9 GREAT Ideas for Android applications...

Hi,

after thinking a little about android and new handsets, I came up with the following ideas for applications. If you are a developer and like an idea, go for it!

1) Handset Theft Monitoring

- This application sends the GPS-position of the device up to an internet portal. The last 2/4/6/24 hours are recorded. In case of a theft of the device, you can view where it was stolen and where the device is/was.


2) Emergency Call (inkl. Video & Audio)

- This is an application that you activate before you might get into an emergency situation (i.e. before walking alone through a tunnel). Then you have to press a button (or a finger on the screen...) and as soon as you lift the finger from that button/screen, the device will send an emergency call to a friend/the police and send the current position, sound and video to another device or to an internet portal.

3) Geo Profile (similar to Locale by Clare Bayley, Carter Jernigan, Christina Wright, Jasper
Lin)
-Call Filter

White list/ Black list certain contacts from contacting you via (phone / VoIP / IM / SMS) depending on your current location.

-Ring tone

Set the ring tone depending on your current location and the person calling.

-Individual message for answering machine

Set an individual message for different locations.

-Messaging status

Set the messaging status automatically, depending on your current location.


4) Display Location when calling


- This application would be started everytime there is an incoming call. If another android user is calling, then the other phone could transfer the current position (or situation, like "at work" or "at home",...) to the phone being called. That way, the incoming call could be announced as "Girlfriend calling from work".


5) Tool to announce arrival

- This application would be activated by a calendar entry, showing that the phone user has an appointment somewhere (i.e. meeting friends in a town 2 hours away). The application would track the phones position and register that the user is on his way to the appointment (by checking if the user is following the route of google maps to the destination). The phone would keep a status of whether the phone owner will arrive on time or be late. As soon as the user is on his way, the people being visited can check anytime if their friend will arrive on time (communication between the devices via a webpage or IM).

6) 24h tracking

- This application would track your positions constantly and save them on a well secured webpage. That way you can later go back to a specific day and find out where you were or view the pictures you took that day and follow the street where you took them. You could add text to certain time stamps or locations and keep a "log" of your life.

7) Product Wiki (similar to AndroidScan by Jeffrey Sharkey)
This application would require as input a unique identifyer of a product, i.e. an EAN Number/barcode. This would be used to lookup information about the product/the producing company on a publicly available "product wiki".
The application would then run the items information through your personal filter and return relevant information to the user,i.e.
- the item is produced using child labour
- the item is produced 100% in your home country
- the item contains gene food
- the item contains nuts (which you might be allergic against)
-...

8) Delivery announcement / authorize strangers to localize you

- This application would need to be closely linked to a web service. You would register with your postal address and link it to your account with that service. After that everyone can request, only by providing your postal address, other contact details of you (i.e. Phone number, IM user,...) or send you a message or request.
This could be used to keep your contact's contact details up to date or would be very helpfull for deliverys to your home. The logistics company (i.e. DHL) could ask via your address, if someone will be at home between 11am and 1 pm. This way the routes could be optimized, you would get your shipment quicker and the logistics company saves cost.


9) Swich connection dynamically

If two users try to contact each other, the phones could check in the background (via am IM connection for example) the preferred contact channel. So when you try to call a friend, the phones could automatically switch to a SIP/VoIP Connection, if both are in reach of a WiFi network, or the IM client could pop up, because the called person is in a meeting, not able to take the phone.

Apple announces new version of iLife for OS X Mavericks and iOS, available today

Every three years around this time, Apple comes out with a new version of iLife. So, given that the current suite was launched back in 2010, we had an inkling today we'd be getting an update today at Apple's press event. Sure enough, the company just unveiled new versions of iPhoto, iMovie and Garage Band, with fresh software for both iOS and OS X Mavericks on the desktop side. All told, the apps usher in not just a cleaner, stripped-down design, but upgraded performance, too: like all the native applications that come pre-installed on iOS 7, the new iLife programs are 64-bit.

In terms of the individual apps and what you can actually do with them, iPhoto now allows you to create Photobooks on the iPad. iMovie, meanwhile, lets you change speed the speed of the video; if you're on iOS, you can do picture-in-picture as well. Additionally, a new feature called iMovie Theater (yes, that's a real name) allows you to watch all of your videos on any device -- iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, whatever -- so long as your movies are stored in iCloud.

At least six killed as bomb hits Pakistan passenger train: Officials

QUETTA, Pakistan: A bomb hit a passenger train in Pakistan's restive southwest on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 17 others, officials said.

The device, apparently planted on the railway track, exploded when the train approached a station in Naseer Abad district of the insurgency hit southwestern Baluchistan province.

"It was a bomb blast, the target was the passenger train. At least six people have been killed," Asad Gilani, provincial home secretary said, adding that more than 17 others were wounded in the blast.

Now, move videos from one gadget to another by touch

WASHINGTON: Now you can move images and videos from a smartphone to another tablet just by touch.

Scientists from Finland have developed a new technology whereby a ring, nail or wristband acts as a user interface allowing files to be transferred directly from one screen to another simply by touch.

The new InTouch user interfaces allows you to touch a file on one screen, for example, with a structure nail and transfer it through the nail to your friend's smartphone or even to your car.

From the end user viewpoint, the data transfer between devices currently happens using memory sticks, short-range point-to-point connections (for example, Bluetooth) or the cloud (sharing services).

The solution, developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, allows files to be received, sent and shared much more easily than before.

The InTouch user interface operates with touchscreens and allows file transfer either directly or via a cloud service.

The new concept also enables entirely new kinds of interactive devices and product categories, and opens up new business possibilities, the researchers claim. Areas of application for the technology might include digital devices, cars, the manufacturing industry, logistics and health care. There is a patent pending for the technology.

Nokia leaks 6-inch Lumia 1520's specifications

NEW DELHI: Just two days ahead of the NokiaWorld Event, the company has accidentally revealed the specifications of its upcoming top-end phablet. Nokia China has listed the Lumia 1520, which will be biggest handset in the smartphone maker's portfolio after launch, on its official Tmall store, an online marketplace.

According to the listing by Nokia China, the upcoming Lumia 1520 will have a 6-inch display, 20MP PureView camera and quad-core Snapdragon 800 chipset. This phablet will cost 4,999 yuan ($819), according to the listing. These specifications are in line with previous speculation about the device.

Other rumoured specifications of the Lumia 1520 are Full HD screen (1920x1080p resolution), 2GB RAM, 32 and 64GB storage options, 3,400mAh battery and NFC. Several leaked images of this handset have emerged on the internet, showing a big screen and new layout of homescreen tiles.

The Lumia 2520 will compete against the likes of Samsung Galaxy Note 3, HTC One Max and Sony Xperia Z Ultra. Apple is also said to be testing a handset with 6-inch display.

Nokia has teased its October 22 event with an image of a smartphone, a tablet and a laptop positioned alongside each other. It is said that Nokia will launch a total of six products at the event, including a phablet, a tablet and four accessories. Leaked images of the Nokia tablet, currently called Lumia 2520, have appeared on the internet.

Apple is also holding an event on October 22, where it is expected to launch the new iPads.