Boost picks up Loopt's Mobile Friend Finder
Although I do think it would be cool to know where your closest friends are just by looking at the phone without calling them, I do agree that it can be a little stalker-ish.Loopt has found a customer for its Mobile Friend Finder service in Boost Mobile. The service maps the location of buddies on a Google Map-like display. No worries though. People must opt in before they can be tracked. Nonetheless, the value only lies in being a Boost customer, so the service is pretty useless if all of your closest friends are on other carriers.
Of course, that is the problem with the U.S. mobile phone market. It's entirely dominated by the carriers. The gigantic behemoths such as Verizon and Cingular can bully around the mobile phone makers into making devices with the features they want.
Personally, I think the mobile friend finder is more useful if it's enabled through any phone and any network, but what kind of network would allow another network to access freely? Probably none.
I'm waiting for that day though. Honestly, I can't call any of my friends while I'm at a concert since I won't be able to hear them, so this service is not an entirely bad idea.
posted by Koh @ 5:26 PM
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