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Date: Thu Jun 23 16:05:02 2005
From: kf_lists at digitalmunition.com (KF (lists))
Subject: Idea for GAIM add-on (maybe a Summer of Code
	Project)

Where do you live again? All that bluetooth is giving me a stiffie.
-KF


james winter wrote:

> I think one of the biggest hassles with instant messaging is that it?s 
> tied to the computer. If I?m away from the computer, like watching tv, 
> I may miss an important IM. I can leave the speakers on the PC really 
> loud, but then I?m always jumping up and running back to the PC to 
> read an incoming IM in case it?s important. Most of the time it?s not. 
> I can subscribe to a service with my cell phone?but that costs money. 
> So here is (I think) the perfect solution, and a good GAIM plug-in 
> that?s not too much work.
>
> I just installed a Pluto Home system (plutohome.com). It?s a free, 
> open source smarthome and media server. You put Bluetooth dongles on 
> all the pc?s in your house, and then when you enter a room your 
> Symbian Bluetooth phone turns into a remote control for everything in 
> that room. It already tracks your movement?if you start listening to 
> music in 1 room, your music will follow you as you move with your 
> phone to another room. And it already sends messages to the phone 
> based on events. For example, when the song changes, the cover art 
> shown on my phone changes to show me what?s playing.
>
> So that got me thinking? Why not make a GAIM plugin for pluto so that 
> whenever I get an IM, I see it on my Bluetooth phone? That way I can 
> either type a reply on the phone, or go back to the computer if I want 
> to use the keyboard, or ignore it if it?s not important. And I?m not 
> having to run back and forth to the computer to check IM. And it?s 
> free since it uses Bluetooth! Plus, I think it?s such a real 
> convenience it would be a great way to get people to switch to GAIM.
>
> I talked to the programmers at Pluto and they said it would be really 
> easy since their stuff is already written in small modules and 
> plugins. However, since we?re all open source, we could also just take 
> whatever pieces were useful and do something completely new using the 
> same concept.
>
> Many of the other GAIM projects listed are either specific for only 
> some users (like Apple iChat), or would only be used by geeks (like 
> the Perl interpreter). But not having to run back and forth to the 
> computer is something everybody wants (imho). I don?t see how to 
> recommend a new idea for GAIM, so I?ll just try the forums and hope 
> somebody else likes it too.
>
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