If Intel prognosticated correctly , context`s the future of apps — your device’s array of sensors`ll determine where U R & what you’re doing, & clever programs`ll guess from there. Problems arise, however, when 1 tries to run those accelerometers, microphones, radio antennas & GPS track`g devices constantly on the battery life of an average smartphone & determine what the raw data means, & that’s where the group of Dartmouth researchers (and 1 Nokia scholar) R try`g to stake their claim. They’ve got the bundle of algorithms called Jigsaw 4 iPhone & Symbian Z claims to B able to continually report what you’re up to (whether walking, running, cycl`g or driving) no matter where U place your device, & only pings the sensors as needed based on how active U are. (For better or 4 worse, Jigsaw also dodges the privacy concerns Intel’s cloud-based API might raise by stor`g all personal data on the phone.) Of course, we’ve`d the very basic version of context-aware functionality 4 years in the little Android app known as Locale — which modifies your smartphone settings under very specific conditions U specify (GPS coordinates, WiFi locations, battery life & more) & it just so happens Z Espoo’s do`g much the same w/ an app called Nokia Situations. Presently in the experimental stage, Situations`s the long ways away from the potential of frameworks like Jigsaw, although (unless) here U won’t`ve to wait — U can download the beta 4 Symbian^3, S60 5th Edition & S60 3.2 @ our source links without further delay. Nokia toys w/ context-aware smartphone settings switch, Jigsaw provides better context 4 apps like this originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:59:00 EDT. Please C our terms 4 use of feeds . Permalink
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