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Well, i must say that Quick share is not only about menu arrangement only. There is a technology hide behind it.
One of the feature it offers including the easiest file transfer/sharing.
One day i took a picture with S700i and i transfered it to my firends, one with communicator 9210i, the other with t610 and t630 and other with t68i.
I am a bit hesitating first cause it is a megapixel pic file. Oh well, they asked for it and i send it anyway. Here is the results :
a. 9210i : transfer with IrDa. The file can be received in Inbox but strangely cannot be opened by default image viewer.
b. t68i - file is not supported message, either with Bluetooth or IrDa.
c. T610 and T630 : both gives me surprise. The original 200 kb file transfered successfully and can be seen and use properly (as wallpaper, etc) but reduced in size into only 45kb! I did nothing, just press and send.
Too bad i did not check the resolution or its file properties.
When i press send via bluetooth there seems a second delay but it transfer smoothly.
I am really sure the resizing process taken within S700i. Any quickshare phone will detect their counterpart's acceptable file attributes (resolution, file size, etc) then try to retouch the 'package' so it can be received well. Of course the recipient has to have the same quickshare feature.
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Posted: 2005-02-10 11:36:54
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actually i think it's 2 things
1) non-technically, it's SE marketing bull
2) technically, it's the FTP bluetooth service (which isn't earth shattering either)
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Posted: 2005-02-10 11:44:28
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My good old 7650 does exactly what my P900 did using 'quick share'.Only thing is Nokia does'nt call it anything ;-)
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Posted: 2005-02-16 06:54:06
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QuickShare is a Nessasary marketing bull by SE, but one they HAVE to market.
In my opinion, ALL phones/PDA's should have the basic ability to perform transfers via InfraRed/Bluetooth. its part of the IrDA specification (IrDA File Transfers), and the bluetooth specification (OBEX Object Push). You shoudl be able to use any device to transfer standard files (JPG,BMP,GIF,PNG,MID,MP3,TXT, JAR) to another device, and if the device supports it, it should accept the file and save it on its storage.
If you place a computer with IrDA next to another computer with IrDA, you are able to see each other, and transfer files simply and effectivly using the built in IrDA stack, without the need for specialist software. The same should also apply to Bluetooth computers.
ALL ericssons since the T39m (maybe even earlier) where able to do this. you simply switch on the IrDA on the computer and beam normal files between the phone and other devices, such as VCards, tones, and VCals. Witht he T68/T68i, GIF and PNG where added. And then MID and WAv as time went by.
The point is, not ALL phones implement this basic of features. A Good example is non-symbian based Nokias. For example, take the 7250, you could take a picture with it, but unless you have the appropriate software, you cannot simply beam the picture to another device. Nor will it recieve any files, via InfraRed, or bluetooth. So although the phone itself supports MIDI, GIF, or JPG, you cannot from a computer/phone/pda simply beam a file over to a non-symbian Nokia. (indeed it doesnt even appear as a "computer"). Try and install a Java game, ringtone, or picture onto a nonSymbian Nokia, and you will understand what I mean. Nokias do have basic support for Business cards though.
The same applies with all but recent Samsungs, and other phones. In fact the only phones i know other than Ericsson ones that do the file transfer well are Seimens phones, I have had no problem beaming a MID or a GIF from my ericsson to a Seimens, even though it doesnt have Quickshare.
To be honest, I am happy with this arrangement, because its easier to say:
"Features: Quickshare, to enable you to share items such as pictures and sounds on your phone with other devices easily and quickly"
compared to:
Features
- IrDA file transfer support
- Bluetooth Profiles: OBEX Push
- Bluetooth Profiles: OBEX File Transfer
- Picture support: JPG, PNG, GIF,SVG
- Sound Support: MID, WAV, MP3, AAC
- vCard, vCal, vNote support
- etc.....
The second terminology may be more accurate, to describe the capabilities of the phone, but is likely to go over the head of most customers. Its simply easier to market the phone as Having Quickshare, and making it sound unique (which is not a strech of the imagination when you consider not all phones have this seemingly basic feature)
I for one, prefer to advertise it as Quickshare too, as i spend less time tryign to explain a set of terms that most people wont understand.
What makes a phone Quickshare capable?
well: it shoudl provide as a basic feature set:
- IrDA File Transfer to or from any device that supports the standard
- BlueTooth OBEX push, and OBEX FTP support
- MMS, email, SMS, and WAP support for sending reciving files as attachments or MIME.
- Ability to send and recieve information as standard files(GIF, MID,TXT,VCF, XML, etc), no special software needed.
-When receiving a file, it should be able to deal with the fiel accordinly, and store it in the right place, or reject the file if its of an unknown format (all the pxxx series and the K/S 700 series will store any unknown files in the Other folder)
As an aside the T68/T68i and the P800 where not quckshare compatible, because they didnt have the Bluetooth FTP support. But since they have everythign else, you can assume they are also quickshare phones, as are the Seimens phones.
Hope this clears it up.
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Posted: 2005-02-24 11:40:47
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That was a good explanation @janahan. You mentioned non-symbian Nokias. Does that mean S60 Nokias could be called quickshare phones had they been sony ericsson?
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Posted: 2005-02-24 11:55:47
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@whizkidd
not quite. Just because a phone is Symbian doesnt mean its a "Quickshare" phone.
As i said, a "Quickshare" capable phone should have the following capabilities:
- ability to send pictures/music/files/data via Bluetooth/Infrared/MMS/email easily with that simple "Option -> send -> via" sort of interface.
- also.. it MUST have the Bluetooth FTP profile...
The P800 is a very good example of a phone which shoudl NOT be called a quickshare, its a Symbian phone which does not support the Bluetooth FTP.
the P9x0 does support Bluetooth FTP, and can be validly called quickshare phones.
Same thing applies with the Nokias, some symbain (and i think even one non-symbian S40) do have all the capabilities mentioned above, and could be called a quickshare compatible phone.
To be honest though, its all a marketing gimmick... just give it a try, and you may be surprised!
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Posted: 2005-03-02 17:03:39
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