7 posts tagged “mgol”
Before Christmas I was sent a link to this rather amusing advert for Tango. Tango ads have always been completely off the wall and this one carries on the tradition...
And around about the same time I stumbled on a cool looking augmented reality game from Tango's arch nemesis, Fanta...
As much as I tried, I couldn't get it to work on my N95 8GB unfortunately. Whether my model isn't supported or just my particular handset was being fussy I don't know. Shame as it looks like great fun. Could imagine mobile geeks all flapping their arms wildly at the next MGoL to this. At the last one AR was put to a similar, but less active use for Ford's Ka...
I'm about to embed a video below these words of mine. The video is of a hands-on demonstration that a bunch of so-called Mobile Geeks of London*, including my good self, witnessed last week.
In a nutshell this is augmented reality. Read up on it, this is the 'internet of things'. Point a phone at a special code (or at a distinguishable object/building/picture) and and added details will appear on screen superimposed on the live image of what your phone's camera sees.
Anyway... if I think this is so great, why would I not want you to see the videos? Well, for a start, they don't do the experience justice. And, you really should try it for yourself before you've seen the videos (it's more fun that way). The good thing is you will be able to try this for yourself if you have a suitable Nokia handset as there's an app on the way and codes to print out (actually, since typing this, the app is out - I'll post the link in my next post).
If you really want to see the video, here you go...
And there's more of them over at their YouTube channel: HERE
*'Cool Folk Who Like Getting the Most Out of Cellular Telephony Devices and Just Happen To Be in London Tonight', doesn't have the same ring.
I got papped at the last MGoL so I papped back this time. So there Donna (from WOM World)!
The host with the most... Mr Whatley(dude)...
And um, ones I took on my ill fated walk to Waterloo in time for last train (maybe had I got a taxi, maybe had I not stopped to take pictures, maybe had I realised that there is no service after 1.05am from Waterloo - damn you National Rail Enquiries website and your promise of a 2.38am train!)...
Last night at Mobile Geeks of London the two Nokia Eseries devices were, quite literally, weighed up by some of the guys (and girls) at WOM World and moi.
Did they weigh the same, or did the E71 weigh more? The jury is still out on that one. Does it really matter? No, not in the least. I did quite like the E63 in red, for what it's worth.
Whilst I leave the fellas at mBlox, Hotwire PR and McGrath/Power alone for the time being as I'm focusing my attention on Jamba/Jamster.
My latest mobile bill has three texts to the shortcode number 88888. As you can see from the scan below, these were all supposedly sent around 2.10am on July 31st (I presume my network, 3, considers a day begins and ends at 6am - so in reality this would be the 1st August).
Still with me? Good. Okay, here we go...
I went to Mobile Geeks of London on the 31st July* (not in the least bit geeky FWIW) and caught the train home afterwards. It was the last train and was a sloooow train. If I remember correctly, it took well over an hour. As usual, I walked from the station to my flat - that's another 30 odd minutes. And I had a phone that didn't have that much juice in it nor was I carrying a spare battery.
Why is any of that of relevance? Glad you asked! Because I had barely any battery life left on my phone I didn't want to waste it. I even sent a text to my mum to say that I'd be turning it off (I never turn it off - so wanted to put her mind at ease in the unlikely event anyone tried to ring me at 1am and couldn't get hold of me!) I then turned it off. Once I was on the train and found a power outlet I turned it back on and left it to charge. Would it really make sense for me to text 88888 in order to get myself some Crazy Frog wallpapers or crapola ringtones?
Now for Exhibits 'A' and 'B'... (for those eagle-eyed readers, I sent these on my laptop - not my phone!)
So I ask you fine people of the jury this, would I - someone that never ever feels the need for paying £1.50 for a picture of an ugly "frog" - decide to text the accused not once, but three times? And when my phone had barely any juice, when I wanted to be able to use it if necessary, on a late night train journey, then walk, home?
Funny thing, I was supposed to have texted 88888 at around 2am on another morning a few months earlier... (NB also 79998 - I think that one's genuine but can't be certain as it's not listed on PP+'s number checker and 68888 which certainly isn't genuine!)
As you may have read from my previous post, Jamba/Jamster were telling me my issue was with 3, and 3 were telling me my issue was with Jamba. I even entered pleading/begging mode with the 3 CS guy, something along the lines of, I just want to know who is at fault, who can help me and I don't want to be passed the buck any more. Of course that got me nowhere other than the usual script. He did say there was no way my phone/SIM could be cloned or my account remotely accessed - so I had to have sent those messages.
Jamba on the other hand say that they received "my" texts but didn't send me anything back. That got me thinking (yes, I know - that's dangerous!) if Jamba received these texts surely they were meant to provide a service? Or do they just receive a mass of presumably blank text messages at 2am that their computers log and don't act upon?
I'm tired already! Got to wind down... (although I may give Jamba another call, globalisation has its benefits sometimes!)
*How's this for a twist..? That T-shirt I'm wearing in the picture has 888 written on it!
...oh and I've got invites - if you're interested?
I've about 10 available. If there's no interest here, I'll offer them up to Jaiku Invites. And, if there's too much interest, I recommend heading straight to Jaiku Invites! Ciaran from aforementioned site is a top bloke, for what it's worth. Met him at the recent Mobile Geeks of London and he did a fine job of helping me remember and carry a round of drinks. If only table service was widespread in the UK, my memory and balancing skills wouldn't be such a hindrance!
I attended Mobile Geeks of London* last night. I was there pretty much to the end (which was probably not the best of ideas as the Tube doesn't run all night, neither do the above ground trains either...) - Those of us that stayed long enough were treated to a surprise celeb in our midst. From the pictures below (taken on a 6220 Classic with 'burst mode' on) can you guess the star?
I'll give you a clue... the big burly guy isn't the celeb, they're the bodyguard (or possibly a chum - I'm not privy to these details ya know!)
*despite the name, it's attended by a bunch of rather cool people who aren't all based in Londinium. I guess "Cool people who live, eat and sleep mobile and are based in and/or around London and the South East" doesn't have the same ring to it.
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