Loopt unifies location-based services across all the major mobile networks
Most people have probably heard about the location-based social network Loopt thanks to its nifty, but crippled (more on that below), iPhone application. But the service is available most of the other major networks, on a wide variety of phones. Actually, make that all of the major networks, because starting today it’s launching a beta version of its service on the AT&T network.
This may confuse some people because the iPhone is only available in the U.S. on AT&T’s network, but previously Loopt had a special deal to run on the iPhone and wasn’t properly available on AT&T’s network. But now it is, and this is big news because it gives users access to a service that is interoperable across all of the major networks. If you use Loopt on your AT&T phone, you can see updates from a friend using it on Sprint’s network, or on Verizon’s, and vice versa.