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Brightkite Location-Based iPhone App Now Available

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Brightkite has released a native iPhone application to interface with their web service. Brightkite is a location-based social network in which you can see where your friends and what they are doing. Features in version 1.0 include:

* Auto geo-location including Place Snapping and Pick a Place.
* Posting photos and notes to places
* Nearby people and activity feed
* Friends list and activity feed
* People, places and posts search
* Threaded messaging
* Profile streams
* Place streams
* Placemarks
* Commenting on posts
* Notifications

You need an Brightkite.com account to use the application, but is otherwise free.


App Store Link: Brightkite

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