Mobile FAQ

Mobile PlaceMe

FAQ for GyPSii on Symbian S60 (Samsung, Nokia), Windows Mobile, Blackberry and iPhone smartphones

GyPSii® is your free, location-aware, mobile social network. GyPSii turns your mobile phone into a personal digital life recorder enabling you to create new Places, find your friends and explore points of interest around you. Make Places to share with your friends. Map yourself in a strange city or find a cafe nearby. Have fun.

GyPSii is available for free on supported mobile phones by visiting www.gypsii.com/m

What features does GyPSii have on mobile?

GyPSii features include:

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Share your life with others. PlaceMe maps the real world online for you to share with friends and family. Record photos, video and sounds on your mobile phone or computer, then PlaceMe and send to others.

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Find & meet with your friends. SpaceMe shows how far away your friends are. In seconds you can be in touch with them by voice, email or IM. See where they are on a map.

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Explore the world around you. Find nearby Places made by your friends and useful places such as ATMs, hotels and restaurants. Use Search to find a cafe, a late-night meal, a shopping mall or service station. Find art, new views of your town and other unexpected places.

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Find yourself on a map.

 

Will my phone work with GyPSii?

Compatible phones list contains a list of phones that work with GyPSii.  

Which data connection should I use?

You should be able to use GyPSii with any WAP or Internet data connection (also called an access point or “APN”) on your phone. GyPSii works best through a 3G or WiFi connection.

How do I help friends sign up?

The more of your friends using the GyPSii mobile social network, the more fun it is. Along with the Invite Friends function, sharing links to interesting Places is often a good introduction to GyPSii. From your mobile phone you can invite friends to join by sending them an email or a text message directly from inside GyPSii. The email or text message will contain a link through which your friends can download the mobile application. On the web portal you can invite in bulk using many common email services, social network friends or address books.

How do I PlaceMe on Mobile?

Making a Place is quick and easy on your mobile phone. The following example uses a Symbian S60 phone but the process is similar on other phones and the web. It only takes a few clicks and under 10 seconds to create a Place.

Open GyPSii and hit the PlaceMe button. Keep the default category (Interesting) and folder (Public). Add a single character for a Place name then press Options and select Send. That's it for a fast, basic PlaceMe. You can change the defaults or add more details with Description, Folders, etc. Additionally, you can edit the Place later on the web at www.gypsii.com, adding more details like a longer name and description, tags, a URL or attaching even more media.

To attach a photo, video or audio clip that was already captured, simply press Options, scroll to Insert Media and select your media file. New media can be grabbed directly with "Insert New", then select type of media, capture and submit it. Once you are comfortable making Places, Insert New is almost as fast as using the camera application on the phone.

How can I change my location?

Your phone will attempt to automatically locate you whenever the FindMe function is activated and refreshed. GPS can be manually started and stopped under Options at any time. Also under Options is a flexible feature called Set My Location that accepts city name, street address, regional name or by airport code. You can change your location by creating a Place with PlaceMe. The phone will automatically capture your location using GPS. This Place will then be registered as your current location.

How can I set my location if my phone does not have GPS?

If your phone does not have GPS or cannot find a GPS signal you can set your location by simply typing in the address you are at by using Set My Location under Options.

How do I send Places to my friends from my phone?

Places can be sent to friends through email or text message inside GyPSii. When viewing a Place, select Options then Send To Friend and pick email or text. They will receive a message with a link to the Place.

How do I find out where my friends are?

You can see a list of your friends using SpaceMe. You can see how far they are from you then view a map to see their most recent location.

What other information can I get about my friends?

The information you can get will depend on what they entered in their profile. You will see information including their latest Place, phone number, email address and IM screenname.

How do I contact my friends from the GyPSii application on my phone?

You can call, send a text message (SMS) or an email to any other member from inside GyPSii. When viewing friends under SpaceMe or through one of their Places their contact information is available and can be used immediately.

How do I find out where I am if I don’t know?
FindMe will show you a map with your exact location highlighted.

How do I find interesting Places?

When you look  for a Place using ExploreMe, you can choose from several categories (Eating, Arts, etc) and scope (All, Friends, Mine). Next add keywords to narrow the results to find exactly what you are looking for.

What kind of information can GyPSii show in ExploreMe results?

This depends on what kind of information the creator has added to a Place. You will be able to view media such as photos and videos of the Place, when it was created, how far it is from your current location, a description, tags, who created it and a map of the Place.

Who has created the Places I can search for?

The Places on GyPSii have been created by other GyPSii members. When you search for a Place you can choose to search for all Places or only the ones created by your friends or yourself. In addition you can see Points of Interest (POIs) such as restaurants, ATMs and shops.

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