Jun 10th, 2010
by Hisyam Halim.
We just released Rseven for Android and iPhone (jb), both are still early versions that will go through many revisions to achieve stability and full feature set available on the other Rseven apps (Nokia S60 & WM).
The Android app supports Android v1.5 and later, that means it supports all Android phones including the first Android phone the T-Mobile G1 a.k.a. HTC Dream that has been updated to Android 1.5 a.k.a. ” Cupcake”. Call recording is still not functioning well (can only record one side of the conversation) on the Android due to certain Android APIs not working as it should be. We are testing with Froyo (Android 2.2) now to see whether the function is working. Rseven for Android is available in the Android Market, SlideMe and Rseven download page.
The iPhone app unfortunately requires the use of Private APIs that are not supported by Apple and requires a jailbroken iPhone to function. However the current version is still missing a few features like call recording, backup of audio & video files and syncing of calendar. It’s available now in Cydia.
The next app we will release will be for Blackberry.
Posted in: General.
May 21st, 2010
by Hisyam Halim.
I’m sure you’ve heard that kind of question being asked before on TV when a police detective want to know where a suspect was at the time the crime occurred. And normally if the suspect remembered exactly where they were at, they would have a valid reason for remembering like “Yeah, I’m sure I was at home, watching Lost on TV that starts at 9 because I wanted to find out what happened to the polar bear” or something like that. Well the scriptwriters now have another reason for a character to remember where he was at a particular time; the Rseven Timeline.
Rseven Timeline
Since Rseven arranges all your phone activities in a chronology on the Timeline it’s pretty easy for you to go back in time and see where you were and what you were doing based on what you did with your phone. If for example, on the Timeline you see that you sent text messages, just before 9pm on May 11th, to Hurley asking where exactly is the location of the restaurant that you were supposed to meet, followed by calls from and to Claire & Libby, followed by snaps of all four of you having a good time at Mamacita on Chestnut St drinking margaritas, then you can confidently answer the police on your whereabouts.
If that still doesn’t jog your memory, you can look at the Google Maps mashup on Rseven, to see your location when you were using your phone based on the cell network area.
Rseven Google Map Mashup
Posted in: Use Scenario.
Apr 19th, 2010
by Hisyam Halim.
Our long overdue newsletter.
Hi Rseven User,
It has been a while since our last newsletter, we have been busy adding new features to Rseven, as you may have noticed if you regularly use Rseven; the most complete online mobile lifecache service.
1.Google Maps Mashup
We have added a map to show the locations of where you were at when you were making calls or using SMSs. The location is not precise, since we use the mobile network cell ID to determine the location and reference it with the database at OpenCellID, an open source project. However it should give you an idea where you were at on a particular day in your past.
2. Data Management
We have added an export feature to Rseven (in Settings) that allows you to export your monthly data in a CSV file (a text file with a comma separating the values) that you can download to your computer for additional safekeeping or further analysis.
3. Security Question
A reminder for users that have not set their security question, please do it as soon as you can by logging in to rseven.com and set it in Settings > My Account . You’ll need to be able to answer the security question if you want to reset your password in case you’ve forgotten your password.
We value your feedback to make Rseven better and we’d appreciate it if you’d take the time to email your suggestions (or complaints) to support@rseven.com. Thanks for lifecaching with us.
Posted in: General, Newsletters.
Mar 15th, 2010
by Hisyam Halim.
Do you sometimes go through your phonebook and find a contact that you can’t recall who it is? Where did I meet this person? How did she/he get into my phonebook? With Rseven you can quickly recall just by looking at the Conversation tab, to see when you last spoke or text this person. And by reading the messages or listening to the recorded calls, you should remember who it is.
If that doesn’t help, go to the Timeline on the date you first spoke/messaged with the contact & look through the messages, calls or pictures taken around that time. Maybe it was at a particular conference or at a bar/club/party/event you were at.
If you still can’t remember, than maybe you don’t want to keep that contact in the phone. Use the Contact Manager to set that contact to Inactive and it will be deleted from the phone but stored in the Inactive tab.
Posted in: Use Scenario.
Jan 29th, 2010
by Hisyam Halim.
Rseven was reviewed by All About Symbian, the world’s biggest community site and portal for smartphones running the Symbian OS. Read it here. This is the kind of feedback we like, with points raised about features of Rseven or new things that we can add to it.
I particularly like the idea on transcribing the call recording, one way to go about it is by working with one of these guys mentioned in this Techcrunch post. Another way maybe is by sound matching, i.e. you say the word, then Rseven will try & find call recording with those words, like what FindSounds does. Anyway that’s another item added to our very long to do lists.
Posted in: Reviews.
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