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Apps I'd Like To See: Cell Weather

Posted by Scott E. McClintock on August 4, 2006 11:52 AM

Apps I'd Like To See

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Welcome to our new occasional series of AILTS - Apps I'd Like To See. In this edition we'll be talking about "Cell Weather".

This would be a new application for the Treo Smartphone that would use cellular towers to determine your location and then download the current weather forecast for your area. The application could be set to update itself automatically at a preset time or at intervals.

What would be the point of such a program? I thought of this program because I am a truck driver, more specifically a team truck driver, so the truck isn't in the same town, much less same state when I wake up. This application would also work well for frequent travellers. With this application you wouldn't have to worry about inputing an address or finding a zip code or waiting for Blazer to load.

Well what about privacy issues? Anyone heard of e911? Your Treo already has location tracking capabilities. Why not use those capabilities for our own good?

This has been another episode of Apps I'd Like To See (AILTS). As always the program mentioned in the above article does not exist, yet. It is my hopes that some talented programer(s) will take my idea and make it come to life.

Related links:

Some existing weather forecast programs:

4Cast - downloads weather from Yahoo! Weather
Pocket Express - offers fourteen services, including news, sports, and weather free of charge.
Weather Forecast Browser - shows current and up to 5 days weather forecast based on data from Yahoo! Weather.
WeatherManager - keep track of the current weather conditions and 5-day forecast for thousands of cities around the world
Worldmate Standard Edition X - travel companion: from world clocks and weather forecasts to comprehensive flight and travel information.


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Comments

August 4, 2006 05:42 PM {#}

sberley says:

great idea - how about "cell traffic" while you're at it...

August 5, 2006 03:28 PM {#}

jouanne says:

Location based on cell triangulation is not implemented, but UI is innovative: http://kigosha.com/treociel/treociel.php

August 6, 2006 01:04 PM {#}

TAKEphONE says:

Hi,

I would LOVE to add this to 4cast, but I dont think the software interface to this exists...

August 7, 2006 11:47 PM {#}

lmacdonald411 says:

I'd like to see an app that provides a bigger and clearer indication of signal strength. Then I can map the towers as I drive along to find the weak parts.

August 8, 2006 04:46 AM {#}

telnetdoogie says:

On my old Nokia phone, if I activated the "phone tools" service menu on the phone, I was able to show the details of the cell tower which I was currently 'conversing' with, including the Long/Lat of said tower. Triangulation would be sweet and all but just using the long/lat of the current cell tower you're talking to would be just about as much detail as you'd need for something as general as weather.

August 8, 2006 11:33 AM {#}

holger.laux says:

Here are some more:

- a KAR file player that can play MIDI Karaoke files. With its nice loud speaker, the Treo would make a brilliant mini Karaoke machine

- a sound level meter for testing noise levels or fire alarms

- an optical distance meter: Stick a Post-It on a wall. Put the Treo flat face down on the opposite wall and trigger a picture. It should be able to calculate the distance from the size of the Post-It

August 8, 2006 01:33 PM {#}

herbbette says:

i would pay an arm and two legs for a software that can generate a random wallpaper for my treo. =)

any offers?

August 16, 2006 04:14 AM {#}

johnnydaboy says:

I've developed an app I think you'd like to see. It's in beta testing now and I'm looking for more testers. Email betatest (at) righthandsoftware (dot) com if you're interested in trying it out.

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