Nokia Sensor
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Nokia Sensor is a software package
Software package (installation)
In package management systems, which are commonly used with Linux-based operating systems, a package is a specific piece of software which the system can install and uninstall....

 available on some mobile handsets manufactured by Nokia. It is an application of Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

 communication technology. Nokia
Nokia
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 Sensor allows users to detect other users who are in the vicinity and; to exchange messages and client defined profiles with them.

Social Spontaneity

Nokia Sensor is designed to promote spontaneous communication between users in sociable settings such as bars, nightclubs and railway platforms, business functions etc. Bluetooth wireless technology is used to detect the presence of other suitably enabled mobile phones located within a radius of 10 meters.

User Folio

On detection, the Nokia Sensor users are alerted and may view each others' personal pages (folios). The content of a folio is defined in advance by the Nokia Sensor user and may contain information such as: a digital photo of the user; a username; a short personal description (job, pastimes).

The folio also contains a 'guestbook' where other users may post and read textual entries.

Free Messaging

Bluetooth Wireless Technology allows communication between mobile devices without the need for a network operator, therefore the messages are free of charge.

Downloading Nokia Sensor

Nokia Sensor software may be downloaded to a PC
Personal computer
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and then transferred to a compatible Nokia phone via USB/Infrared/Bluetooth wireless technology.

Nokia Sensor may also be downloaded directly to a mobile phone.

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