The coolest things for the coolest phones
As labor saving devices go, this goes beyond lazy. A new application called ShakeSMS for S60 devices allows those of you with accelerometer equipped handsets to save yourselves a couple of button presses every time you receive a message. All you need to do is shake your handset once to view your new message and then again to lock your handset. Sounds strangely appealing to us even if it is a little unnecessary. Just watch the video below to see it in action.
(Via IntoMobile)
BuZZone is either a great new way to chat on your Windows Mobile or a complete waste of time - it’s really too early to say.
A Bluetooth Instant Messaging app, BuZZone is simple to use and a free download, but you have to wonder - who is this aimed at?
The developers reckon it will see heavy use in ‘trade shows’ (chatting to other attendees about ‘business information’) or in nightclubs (chatting to other drunkards, presumably) . The app lets you publish a personal profile and periodically search for nearby contacts with similar interests.
The only fly in the ointment is the microscopic odds of there being anyone else in the vicinity with a copy of BuZZone, much less one who shares your interests.
The best use case I can come up with for this is in a classroom as an alternative to passing notes under the desk. Not that many schoolkids are rocking Windows Mobiles, but you never know - BuZZone might be the killer app that WinMo needs & this time next year we will all be chatting away via Bluetooth… but I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.
