 pm