From: KF (lists) (kf_listsdigitalmunition.com)
Date: Thu Jun 23 2005 - 10:10:08 CDT

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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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