Introducing Cover
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Introducing Cover
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#2Neat idea, elegantly executed. Exceeds the design standards typical of Android apps.
I've never liked Android's implementation of home/app screens (widgets + some apps, tap to reveal all your apps).
I guess if you want a lot of clocks, Android is great.
This adds another app/button layer...
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#3Got my 5S in the mail last week.
This makes me want an Android. Great job, guys!
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#4This looks really slick!
How well does it work with some kind of lock-screen security? The UX for that is always a hassle, and I'd love to find someone who is doing it well.
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#5This is a neat idea, however, I fail to see either why it requires so much funding ($1.7m according to TechCrunch) or any server backend whatsoever.
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#6Heh. What the Facebook phone could never be; useful.
It would be good to be able to define actions based on location (either by which wifi I connect to or GPS) - as well as time of day.
(I'd like to have my screen auto dim at 10PM)
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#7Looks like to be in competition with Aviate: http://getaviate.com/
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#8This is a neat idea, however, I fail to see either why it requires so much funding ($1.7m according to TechCrunch) or any server backend whatsoever.
I agree with you. I like the idea and concept, but I prefer that apps like this actually let me do some of the teaching manually. Perhaps try to define the apps I want to appear at certain times of the day.
One of the reasons I stopped using Aviate was that I felt like their scenes just didn't really match what i was doing at the time.
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#9This is a neat idea, however, I fail to see either why it requires so much funding ($1.7m according to TechCrunch) or any server backend whatsoever.
I agree with you. I like the idea and concept, but I prefer that apps like this actually let me do some of the teaching manually. Perhaps try to define the apps I want to appear at certain times of the day. One of the reasons I stopped using Aviate was that I felt like their scenes just didn't really match what i was doing at the time.
Just out of curiosity how long did you use Aviate for. I would assume their algorithm just keeps track of how many times you use an app at a specific location and then the premise would be after some amount of time it would reach a general consistency. To speed up that process It would be nice to be able to define a list of apps up front which have a greater weight and then hopefully it will reach a list of apps that you actually use over time.
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#10This is a neat idea, however, I fail to see either why it requires so much funding ($1.7m according to TechCrunch) or any server backend whatsoever.
The real product here is almost certainly an analytics service. From Cover's privacy policy at https://www.coverscreen.com/privacy:
Cover records the following items:
The list of apps installed on your phone, including which apps are
on your homescreen and dock
The number of times you run an app, including the time and place
where you ran it (specifically, the cell tower or wifi network you
were connected to, or that you were located within a geographic area
you identified such as home or work)
The number of times you turn on your phone (i.e. view your Cover
lockscreen), and what you do subsequently: launch an app, slide open
the cover, or simply turn the screen back off (e.g. just glance at
the clock).
Information from connected Bluetooth devices, such as the Bluetooth
device ID of your car.
Information from the sensors in your phone, such as the
accelerometer, gyroscope, and GPS (though GPS is used exceptionally
sparingly in order to save your battery).
The system starts to collect data as soon as you install Cover. The
data collection continues until you remove Cover from your phone.
The data is uploaded from your phone over a secured connection to
our servers.