26 March 2010

Nokia Bots Add-Ons Make Your Daily
Routines Easier By Learning From Your Behaviour

I've had my eye out for Symbian application that will utilize some form of artificial intelligence and finally it’s here!

The good folks over at Nokia Beta Labs have just released Nokia Bots, a collection of a smart add-ons that autonomously learn your personal preferences and improve the user experience with your daily routines.

Those add-ons autonomously learn your personal preferences, and improve user experience with new, customized features and tricks. Nokia Bots observe how the phone is being used and automatically configure and activate themselves, if customization seems relevant.

The Bots ‘live’ within a single homescreen widget, where their status, messages and suggestions are presented to you. Currently, four Bots are included:

Profile Bot

Do you ever forget to silence the phone for meetings? Or when the meeting ends, forget to switch back to normal profile, and miss calls? Profile Bot is here to help. Profile changes are suggested on your homescreen: confirm automated profile changes for each meeting with a single click, or let them be fully automated for you.

Alarm Bot

Setting up a wake-up alarm and silent profile for night time has never been easier! Alarm Bot learns at what time you use to wake up, and suggests alarms and profile changes on your homescreen nightly. Create a new alarm and automate night profile with a single click, and never again forget phone to silent profile in the morning.

Shortcut Bot

New apps from Ovi store make the phone more useful and fun. With the help of Shortcut Bot, you get quick access to your most frequently used apps straight from your homescreen without configuration hassles: your preferences are learned in the background, and shortcuts automatically updated.

Battery Bot

Battery Bot observes your battery status. In case the battery is likely to drain while you sleep, it reminds you in advance to connect the charger. Otherwise you might wake up too early because of “battery low” alerts, or too late if it drains before wake-up alarm.

Compatibility and system requirements

Compatible with Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini.
Not compatible with S60 3rd Edition devices.