Let's watch over me

No, she is not my girlfriend.



 

In May last year, this pretty internet marketer encountered a close shave with a couple of rapists when she was nearly abducted from the car park of The Curve shopping mall here.

Her name is Chua Xin-Ci.

Well to be honest i am quite glad that the robbers cum rapists did not achieve their "KPI" on that day.

If not, she would not be able to use the experience gained from the terrifying ordeal to good use today by developing a smartphone application for personal safety.

An APP called - “Watch Over Me”

To summarize the function of this app, The user should register an event and set the time frame to complete the "event". If the user don't “check-in” within a certain time period, a message will be sent out to emergency contact numbers while the camera and voice recorder will be activated automatically and stored in servers.

Take an example.

If your girlfriend wanted to take her car in the mall, she should register the event, and set an estimated timeline (like say, ten min**)  to walk to the car. Then, she can assign you as the "watcher" (which can be assign via phone book contacts) for that period of time.

** Provided there were no Vincci, Mango, Charles & Keith store along the way to the car park, it is all about estimation only.

Within the stipulated time, if she does not tap the "check in safely button" (Or she is in Vincci trying out shoes) an alert will be sent via sms to the assign emergency contact and this should be treated as an alarming situation. Call the police, search that area, whatever, as this application is equipped with a GPS tracking system.

I guess this application is more convenient that the "My Distress" application which requires the user to unlock the phone, press in the passcode, go into "My Distress" and push the distress button.

By the time the police came, my arse would be in distress liao.

So i downloaded it out of curiosity.

Well too bad everytime i download an application, 80% of the time i would be spending on trying to mess around with it.

I am sorry, Xin-Ci.

So here we go.

 

1. I registered and event. "Shitting in toilet". For five minutes.

So that somebody out there can watch out for me.

Just in case i clipped my balls with the toilet seat while poo-poo-ing.

2. Then, the clock would start ticking away.

(I guess if i came out from the toilet unscatched, i should be tapping the "Tap here to confirm safety" button, am i right?)

Or if anything happened within that 4 minute time frame, i still can tap the brown button to activate an emergency alarm.

3. So, if i clipped my balls with the toilet seat, the first message will be sent to my emergency contacts. By clicking on the link, you will be able to check out my location.

4. So, somebody should be able to alert the authority and initiate the rescue mission.

Simple to use, and it comes free without any charges.

This application can be downloaded via the Apple Store.

So my rating for this application?

1. User friendly?- 9/10
2. Layout and Design? - 8/10
3. Dollar value? - 10/10 (You can get it for free)
4. Ball clipped by toilet seats while shitting? - 15/10. (Only happens to you, morons!)

But remember one thing. If you want to fool around with this application, do not:

Registering and event that sounds like this "I am going to check in a brothel tonight"

And then subsequently save your mother in law as your emergency contact.

That would be a very stupid thing to do, ok?