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Originally Posted by Shogun
So its like Foursquare?
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You're the second person to say that. I have worked with 4square(in their API) since they started at SXSW a few years back and I don't see much similarity. 4square only lets you know where someone is AFTER the fact and has no true interactivity. It's not like I see a friend has checked in somewhere so I rush across town to meet them. but yeah I need to address the confusion on that point because obviously people THINK it is similar.
This is much closer to Evite except text message based and much simpler/easier.
On a side note.. I did a test to see if it truly save times/hassle.
On a standard Android phone to send a group message you have to 1)open text messaging 2)create new 3)open contacts 4)open groups 5)pick the group 6) pick members of group (we'll assume one click on SELECT ALL) 7) confirm 8) type your message 9)hit send
Not a huge hassle but not exactly streamlined
With this app you 1)open app 2)click MEET UP 3)click the group 4)pick time 5) pick date (it is set for NOW already so you could skip these steps, most times skipping the day at least) 6) pick location 7)click next 8)edit prepolulated message (again most times skipped) 9)click send
so AT MOST it's the same number of steps but normally it is a few steps less and you don't have to type out the message.. and of course the real advantage is that you get bar info at you fingertips AND the people you send to get the same info and map etc AND it tracks it all so you know who is coming.