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Does ZoneTag have suspend/resume functionality like Shozu?

Sat, 2006-03-04 00:29 — Roland

In other words does ZoneTag send only the portion of the photo that wasn't yet transmitted when mobile connectivity is lost and regained or does it send the whole photo? It would be cool if it does but somehow I doubt it. My prediction/hope :-) is that Shozu will add this "auto geo tagging based on cell tower" feature really soon now!

From ZoneTag Photos.:

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My photo isn't showing up on Flickr!

That sucks. ZoneTag may have problems contacting the server to upload your photo if you move into a weak cell signal spot. If ZoneTag is unable to complete the upload after several attempts, the photo will be placed into a queue and be uploaded the next time you upload a photo. If your photo was successfully uploaded to Flickr, the photo filename in your phone's image gallery will be prepended with "ZT".

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Comments

Sat, 2006-03-11 18:53 — Mor Naaman (not verified)

Suspend/resume

Hey Roland, I feel your bandwidth pain (especially given your recent post on Canada data plan costs). ZoneTag is not perfectly tuned to optimizing bandwidth requirements, but I suspect the differences are not significant if you spend most of your time in decently-cell-covered areas (unfortunately, these days, most of us do). Most of the interrupts should be gracefully handled.

It would be interesting to have the statistics...

More cool stuff to come from ZoneTag soon, stay tuned. And yes, let's hope ShoZu (great app!) adds the cell-to-loc functionality.

Mor
The ZoneTag team
Sat, 2006-03-11 19:13 — Roland
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What does most mean?

Thanks for the helpful reply. I don't feel the pain of Canadian mobile prices because I am lucky enough to be grandfathered. I feel the pain of a Canadian mobile community that will never materialize around me with the current r*poff prices.

Anyways, what does "most" mean in "Most of the interrupts should be gracefully handled"? 100%? 50%? I ask this because Shozu (in my experience) handles interrupts gracefully almost 100% of the time. Sorry to be a stickler for details but it's important!

Sun, 2006-03-12 14:33 — Mor Naaman (not verified)

I don't know

"We are sorry, but no more information is available at this point."

Seriously :)

Mor

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