How SameCell Works
SameCell is a free service that alerts you when friends or people you’d like to meet are nearby.
SameCell does not share your location with other users. SameCell merely alerts you when your friends (or members of groups you join) are within your chosen proximity.
There are several options for using SameCell:
Each SameCell user can choose who they wish to share proximity with by adding friends and groups to their SameCell sharing list. You can turn on or off proximity sharing for any person or group at any time. You can also set the method for alerts and select from 5 different range settings up to 30 miles (50 kilometres) for each friend or group.
When you add a friend to your sharing list, SameCell will automatically add your name to your friend’s sharing list. However, proximity sharing will not be enabled until your friend accepts your invite. If your friend is not a current SameCell user, an automated invite with setup instructions will be sent to your friend.
Groups are a powerful concept that can be used to meet new people with common interests or to setup proximity sharing for a group of friends all at once.
You can enable proximity sharing for any Facebook group that you are a member of simply by adding the group's name to your sharing list.
You can also create new SameCell-only groups that can be public or private. Membership in private groups such as “the Johnson Family” or “Your Company Name” can be password controlled.
Alerts
An alert is triggered when a friend on your proximity sharing list or a member of a group on your list falls within the alert range that you have set for that friend or group.
An alert is a simple text message such as “John Smith is within 1 mile”. The alert can take the form of an email, a Facebook message or a text message sent to your cell phone. Depending on the format of the message, it may contain additional information such as the person’s email address to help you to make contact.
Location Updates
In order to perform the proximity matching function, the SameCell server must have some idea where you are, but it doesn’t necessarily require your exact location.
The server will attempt to make proximity matches based on the most recent and most accurate location information available.
This location information may be updated automatically and frequently if you are running SameCell on your Blackberry and you’re on the move. However, the updates will become infrequent when you are stationary. Devices with GPS capability turned on will provide the greatest level of accuracy whereas older devices without GPS will rely on cell tower-based positioning that is less accurate.
Similarly, Facebook users can choose to manually set their location as often as they wish and with various levels of accuracy.
Facebook users can pre-define real-world locations for Facebook status settings or update their location on-the-fly by texting in a geo-codable text string such as a postal code or street address.
All of the various SameCell application options can coexist with one another, so a single user may have the SameCell application installed on their BlackBerry and use Facebook on their PC.
SameCell is a free service that alerts you when friends or people you’d like to meet are nearby.
SameCell does not share your location with other users. SameCell merely alerts you when your friends (or members of groups you join) are within your chosen proximity.
There are several options for using SameCell:
- You can run SameCell on your BlackBerry Smartphone.
- you can run SameCell from your desktop computer within the Facebook environment.
- SameCell for Facebook users can also use standard cell phones to receive text alerts and manually update their location.
- SameCell also works with versions of Facebook for mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch.
- Define who you want to share proximity with
- Choose how to be notified when a friend is nearby
- Choose your method(s) for Location updates
Each SameCell user can choose who they wish to share proximity with by adding friends and groups to their SameCell sharing list. You can turn on or off proximity sharing for any person or group at any time. You can also set the method for alerts and select from 5 different range settings up to 30 miles (50 kilometres) for each friend or group.
When you add a friend to your sharing list, SameCell will automatically add your name to your friend’s sharing list. However, proximity sharing will not be enabled until your friend accepts your invite. If your friend is not a current SameCell user, an automated invite with setup instructions will be sent to your friend.
Groups are a powerful concept that can be used to meet new people with common interests or to setup proximity sharing for a group of friends all at once.
You can enable proximity sharing for any Facebook group that you are a member of simply by adding the group's name to your sharing list.
You can also create new SameCell-only groups that can be public or private. Membership in private groups such as “the Johnson Family” or “Your Company Name” can be password controlled.
Alerts
An alert is triggered when a friend on your proximity sharing list or a member of a group on your list falls within the alert range that you have set for that friend or group.
An alert is a simple text message such as “John Smith is within 1 mile”. The alert can take the form of an email, a Facebook message or a text message sent to your cell phone. Depending on the format of the message, it may contain additional information such as the person’s email address to help you to make contact.
Location Updates
In order to perform the proximity matching function, the SameCell server must have some idea where you are, but it doesn’t necessarily require your exact location.
The server will attempt to make proximity matches based on the most recent and most accurate location information available.
This location information may be updated automatically and frequently if you are running SameCell on your Blackberry and you’re on the move. However, the updates will become infrequent when you are stationary. Devices with GPS capability turned on will provide the greatest level of accuracy whereas older devices without GPS will rely on cell tower-based positioning that is less accurate.
Similarly, Facebook users can choose to manually set their location as often as they wish and with various levels of accuracy.
Facebook users can pre-define real-world locations for Facebook status settings or update their location on-the-fly by texting in a geo-codable text string such as a postal code or street address.
All of the various SameCell application options can coexist with one another, so a single user may have the SameCell application installed on their BlackBerry and use Facebook on their PC.
SameCell Applications