My friends at Plazes were kind enough to send along an alpha version of the Plazer for Series 60 devices so that I could try it out on my new Nokia N70. Here’s what it looks like:
The application installs under “My Own” under the main menu, where all new apps end up. |
The slash screen with the app starts. |
The app asks to connect to the Internet when it starts. |
The application menu. Nice and simple. |
When you first hit a new cell, you identify its general location; from that point on, the app knows your general location when using that cell. |
…and can tell you who’s nearby. |
You can get specific by selecting the “Set Plaze” option, which shows you a list of current Plazes in your general area. |
Once you set your current Plaze, that’s what shows up on the Plazes website. |
And, as you would expect, you can find out where your Plazes “buddies” are. |
I was impressed with how little data actually had to be sent over the air to do all this: all of the above happened in 11KB of back and forth, and cost me 57 cents with my [expensive] “Pay As You Go” Rogers Wireless account.
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