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Monday, July 21, 2008

Twitter, Location Based SMS



Just recently downloaded twitter on my iphone. Twitter is a short message, social networking utility. View and post short messages in other words.

First began using twittlator and twitterrific applications on my iphone.
I found myself wishing there was more integration with location and mapping.
In both applications you are unable to view a twitters location unless they post a map of their current location.

Yesterday I downloaded twinkle, another twitter application that displays twitters in nearby areas. You can choose to view twitters within 1 mile, 1000 miles or everywhere.
I find it fun to view posts from twitters in our city. I think it adds an interesting element to twitter.
Twinkle is the kewlest location based, short message, social network application I've seen so far. Twinkle only shows the city and does not currently allow you
to see your twitters exact location.

It would be really interesting if we saw an application like Buddy Beacon, (in "Where") add a social networking upgrade like twitter to its basic format.
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I'm hoping for an application that will use the social networking format
while using gps and having the ability to map them like the Buddy Beacon application.
Buddy Beacon allows you to view your friends who have the Buddy Beacon application, using GPS on a map.
I can view my friends location at all times,the accuracy is unbelievable.
It has been only a few addresses off and shows the location and street names when mapping your buddy.
You still need to refresh your location as you travel or change location. In the future I hope to see that change also.

I may want to add that it is possible that the application Loopt can do the above mentioned but it is unavailable to Canadians.


Go download twinkle and start twitting random crap.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Check out this solution for Twitter locations: http://sent.fm/
You can post your location as a short url (http://sent.fm/P) or as a 'short-cut' url (http://sent.fm/seattle+wa) or even tweet your iPhone's exact GPS coordinates.