Leading Mobile Friend Finding App, Buddy Beacon, Available for iPhone

Santa Clara, CA    Apr 15, 2008 in iPhone

[prMac.com] Boston, MA - Leading publisher of mobile location based applications, uLocate Communications, today announced that an iPhone specific version of its popular Buddy Beacon(tm) application is now available. With Buddy Beacon, iPhone users can easily share their location with friends, as well as see the locations of friends on the iPhone's map application.

Buddy Beacon also gives users the option of connecting with friends directly through the application and updating their status across a variety of online social networking sites, including Facebook.

Buddy Beacon for iPhone provides users with essential functions and features that have made the application so popular with users of other mobile devices across virtually all North American carriers. Users are in complete control of the Buddy Beacon experience and can choose when they want to share their location.

Buddy Beacon also allows users to easily grow their buddy network by inviting new friends to join, 'nudge' friends to update their location and status from within the application, and more. These features combine with Buddy Beacon's seamless integration with Facebook to provide iPhone users the ultimate friend finding experience.

"Buddy Beacon is a revolutionary application that offers users a new way to connect with their friends and family," said Walt Doyle, CEO of uLocate Communications. "We are delighted to provide iPhone users with the most advanced, and useful, friend finding application available."

Buddy Beacon for iPhone is available as a free download to all iPhone users by accessing their website from the iPhone's Safari web browser. For more information on Buddy Beacon, please visit their website.

uLocate Communications is the leading publisher of location enabled applications. In addition to developing LBS applications for strategic partners, uLocate operates WHERE, a LBS application platform which is currently available to subscribers on numerous wireless operators. uLocate also operates Buddy Beacon, a leading mobile friend finding application. For more information, please visit their website.

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Dan Gilmartin
Vice President of Marketing, uLocate Communications
617-502-3100 x720
United States

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