Wednesday, January 30th, 2008...9:21 pm - Gary Hayes
Don’t iFob me off!
A few of us LAMP’ers have had iPhones for a few months. Of course they are currently jailbroken 1.1.3’s – for R&D purposes only 
One of my favourite applications is ‘installer’ which is like a portal to a vast array of free, cool (we have to use that word in every post) grass roots applications. One popped up yesterday in Recent Apps, iFob which intrigued us
“wireless, social, real – turn your iPhone into a social network WiFi beacon”.
OK its not rocket science, nothing more than a simple wifi stumbler/stalker app but what sets it apart is the element of exposing elements of your personality, via statements, photos, age, gender to those around you.
Of course the real killer app’ness is that it works the other way – you walk into a crowded Starbucks full of ‘charming’ laptop, iTouch and iPhone users, you pop open iFob and sample who is there. I think the ‘comment’ part is the most powerful aspect, sort of broadcast SMS, and can imagine lots of whispering ‘are you the one who likes playing Pink Floyd while dancing around in the bathroom, dressed as a Panda’ (or similar!). I am off to Sydney CBD on Saturday and will be actively trying out my iFob on unsuspecting, I mean consenting iFobbers.
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