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A mobile phone service that lets users track the location of friends and family is launching in the UK. The Sniff application sends users a message showing the position of the person they are trying to find – who must also have signed up to the service – and a map.
The sign-up procedure is to register the user’s phone via text to a shortcode, and additionally users can also add a Facebook app (like with everything it seems these days!). For Only users over 18 are accepted in to the service.
Once signed up, users can then sniff to find the location of a friend, and will get a reply showing a map and their location. Fortunately the service is enabled across all UK MNOs, so there isn’t an issue with your mates being on a different network to you.
Right now the service costs 50p per successful sniff (see below), but the thinking is that this could eventually become ad-funded (like with everything it seems these days!).
Well, sounds quite cool – wonder if there are some other upcomign mobile social networking services out there……?
[Via: Guardian.co.uk]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
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