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Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

girlgerms — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:18:18 -0000

Once another established network like MySpace, Twitter, or Yelp adds GPS, they'll be the winners.

It seems a lot easier to add GPS & Map functionality to a social network than vice versa. Just put people and/or businesses on a map and click the dot to go to a profile. Then step 2) ??? then step 3) profit.

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

Sam28 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:17:01 -0000

My vote is for Limbo for 4 big reasons.
1. You can view what your friends are doing by What - if all of my friends were in Loopt it would take forever to scroll through what each of them are doing, which would SUCK since a lot of the time they're just at work or being boring at home. In Limbo I can just find people who are socializing, or eating or catching a movie, or something else fun.
2. There is this thing called Shout where you can send text messages multiple friends and they can send messages back to the whole group, even if they don't have an iPhone. Plus, in the iPhone there's no text message charges for this.
3. You can see things in the future - so if I want to catch a baseball game tonight, I could look in Limbo and see if any of my friends are planning on going
4. There's other people using Limbo. Yes, my friends aren't all in the program yet, but in the meantime there are other people so it's not completely boring, even if I don't actually want to meet all of those people.

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

pcloadletter — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:47:48 -0000

I've only tried Loopt and Whrrl. So far enjoy Loopt more for its easy status updates (linked to facebook and Twitter) and zoomable map. Whrrl NEEDS a zoomable map. It's perma-zoomed in too close.

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

An — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:56:27 -0000

Whrrl is really feature-rich and useful for discovering new places and events that my friends or top whrrlers have already discovered. I prefer it to yelp, because I know the reviewers and have that personal context with which to interpret their ratings.

I've been whrrling since Jan '08, and have already discovered new friends as well as new places. Whrrl's customer service is comparable to the service at Nordstrom's flagship.

That's why I'm voting for whrrl.

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

Mike Troiano — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:36:08 -0000

Whrrl is a great app, but a Yelp! mashup or independent app is the category killer here.

Prediction: Whomever opens up their API first will win...

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

Blake — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:32:05 -0000

The thing I like about Whrrl is that it is not just another social network or friend tracker--you can see *all* the places around you colored according to what your friends think. The filters are neat, too -- like you can see just the places that are open now, etc. And when you dig in, they have a lot of interesting content too, like happy hours.

Of course, they have some kinks to work on in the client, but I think this is the start of something big.

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

steve — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:08:00 -0000

I love iFob. Forget everything you have been trained to expect with other social networking tools: iFob by iCloseBy is what I have been waiting for because, well, because it is real. Forget the would-be-perfect dates who describe themselves as â€œIntellectual chess players who also run an occasional marathon, teach ballet, and light up rooms with laughter,â€ but when you finally meet them they say, â€œOh, all that was years ago, and besides, here on the Internet we can shut our eyes and imagine ourselves to be whatever we want,â€ and then they say, â€œGive me a hug,â€ and suddenly the perfect date looks to you like a fridge with arms, nothing like the posted picturersâ€¦. Arggggg. This does NOT happen with iFob.

iFob is about reality. Forget the anonymous sites and far-away strangers who are lurking at their cluttered kitchen tables huntched over their greasy keyboards and stubbing out cigarettes in the dredges of yesterdayâ€™s coffee as they chat up descriptions of themselves as, â€œHealthful, fit and energized.â€ Forget all the fakery and dreamery and wana-be stuff of other social networking sites. With iFob, it is simple truth. You just create a micro profile and beam it out ONLY to people who are right close by. Or you set your copy of iFob to LISTEN anonymously to people who are beaming out their short introductions. See a profile or introduction you like? Neat. It might be that hotty in the corner. It might be the student with the interesting looking book. It might be the person you want to talk with, who you are looking atâ€¦ so you activate your copy of iFob and zap out an introduction, â€œIâ€™m real. Are you?â€ Iâ€™m up for it. Are you? Get iFob on your iPhone and lets find out. -

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

johnrhopkins — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:59:45 -0000

That is impressive that Brightkite is following so closely to Loopt even without a native iPhone app. I used them both, but now only Loopt due to having the native app.

Re: Question: Which iPhone 3G GPS-Enabled SocNet?

spongefile — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:33:07 -0000

Eh? Brightkite doesn't have an iPhone app yet, does it?