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Sprint is about to introduce a new social mapping service called “loopt” to its users. With the new service, customers will be able to find and connect with friends, share their location and status messages, send proximity-based messages and view geo-tagged photos and content on-the-go. What this means is that as a loopt user, you will be informed when one of your buddies in the area near you, watch his/her photos of some particular area, and all in all connect in a better way.
Of course, the new service will not work on all handsets — loopt promised that it should work on more than 25 Sprint and Nextel phones. Plus, in order to use the new service you will be charged $2.99 per month, plus standard data charges. Wondering why data charges are not bundled with the service? Kinda stupid… Still, sounds like a great service nevertheless. And yeah, it should be available within weeks. Stay tuned…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
