BLACKBERRY
Our BlackBerry preview version is much more battery friendly and can be used with no fear in your BlackBerry 8310 or BlackBerry Pearl. Believe me, I use it everyday. It also supports Cell ID in case you are indoors or without GPS signal. Our Cell ID database is created by our users’ community, so we all are helping each-one finding our way.
WINDOWS MOBILE
Our Windows Mobile version is the most developed one and has been recently updated. Here are its main new features:
Cell ID
– This new release already supports location without GPS, automatically activated when the device can not detects GPS signal. Note that this feature is still restricted to certain regions and operators. You may notice a target composed by circles centring you on the map. That represents the probability of your actual location.
"Me" on map
– In this version, besides your avatar on the map, you will also see a blue circle (blue arrow if you are moving). The blue object represents your real location, while the avatar shows how other users see you. For instance, if you enter in "Keep Me Here" feature, your avatar will stay in the assigned location.
Visibility
– Users are now able to change very easily their visibility, switching between "Share Actual Location", "Keep Me Here" and "Invisible" mode. You may find this feature by pressing the small icon on the right corner of the lower bar (Earth for Actual Location, Earth with Pushpin for Keep Me Here and Ghost for invisible mode).
Offline Friends
– When clicking on an friend which is invisible or offline, a new screen will appear where you will be able to ask him to share his location. This way he will receive a message on Wizi and e-mail notifying him that you want to see him on the map.
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We have detected some bugs in this new version and I can describe two of them that are quite annoying:
- If we select a person or a place to see on the map, it happens to appear with a twin brother, or something. We call it the twin brother bug.
- The Cell ID feature also insists on constantly placing us in different locations once we’re indoors. This bug will be corrected and in the future, if you are out of GPS signal but inside the same Cell ID radius, Wizi will keep you in the same location.
Those bugs and more will be fixed in the next build. Please report more bugs you have found or suggest the feature you would like to have in the future. We may include them in next release.