Comments on: Groovr Revamped, Obligatory iPhone Interface

By: Hybrid

Hybrid — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:24:16 +0000

What I love about Groovr is how easy to use Iphone app is, before me and all my friends were using myspace to keep in touch, which we all know how well of a networking site they are….or aren’t. Basically if you want to use a networking site for people you actually talk to in the real world Groovr is a great way to stay connected. Plus its nice not to have 10 friend requests a day from random webcam robot girls. What is up with that anway…

Best,

Jared

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:19:34 +0000

When I went on a canoe camping trip a couple years ago, the composting toilet we brought was called “the groover”. No idea where that came from, but it seems appropriate now.

By: Summer Makeovers

Summer Makeovers — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:30:08 +0000

[...] seems that summer is a prime time for website redesigns. Some sites like Digg, Groovr, and Browsershots.org have made changes to their interface. I guess that makes sense. During the [...]

By: Kevin Peterson

Kevin Peterson — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:58:17 +0000

I agree, they need to have something that makes them stand out a little more than the current offering. Some neat features, but nothing to make a hardcore Facebook or other user switch. It’s like anything else out there. I could get my cell plan a little bit cheaper from someone else, but is it worth trading out my phone, switching contracts, etc.

By: Adim

Adim — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:21:14 +0000

Another social network? well this looks quite interesting though and I just got an Iphone so ill probably check it out.

Since we are on the cell phone topic, please can anyone help me out? I have been looking for a solution to creating a website that can accept/do an action via text, such as editing your account or status in facebook or twitter via your mobile. What do i need to lookup, sms gateway? or servers? my problem is that I do not know what exactly i should look for in order to create this kind of interface any form of assistance or advice will be great help.

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:30:27 +0000

Argh another social network :-) It looks pretty cool, but this whole market is blurring and becoming boring in my opnion. For anyone to rise to the top and stay there they are going to have to continually be creative.

By: earle

earle — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:59:12 +0000

Hi. IP Geocoding, may be “LAME”, but it really depends on what you’re using it for.

If you’re looking to perform precise military grade calculations based on IP Geocoding, you of course, will be faced with a very “LAME” situation.

However, if you’re looking to find popular locations within a general geographic area, you’ll be surprised to the effectiveness (read: NOT SO LAME) of a solid IP Geocoding database! These are readily available for purchase through popular providers and work awfully well! I may not need to know the ten foot radius where you’re standing to provide you real-time updates of event information in your neighborhood which may interest you.

And yes, the rest of our sites work for phones “WITH REAL GPS”.

Excellent attempt at a flame nonetheless!

Best,
e.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:55:01 +0000

As Senor lolrus says, iPhone can’t has GPS. =/ And it wouldn’t be an iPhone interface if it was on say, a Blackberry 8800. Now iPhone 2nd G, that’s another story..

By: Montoya

Montoya — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:53:27 +0000

IP Geocoding? That’s incredible LAME. Why don’t they build an app for real phones with REAL GPS?

By: Aron Clark

Aron Clark — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:42:21 +0000

Yeah.. looks quite good, Paul. I might have to give that one a go. You were right though, I did skim through it but went back and read in detail after you mentioned it! Hmm.. now the only problem I face is getting all my friends to switch from.. here it comes.. Bebo!! I mean, who uses that anymore?! I feel like I’m surrounded by people who don’t appreciate and love technology.. and they wonder why I spend soo much time on my laptop..

By: Travis Vocino

Travis Vocino — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:22:52 +0000

“For me it is all dependent upon whether my circle of friends use the same service.”

The redeeming factor to Facebook these days is the ability to aggregate content from other, more daily-use, sites (such as del.icio.us and twitter) via FB Apps.

Managing all these new independent social networks is next to impossible. Generally I sign up for every new thing just to check it out, basically from a business perspective. However, I do appreciate it when sites give me the opportunity to connect the services I do use to my profile and basically create something that’s relatively interesting for my friends to look at — for those friends that do use that particular service.

Therefore, even though I don’t really use Facebook (or Virb, for example) much at all, my less tech-friendly friends that use it daily can still get regularly updated content from me via Digg, Del.icio.us, Last.fm, Flickr, etc.