Developers Designing iPhone-Based Social Networking Site

by Jody Mitoma on April 14, 2008 at 1:04 pm

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A group of developers have begun work on a social networking site for iPhone users in particular. TechCrunch tells us that they are not able to release the name of the group just yet. This can wait. Who needs a name anyway. Their product looks like it’ll be a major hit. This app will find people around you - who own iPhones - and will let you know who they are (if they have the app installed on their iPhone’s as well, that is). You will be capable of filtering out men or woman - depending on your personal preference. If you find someone of interest to you, you can ping them. If they respond to the ping, you can start a chat on the phone - or in person. The other user also has the ability to block you - so be nice.

TechCrunch writes:

The space is wide open at this point - no one has created an application that has gotten enough traction to go mainstream. That’s partly because of tech limitations - browser based networks don’t leverage the power of the mobile device, and client based applications are blocked by service providers and handset limitations.

But it’s coming. A few years from now we’ll use our mobile devices to help us remember details of people we know, but not well. And it will help us meet new people for dating, business and friendship. Imagine walking into a meeting, classroom, party, bar, subway station, airplane, etc. and seeing profile information about other people in the area, depending on privacy settings. Picture, name, dating status, resume information, etc. The information that is available would be relevant to the setting - quick LinkedIn-type information for a business meeting v. Facebook dating status for a bar.

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The mobile social network that wins will go way beyond, say, Facebook’s iPhone site, which doesn’t leverage location information, or help you meet people around you.

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iPhone users are the perfect group to launch the network to. They’re passionate and elitist, and will like the idea of being in an iPhone-only club. Go to a party and see a picture and first name of everyone there who’s holding an iPhone - then meet them and add them as friends. Then, once mutual friendship is established, see those people wherever they are in the world, along with presence information telling you what they’re thinking, or up to.

This’ll be one helluva successful app. Can’t wait to give it a try when I get my own iPhone later this year (hopefully).

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(Source: TechCrunch via iPhone Alley)

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