New FindMe Location Sharing Service Keeps Friends Connected using Smartphones and Facebook

[Rocco Augusto]

http://electricpocket.com/aboutus/p...s/pr080318.html

"Electric Pocket, developer of mobile media and media applications for Smartphones, today introduces FindMe for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices. FindMe enables users, their friends, family and colleagues to share their current locations automatically and securely through their BlackBerry or Windows Mobile Smartphones without needing GPS. FindMe offers the opportunity to “tag” commonly visited locations, such as home, office, soccer field or favorite bars and restaurants, and post those locations on their Facebook profiles."



This is probably one of the coolest applications I have seen come out in a while. There really isn't much to say on it as the program itself is pretty basic. In a nutshell, what you do is install a tiny application on your Windows Mobile device. This application grabs information about the cell tower that you are connected to and allows you to assign a tag to that location. Then the application uploads your current location to Facebook which in turn allows all of your friends to see where you are. The only downside of this application that I can see is it will make a bit harder to hide from those individuals that you do not want to hang out with.

If you're a Facebook user then I recommend giving FindMe a download to play around with this simple, yet fun, program.

[Rocco Augusto]

http://electricpocket.com/aboutus/p...s/pr080318.html

"Electric Pocket, developer of mobile media and media applications for Smartphones, today introduces FindMe for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices. FindMe enables users, their friends, family and colleagues to share their current locations automatically and securely through their BlackBerry or Windows Mobile Smartphones without needing GPS. FindMe offers the opportunity to “tag” commonly visited locations, such as home, office, soccer field or favorite bars and restaurants, and post those locations on their Facebook profiles."



This is probably one of the coolest applications I have seen come out in a while. There really isn't much to say on it as the program itself is pretty basic. In a nutshell, what you do is install a tiny application on your Windows Mobile device. This application grabs information about the cell tower that you are connected to and allows you to assign a tag to that location. Then the application uploads your current location to Facebook which in turn allows all of your friends to see where you are. The only downside of this application that I can see is it will make a bit harder to hide from those individuals that you do not want to hang out with.

If you're a Facebook user then I recommend giving FindMe a download to play around with this simple, yet fun, program.

[hamishmacdonald]

I looked at this briefly, but wasn't so jazzed about the idea of cell-tower location. I don't know where those are in my area, or if they'd serve as reliable markers. I'd far prefer to use GPS, but after searching long and hard last week, and trying out a couple of apps, I didn't find anything that worked.

Not that I really need to spend time posting my location to Facebook, but it would be neat to at least have the option. Something that could tie into a map would be good.

Off-topic:
Yark! The orange bars in the new layout have a burn-in effect on my eyes!

[Rocco Augusto]

Originally Posted by hamishmacdonald

Off-topic:
Yark! The orange bars in the new layout have a burn-in effect on my eyes!

Oh, well thats to make sure the Smartphone Thoughts logo is burned into your memory for all time!

(just kidding!)

[Konstantin]

VITO FindMe does the same using GPS (built-in or external) It's free. You can find it at vitotechnology.com