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The iPhone app should ask location services for your location everytime you post a note or photo. The thing that most annoys me about BK is having to manually checkin so my note/ photo shows up on the correct place. By the time I have gone through all that on a sketchy EDGE connection, the feeling has gone. If you do add periodic auto-checkin, make sure the user can opt out of it.

WarpedJester, lets hope it will be there in the native app or in the company pipeline in the near future – Evert, on July 08, 2008 17:37

Great news. Unfortunately HTC desillusioned me once again with their crap hardware going belly up, so I might unfortunately be while until I'll be using it. Once I have the phone troubles sorted, I will enhance my Twitter client (or rewrite is as a more general online presence interface client) to include setting location in Brightkite. – peSHIr, on July 07, 2008 07:18

I know that Brightkite is going to have a native app for the iPhone that takes advantage of the GPS, but you still have to do manual check-ins. I just hope that there is also going to be an automatic (periodic) checkin system that does the check-ins for you. This option, in my mind would be a great addition.

For example: I could be walking/driving around. During this time I would not manually check in, that would be cumbersome. But a auto check in system that would check-in every 5 min and than delete the last position (check-in) could be useful. A friend that is on brightkite.com could get realtime information, and get alerts when i am within 200m. My friends could be better in-touch with me.

This feature could also be nice for a enroute feature. My check in, like now is orange. When i would go it becomes red, indicated i am not anymore there. Instead a new marker appears that is green, indicating that is my real-time position (or at-least less than 5 min old), meaning that i am enroute. This could be useful for the following. For example: I have an appointment with some friends, with this feature they can see where i am and know if i'm going to be on time. Of course there are many more applications to this feature. Brady I would love to know what you think about this :)

We are releasing a native iPhone application that takes advantage of the iPhone's GPS/cell-triangulation. Checking in and posting will become much easier :)

Additionally the Brightkite iPhone application will be completely free. No monthly charge.

Hi peSHIr
Our API is done, we are testing it and finishing up the documentation. Expect it to be publicly available very soon. – Brady, on July 03, 2008 19:45

Hi we will hopefully be addressing the mapping issues very soon.

in with Evert on this one. i have a HTC Tilt and a aBlackberry curve (wifes phone) and woudl love to have a working ap for GPS checkin liek loopt.

Loopt has it ut i like Brightkites web inface better and woudl liek to see you guys step ahead on this.

like the prog, hate the issues im having with the page not loading right in my Maxthon browser