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loopt to Launch on Sprint as First-Ever Social Mapping Service on a Major U.S. Carrier |
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Written by loopt
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
loopt Lets Sprint Customers Keep in Touch with Friends Using GPS on Select Sprint
and Nextel Phones
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 17 -- loopt today announced the first-ever launch
of a social mapping service on a major U.S. carrier. Sprint (NYSE: S) customers
nationwide can now find and connect with friends using loopt(TM). loopt uses the
GPS capabilities on select Sprint phones to facilitate real-world interaction
between friends and put an end to frustrating missed connections. Friends are
now able to share their location and status messages, send proximity-based messages
and view geo-tagged photos and content on-the-go using loopt on select Sprint
phones.
"The most common mobile question in the world is 'Where are you?' and we're excited
that loopt will be able to answer that question for Sprint customers who choose
to participate," said loopt chief executive officer and co-founder, Sam Altman.
"The way we communicate on the mobile phone is about to change forever, as loopt
on Sprint puts an end to missed connections and facilitates real-world interactions."
loopt is the only social mapping service that can automatically update the location
of everyone in a user's private network of friends and display that information
directly on a map on the phone. loopt even sends an alert when a friend is near,
putting an end to missed connections in the mall, at the movies or around town.
It also allows users to send messages to groups of friends or send proximity messages
to friends when they are nearby, so they never miss an opportunity to meet up.
loopt will be available in the coming weeks on more than 25 Sprint and Nextel
phones for $2.99 per month, plus standard data charges. loopt on Sprint also features
geo-tagging capabilities. The service's journaling feature allows mobile users
to "geo tag" locations and capture their experiences to share with friends in
their private network.
loopt is the social mapping leader in offering effective privacy controls and
safety features for end users. For example, loopt is 100% permission-based and
users share location information only with their loopt-friends via private networks.
In addition, loopt users can easily turn location-sharing on or off at any time
on a friend-by-friend basis or for all friends at once. loopt regularly works
with organizations such as the Family Online Safety Institute, ConnectSafely.org,
Cyber Safety Advisory Board, and is TRUSTe certified.
About loopt
loopt is a Silicon-Valley based startup building a revolutionary social mapping
service to change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their
friends. Using new location-based technologies, loopt lets you know where your
friends are by automatically updating maps on your mobile handset and the web.
loopt also lets you send messages to nearby friends or receive automatic alerts
when they're nearby so that you never miss an opportunity to meet. With loopt,
mobile subscribers put themselves on the map.
Last year loopt announced a $5 million Series A financing led by venture capital
firms Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates, the same firms that helped
found Google and TiVo among many other technology innovators. loopt launched on
Boost Mobile last November and signed up more than 100,000 customers in its first
three months of launch.
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