classic problem and a good project to do some side programming (I think these guys executed nicely). my own variant is a slightly less polished version running in the browser: http://geoteo.net/
Moby: Share your location in real time
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Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#32This looks a lot like Glympse [ http://glympse.com/ ] to me.
Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#33It should implement a "Launch in Maps app" feature for Android and iOS on web interface. This will help users to get directions and make this 2x useful.
Great suggestion! This is why the HN community is so valuable for young developers like these guys.
Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#34I think the original title referred to how this was some group of teenagers' first coding project. I think the mods should change it back - this shouldn't be viewed with the same harsh eyes as many startups are.
What was the original title?
The original title was:
"Moby: Location Sharing App coded by teens (their first app)"
Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#35It's a great hobby project, but as a product it is late to the market.
http://www.glympse.com/what_is_glympse has had a product out for several years now.
Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#36How is this different from 'Find My Friends' by Apple[1] considering that this is iOS only at present? [1] - http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/find-my-friends.html
Try using FMF and share with me (Android user) and the HN audience here with a link your location for an hour. I'm also hoping these kids come out with Android soon. Moby guys.. can you promise the HN audience an Android version soon?
The android app is currently being developed. Stay tuned!
Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#37It's a great hobby project, but as a product it is late to the market. http://www.glympse.com/what_is_glympse has had a product out for several years now.
I never understand arguments like this. There as Orkut before Facebook, Loopt before Latitude, Yahoo before Google, and Digg before Reddit.
You can copy stuff and make them better, and this better can be even just simpler, or with better community, or other odd declinations of "better" that are enough to win in the market.
EDIT: and in case there is already something in the marke that is yet not famous, you can almost ignore it at all unless this is an hint about the fact that the app may be not useful (more likely it is bad execution, bad marketing, ...)
Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#38How is that different than glympse?
Re: Moby: Share your location in real time
#39This looks a lot like Glympse [ http://glympse.com/ ] to me.
Agreed, but way easier and done without >$10M of funding like Glympse. Try it. Just like how Instagram stripped down other apps and made a better experience, I think the short mo.by links make sharing location easier.
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#40Mobypicture would love that domain..
I was initially confused by this - it would have been a pretty big pivot for a picture-sharing startup.