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Categories: Applications, Nokia, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at 1:44 AM

Nokia Alarm Bot

Nokia Beta Labs released a set of small apps (widgets) that learn how you use your phone to automatically personalize the experience. Nokia Bots is the name of the game and they work on your device’s homescreen like widgets, doing all the customization in the background. There are four Nokia Bots available:

  • Profile Bot – which automatically changes profiles and is therefore handy for daily and/or weekly meetings.
  • Alarm Bot – learns how you set your daily alarms and suggesting alarm and profile changes nightly.
  • Shortcut Bot – instead of you picking apps for the shortcut widget, let this Nokia Bot pick apps for you. It learns which apps you use at which time of the day, modifying the widget instead of you.
  • Battery Bot – lets you know if battery needs to be charged in the evening before you go to sleep.

At the moment, Nokia Bots work on the Nokia N97 and N97 mini smartphones, only. I’m guessing version of the application(s) that run on other Symbian S60 5th edition devices is in works as we speak. You can try out these Bots from here – it’s a free download. But before you hit any buttons, make sure to check out a short video from Nokia Beta Labs demoing their latest baby after the jump. Enjoy!

[Via: Nokia Beta Labs]

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Daniel Johansson

    It’s certainly interesting with adapting UI:s, but it’s a delicate balance between giving users control and becoming too “intelligent”.

    The Shortcut bot might be way over the line if it’s too adaptive. And the alarm bot and the battery bot seems like efforts to fix initial design problems with the battery indicator and alarm clock discoverability. Why not change that instead of adding yet another widget layer?!

    But well, I like the innovation spirit :)