bluejacking encounter on the 21:10 from Euston

Stafford bluejacker - male or female?

11 Nov 2004

Hello there team sexy, something happenned on train and i would appreciate your opinion.... hence the poll
Had my first incoming bluejack tonight (search the forum if you don't recall what this is or see ). the question is was it the good looking blonde or the desparate looking baldy bloke i.e. my doppleganger - so no offence meant if you're reading this! ;) I have a theory about the likelihood of encountering a female via this medium but let me know your thoughts on reading the sample messages below....
the scenario is as follows, late night virgin train home from down south. few people in the carriage. all those near me dozing or snoring. nice blonde girl from further down the carriage goes the toilet and returns. incoming message... saying hello. i send a polite reply.
she's returned to her seat but i notice she stands up phone in hand and looks up and down the carriage. hmmm. ... suspicious, or is it just my eternal optimism (as opposed to non-eternal youth)? Ok, 1 point for the blonde, in my book.
next message which i didn't read in full till later 'u have a lurvely arse X' ... ok bit of a give away and mine hadn't been on display either , the following invitation to *69* 'you know you want to' :shock: seems distinctly 'single guy stereotype', though the suggestion of a walk to the buffet was at least more in tune with the surroundings. I didn't take up either offer as i was feeling shy redface

towards the end as message comes in 'at least smile' - ha ha. well i certainly didn't but the joke is that chappie was i imagined looking furtively towards blondie at this point.... ah well! that's two blokes disappointed and one woman oblivious!
finally the sign-off was a bit girly 'it's been a giggle'.
anyway my mystery messenger sent over a mobile no.... should i ring it to satisfy my curiousity?? unfortunately that is a rhetorical question, 'cos of all the messages i saved, this was one that i accidentally deleted banghead

one of my messages included the SH website... perhaps someone will read this and own up!
in conclusion, an interesting diversion but i think people who dare to engage fellow passengers in actual conversation probably have more success. one advantage being that you at least know who's rejecting you... :P now, if only i dared take my own advice!

11 Nov 2004

I recon those messages were from another fella thinking he was chatting to the blonde.
You should have asked some sort of question which would have identified the sender.

11 Nov 2004

I don't see the purpose of this technology if it just causes such confusion....what's it meant for?
Mike.

11 Nov 2004

Okay - missed your link to the bluejack website, which I've now taken a look at. But its uses still seem pretty limited - was that the first time you've used it?.
Mike.

11 Nov 2004

As I understand Bluejacking if you were getting the messages then someone else wouldn't have been, so I'd presume they were meant for you? :shock:

11 Nov 2004

Maybe I'm being naive but why did you not just ask her where she was sitting then you could have gone to have a look? :shock:

11 Nov 2004

Quote by zootle
I recon those messages were from another fella thinking he was chatting to the blonde.
You should have asked some sort of question which would have identified the sender.

yeah, i reckon you're right -even though 'he' carried on chatting after i called him stephanie (his moby id was 'Stevie D').... (as in Stevie Nicks vs Stevie Wonder).

Quote by MikeNorth
Okay - missed your link to the bluejack website, which I've now taken a look at. But its uses still seem pretty limited - was that the first time you've used it?.
Mike.

First time anyone messaged 'me'. Uses are limited, the technology is really just intended to pass contact details between phones of consenting users.

Quote by cu3b4ll
As I understand Bluejacking if you were getting the messages then someone else wouldn't have been, so I'd presume they were meant for you? :shock:

Well maybe... - of course you don't know who you're messaging usually - phone bluetooth id's can be fairly anonymous and if there's more than one within range (10 metres or so) you have no way of knowing which mobile a message came from. So, unless someone's mobile is called 'jane' and they're wearing a big badge saying 'i am jane', sending you messages ''...from jane' it's all a bit random. I suppose that's the point.

Quote by bluexxx
Maybe I'm being naive but why did you not just ask her where she was sitting then you could have gone to have a look? :shock:

never got round to sending that one. the simplest solution to my dilemma would have been the question 'r u m or f' :doh: guess with too much focus on furtive key presses i wasn't thinking on my feet very well!

11 Nov 2004

some of my friends bluejack people in pubs but its normally silly pics or movies they send to other mobiles.

11 Nov 2004

On a related note...
How can you send a message to another phone by Bluetooth anyway? As far as I can see, my mobile doesn't have anything vaguely like this. Are only some Bluetooth phones able to do this while others can't?
(There's a 'chat' function that seems to be internet based - which I haven't used. It sends and receives texts via the mobile network as normal. When its Bluetooth is switched on it is detected correctly by other Bluetooth things. But I can't find anything that would let one sent a message/chat/text via Bluetooth.)
Is it my phone that's lacking, or have I missed something obvious?

11 Nov 2004

Quote by RoadKnight
On a related note...
How can you send a message to another phone by Bluetooth anyway? As far as I can see, my mobile doesn't have anything vaguely like this. Are only some Bluetooth phones able to do this while others can't?
(There's a 'chat' function that seems to be internet based - which I haven't used. It sends and receives texts via the mobile network as normal. When its Bluetooth is switched on it is detected correctly by other Bluetooth things. But I can't find anything that would let one sent a message/chat/text via Bluetooth.)
Is it my phone that's lacking, or have I missed something obvious?

You'll need a Bluetooth phone (or device e.g. Palm Pilot etc). Check for info.

11 Nov 2004

Quote by RoadKnight
When its Bluetooth is switched on it is detected correctly by other Bluetooth things.)

Quote by cu3b4ll
You'll need a Bluetooth phone (or device e.g. Palm Pilot etc). Check here for info.

I'm not that stupid.

11 Nov 2004

Quote by RoadKnight
When its Bluetooth is switched on it is detected correctly by other Bluetooth things.)

Quote by cu3b4ll
You'll need a Bluetooth phone (or device e.g. Palm Pilot etc). Check here for info.

I'm not that stupid.
Nah - but I am. I completety missed that in your post - sorry. In a nutshell, as I understand it, you Bluejack by setting up a "fake" contact in your address book. Then you scan for other BT devices and then "send" them the contact you set up. For example you might add a contact called "You've just been Bluejacked".

11 Nov 2004

On my Nokia, you write a 'note' in the 'notes' section, ie not messages, then go into 'options' and select 'send'. It then gives you the option of sending by 'bluetooth', 'MMS', or 'text'.
If you select 'bluetooth' (with it switched on!!), then it looks for other users and displays their device names. You then select the one you want and send.
Dead simple. biggrin

12 Nov 2004

I know I'm going to sound like a terrible simpleton here (but bare with me, I'm tired, had a very bad day, and I have a headache)...
But is there a difference between bluejacking and toothing?
Toothing, I thought, was arranging naughty get togethers with total strangers over bluetooth, and that's what the OP seemed to be getting into.
II'd try toothing, only I live in the arse end of nowhere, where electrickery is still seen as somewhat of a novelty...

12 Nov 2004

Sounds same to me mate, toothing or bluejacking my phone has software that blocks all that so I get a peacefull drinkies smile

As for what happened on the thrain, well first positive toothing I heard of, maybe better in your head than could ever be in reality...
As for talking to people on the train, do it, you may like it. Had loads of great chats on trains with loads of different people from all walks of life. Someone just has to say the first words to start the conversation...

12 Nov 2004

Quote by tallnhairy
As for talking to people on the train, do it, you may like it. Had loads of great chats on trains with loads of different people from all walks of life. Someone just has to say the first words to start the conversation...

Whoa! That's a bit too radical man :shock: