Connect.me a people based communication app for smartphone

Todays many of us are using various online services to connect, interact, communicate and play with our family, friends and colleague.

We have Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Yahoo messenger, Google talk/hangout, BBM, Skype and so on..
And in today's world filled with always connected smartphone, we always sign in or connect with that services.

In some ways, the services makes us easy to reach someone. Not so long ago, we called them or send them a SMS. Now, you can reach them if one of that online services.

The problem is, in most todays smartphone, all that services are not integrate inside our smartphone OS, they lived in separated application. You want to tweet someone, you go to Twitter app, want to chat, you go to Whatsapp..
This approach isn't the most practical ways of communication. These online services should make our live easier, easier to reach our contact, not spread them into separated application.

Thats the problem

This is the basic concept of Connect.me.
This app will integrate all that online services into an address book replacement. And when you want to reach Adicahya for example, you can go to the Connect.me address book. And then from his page, you can see in which online services she online.

You just pick one, and a new conversation windows pop up.

This windows will contain all your conversation with Adicahya whether the online services you use to reach him. If you sms him first and that continue the conversation via facebook chat, all that is displayed and stored in this app.

And the windows is dedicated for that particular person, and act like a single separated app.

This is why i called it people based communication app. Its a different concept with what we used to have. Previously we have services based communication app.

Another this, since this is based on people. You can always make a shortcut for conversation with that people. But this is not traditional contact shortcut in your desktop. Its a dedicated conversation app for that particular person you care about.

As you can see, i imagine this app for Nokia Meego based N9, but i think its possible to make deploy it on Android too.

So, in the near future, you don't have to worry in which online services your friend can be reach. You just have to select on of them, and have a conversation immediately. And maybe, this can make BBM obsolete :)

Fream.in context aware layer for Android

Last summer (like there is a summer in Indonesia :) i join the first startup weekend in Jakarta. This is the first time i attend an event like this. This is also the first time i had my elevator pitch, my first public presentation.
Quite fun isn't it.

Again, it was the first time i release my idea to general public (now, you can see more of my idea here). And, at that event, i present the "fream.in"

Fream.in is my concept of context aware mobile device.
What it is? Ok, here is the example..

So, todays, everyone has a smartphone right. Some of you have Blackberry, other has iPhone and me, for some reason choose Dell Streak, an Android supersmartphone.
But, have you think..is you smartphone really smart or just standby for your command. Can it tell you important information related to your time, place/location and personal preferences (food, clothes, shops, friend etc) ?
I bet it can't..Our smartphone is just a dumb slaves.

The idea is to build a layer on top of Android. This layer will have the ability to tell you important information related to your time, place/location and personal preferences (food, clothes, shops, friend etc). Automatically..
And everything will be pushed into your home screen.

In the 90-2000's we have push email. In the near future, we will have pushed information..real time.

The practical use of this technology is enormous. Imagine this, we can have Android based automotive computer that can tell you if there is a traffic jam, local shop you like or event remind you. We can have smart TV that can recognize who's setting in front of it and stream related info for that person in particular time..and so on

I think you get my point..

Anyway, here is the presentation i made for the startup weekend
enjoy

Fream.in on Prezi

Adicahya

FXm smartphone concept v0.2 for Mozilla B2G

Following my post about Mozilla hardware, last week i post some sketch and intial 3D model of the smartphone designed (in my imagination) for Mozilla Boot to Gecko (Mozilla B2G) project.

The concept is following the business model for Mozilla hardware..modularity. Today, i post the revision of the concept contruction.

The styling
Its still the same basic styling concept. Simple, rectangular design. It is designed to match the overall UI theme which is using a lot of rectangular shape.

While match with the overall UI theme, the shape also designed with manufacturing method in mind. Again, i imagine that this Mozilla smartphone (also the tablet and ultrabook, later) will be assembled locally, parts from Mozilla, but monoblock body can be made locally using various material.

I hope that the monoblock design can be made with various material unique to local area. And it can be shaped easily with those various material with CNC machine (it can be made from molded plastic too if the local Mozilla store wants to). But you got the idea.

The smartphone will have only one physical button, the power button. No volume, camera, home, back button whatsever. It also only have 2 slots, one for micro SIM and one for micro SD. So no 3,5mm audio jack. Audio and video will be transmitted via bluetooth, NFC or wireless HDMI.

The contruction
All parts is stacked together. There will be no visible screw or anything. It should look solid on block bar. The screw will be hidden under cover plate (look at the sketch) and SIM/SD slot cover.

I will update the 3D model later..get back to work now :)

Using Sony Ericsson W950 as 3G modem on Asus eee pc

Yesterday i manage to make my Sony Ericsson W950 working as a 3G modem on my eee pc.
The method i used is base on a posting by Buxton in eeeuser.com forum. You can visit the original post here.

The method only working for some Nokia phone, and it can't work with my Sony Ericsson W950. However, there is another post in the forum to make dial up connection with Sony Ericsson phone, but it need us to install wvdial and running it from terminal emulator. I simply don't want to do that. So, i try to tweak the Buxton's howto, and it works.

Here is my way of doing this. All done within Asus eee pc easy mode.

1. Plug you Sony Ericsson W950 with its USB cable.

2. Click Network icon on your internet tab section. As you can see, this is where Asus eee pc manage its network connection. Create a new connection and choose dial up networking (don't choose 3G, it simple not work, at least in my case).

3. Then, pick Sony Ericsson W950 as a modem, be carefull to pick the one with /dev/ttyACM1 after it named.

4. When done, input *99# as the phone number to connect. After that, fill in the user name and password suitable for your carrier setting. Finish this wizard, but don't bother to try to connect to internet just yet, we are not done.

5. Ok, now we go to the tricky part. Open the terminal emulator by pressing ctl+alt+t. Then type sudo bash. With this command, you will run all the command in super user mode, so by carefull.

6. Now, we will edit some file. type kwrite /etc/ppp/peers/dialup1 . This command will open up an text editor to edit the dialup1 file. After find a word that start with "modem" and type this at your dialup1 file.

modem
/dev/ttyACM1
460800

save the file and exit text editor.
6.Again, type kwrite /etc/chatscripts/dialup1 . Edit it to looks like this

#
# This file was generated by xandrosncs tools.
#
ABORT VOICE
ABORT BUSY
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
ABORT "NO DIAL TONE"
TIMEOUT 120
"" ATZ
OK ATV1E0
OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","your carrier APN"
OK ATD*99#
CONNECT \c

save and exit.

7.Disconnect all your connection and we are ready to test it. Connect the new connection. Wait for a while, if it works, it will fired up the modem and connect you to internet.

Done, enjoy your new modem :)