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Kritou
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 10:25 pm    Post subject: Haptic alerts for CA? Reply with quote

Last year I bought one of these https://dittowearable.com

It is a small plastic pebble shaped BT receiver with an offset motor. Triggered by the iOS Notification Centre or Android equivalent it buzzes away when an alert from one of about sixty apps (Facebook, Gmail, texts, etc etc) arrives

Day to day I wear it on it's wristband but on the motorbike it clips to the neckband of a T shirt

The concept works very effectively and it seems to me a natural adjunct to CA - giving an alert that there is "something" up ahead without the distraction of listening to or looking at a phone's screen

The developers have indicated that they are open to adding other apps to the list and I wonder if the PGPSW team might take a closer look at the idea ......
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We use persistent notifications as opposed to 'normal' notifications which is why CamerAlert won't work with it. Sorry!

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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK - shame

I'm not up to speed on "persistent" notifications. Would having CA "allow notifications" set to ON but the switch for "show in notification centre" to OFF make any difference?

Suspect I'm clutching at a very elusive straw here .....

Someone please bring back that amazing Inforad K1/K2 loaded with the PGPSW database - it just slipped under the rim of your helmet and did the job Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How is a clear and audible notification more distracting that something buzzing away which could be a notification for any one of sixty odd apps?
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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IanS100 wrote:
How is a clear and audible notification more distracting that something buzzing away which could be a notification for any one of sixty odd apps?


A "buzz" is not quite accurate - it is a noticeable vibration that really does get your attention

From the Ditto app you select the apps you wish to notify you and even the pattern of vibs that signify different (significant?) callers/events etc

You can of course just have the apps you wish running, which is what I do

It just works, and has several "off vehicle" functions that run independently of the smartphone once set up such as timers and alarms
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PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2017 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MaFt wrote:
We use persistent notifications as opposed to 'normal' notifications which is why CamerAlert won't work with it. Sorry!

MaFt


Oops - just read your initial post again! I was thinking you meant Android and not iOS. Android uses a different notification system where there's always a notification that says how many cameras are nearby. THis isn't the case in iOS.
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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In which case I wonder if management would be interested in talking to Ditto?
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PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have had an email from the Ditto people:-

"IT looks like there is a possibility that Camer Alert and Ditto maybe able to work together.
The quickest way to get things started is to have someone from Camer Alert email our product director to start a conversation

If you have someone email Neal Pecchenino at Neal@simplematters.com, they can try to work something out"

Perhaps someone might care to follow this up?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kritou wrote:
In which case I wonder if management would be interested in talking to Ditto?

they will not
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Strange first post. Based on what?
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kritou wrote:
I have had an email from the Ditto people:-

"IT looks like there is a possibility that Camer Alert and Ditto maybe able to work together.
The quickest way to get things started is to have someone from Camer Alert email our product director to start a conversation

If you have someone email Neal Pecchenino at Neal@simplematters.com, they can try to work something out"

Perhaps someone might care to follow this up?


Please explain more about that ??
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also need more explanation
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