Comments on: Loopt Launches Mobile Location Based Application Platform

By: Mobile Location finder from Loopt » iphoneie

Mobile Location finder from Loopt » iphoneie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:27:40 +0000

[...] The Beta Loopt platform will free user’s data from the network and let developers incorporate it into new SMS, WAP, or mobile location based applications using Loopt’s APIs. Loopt’s API’s will feed geographical data from users who opt into the applications to a developers program. Loopt says their API will solve the compatibility problems between phones and networks for developers so they only have to worry about building the application. for more info access techcrunch [...]

By: Status huidige Location Based toepassingen « Mobile Location Based Project

Status huidige Location Based toepassingen « Mobile Location Based Project — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:54:37 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:39:36 +0000

I can use Loopt on my Nextel-powered Boost Mobile phone, but it’s quite useless becasue nobody that I know uses it.

I think that Twitter is faster, cheaper, and easier - why bother with maps on the sub-2.5G data service that Nextel’s iDEN network uses?

By: June Li

June Li — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:25:39 +0000

This company is on it last legs - I understand that they have about 5,000 acitve users and are burning through all thier investment. Might as well add this company to the dead pool. If I was and investor I would do exactly what vantagepoint did to 3guppies - taxi off the runway - get your money out now

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:11:46 +0000

Does anyone know what services are they going to expose?

I mean - “…mobile social networking platform…” brings to mind facebook/OpenSocial etc, but I don’t see how this fits loopt unless they are going to start hosting 3rd party applications, but that is (although intriguing) seems too far out…

By: dj

dj — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:53:51 +0000

Great, my friends need to use this as they always text me really hard to follow directions.

By: Diego

Diego — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:35:30 +0000

Do you know http://www.ipoki.com?

Ipoki is a GPS based social network with a little API in the same way.

By: looped

looped — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:07:12 +0000

loopt will run out of cash and disappear in 2008.

By: Prashant

Prashant — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:48:00 +0000

verizon is going open and Loopt is opening up its platform
you see any connection ?

By: Parul Bindra

Parul Bindra — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:36:40 +0000

Well with more than 100,000 customers in its first three months of launch of Boost Mobile. I think this will be really cool for the younger generation and also be cool just to have as a feature on any phone carrier.

Parul
http://www.bhopu.com

By: mikebk

mikebk — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:02:28 +0000

Nick, another YC startup?! Are you their official staff writer?

By: Tech For Novices

Tech For Novices — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:13:30 +0000

not covering digg reel ?

By: Xiang

Xiang — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:07:36 +0000

This a great idea! Congratulation to the Loopt team.

By: John McCrea

John McCrea — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:46:04 +0000

Loopt is a really cool (but controversial) idea. Glad to see they’re doing well.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:41:51 +0000

Congrats!