We’ve been hearing about the coming revolution of location-based services on our mobile phones for years, but yesterday’s announcement that Sprint signed a deal with the self-described “social-mapping” company loopt
could help those grand prognostications prove true. By taking advantage
of the GPS capabilities in certain Sprint phones, loopt allows you spot
the location of friends and family members on a map, and easily text
them to figure out if you want to meet. Last year the service became
available on Boost Mobile, and could pin people down to within 30 feet
of their precise location, but Sprint has the capacity to deliver it to
far more users. And don't worry, you're not always on the grid. With
the loopt service, you can switch yourself off to your approved network
if you don’t want friends tracking you down—or your wife discovering
that you’re not really working late at the office.