It ’s just in Singapore now , but there ’s another social mobile networking service now hollo BEDD that uses Bluetooth / SMS / MMS / IM or email to connect people when they are physically close by . It ’s orients around phone - to - phone connections , too , which mean its pretty much circumscribed to the compass of your telephone ’s Bluetooth receiver , but they have a large range of Service , let in dating , eBay - like auctioning , buddies , software distribution , and more . Actually , the more I look at this , the more I ’m notice this service has been out for a while ( on serial 60 phones , at least ) , although they just had their prescribed ‘ big launch . ’ I guess the newsworthiness is that they ’re aiming to roll out to the relaxation of Asia , Europe , and the Americas soon .
I ’m not too big on the Bluetooth - based mobile societal software system , not because I do n’t like the concepts , but just because Bluetooth has such a little chain . Even here in New York you ’d have to be on the same side of the cylinder block for this to be useful ; I can only conceive of how infrequently you ’d hook up with someone in a less densely take city . I need a GPS - enable phone send my location to a central server , with user - definable ranges of intersection . And a trot .
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