Download Pherophone
Pherophone is under development for the Android OS at
Centenary College of Louisiana in the
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Beta ready for testing!
We have a first version of Pherophone ready for testing, and we
want to see how the server
handles an increased load of users, so we're setting it free.
Pherephone at AppBrain.
Follow the link to AppBrain, or scan/tap the QR code from your phone to go directly to
the market.
This app has been tested on the Motorola Droid, running Android 2.1, T-Mobile G1 running Android 1.6,
and HTC Incredible.
Phereophone is a free app. If you enjoy using it, please consider donating to
Centenary College's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Department
to support our students and their work.
Screenshots
Planned Features
- Color-coded drops, for use to denote Danger, Food, Sales, etc.
- Adding in Google Buzz to the drop stream.
Change Log
Version 1.5 August 18th
- Geotagged Tweets can be sniffed.
- Drops can be echoed from the Sniff tab.
- Various synchronization bugs when interacting with SQLite are hopefully fixed.
- Ignored Drops are ignored forever.
Version 1.4 August 7th
- Overlays have increased minimum opacity to 25%, better to see far away drops.
- Notification with default noise.
- Ability to ignore Drops, lasts until you close the app.
- All threads (Map, Drop) talk to SniffService for location.
- Drop range and duration moved to Preferences Tab
- Functional Markers in Map
- Breadcrumb mode, for continuous drops
- Moved range and duration to Preference Tab
Version 1.3.1 July 22nd
- Fixed bug with scrolling through list of sniffs, changed ArrayAdapter interaction
- Silenced various Listeners when the app is destroyed
Version 1.3 July 21st
- Fixed bug with virtual landscape keyboard (hit Done, it sends enter key without \n)
- LED wrong color fixed
- Have dynamically rotating images in ListView based on bearing sensor
- Standardized intensity numbers, should all have x.xxxx format, not scientific notation
- Unread Notification disappears when no drops detected nearby
Version 1.2 July 19th
- Touch overlay, get Drop message in Map tab
- If GPS disabled, prompt user to enable it
- Meters / Feet preference added
- Ordering of the Sniffs by intensity
- Updated Sniff tab with images, top for message, bottom for intensity in green
- Added Help and About menu to main page
- Unread Notification disappears when app is closed
- Notification reopens the Sniff tab
- UI for refresh GPS fixed, now only says "Local Drops : 0" when GPS active
Version 1.1.2 July 16th
- Times and Range upper bounds moved to 6 hours and 4000 meters (2.5 miles)
- LED Notifications Working
- Clarified the intensity number
Version 1.0 July 15th
- Initial upload to Android Market