If Apple approves it quicky, soon...

nice :)

Looks pretty nice. Will try it when it comes out.

Great work, this is exactly what the iPhone needs!

hey, i made a mini-micro-cameo at 48 seconds! well, my name at least. i can't wait until this is something I can run on my phone.

very cool, guys.

Anyone have brightkite invites to share?

Honestly, who cares? I got brightkite... Not even remotely as cool as twitter is... Who is gonna use this thing and why do I care what people around me are doing? Seriously.... Someone clue me in on this crap!

Isn't this a solution in search of a problem?

How often are you just wandering around looking for friends to meet up with? I admire the tech behind this, but I'm not clear on what the average user would do with it. I can see the novelty wearing off quickly, as it just adds to the distractions in a day.

I think the last thing I need is people messaging me every 5 minutes because they happen to be nearby and want to know what I'm doing?

Will be cool f it turns out to be a larger community than a bunch of guys all asking "where's the chicks??"

Did you notice the battery on the iPhone being used? :o) I can imagine all of this network and GPS activity killing power quite fast.

Looks nice but it won't fly until it can run in the background. Or even better: in the network.
I want notifications of friends when they are around even when the app is not running on any phone.
That's what Loopt is able to do because Loopt has access to the operator's servers that can ask the network where people are.

great work guys - cant wait to check it out!

Okay; so let me fill you in on the big picture for those of you who are confused or don't see the relevance of what Brightkite is doing. It's a nifty thing.
What you are witnessing/participating in is the future of marketing. The technology being created to GPS your friends is a test market for advertising. In fact, it's already being used in a few large stores; primarily in China. When a customer enters a store, the signal is tracked and said customer will now receive an instant message from the store. Current sales, etc.
On a larger marketing platform, chains such as Starbucks will "buy" advertising in that when you are meandering down the street at 9:00am, you will receive a message such as, "For the next five minutes, recieve "offerofferoffer". The nearest Starbucks is _____". Pretty nifty, yes? Way to be on the edge of a revolution, BrightKite!

This looks great! I can't wait! I just hopes that it catches on with a lot of people. I currently use WhosHere in the Minneapolis area and I'm not really noticing that many people on there. This app looks 10X better than WhosHere so hopefully everyone will get it!

And did I notice that it sends you a text message whenever there's an update? So you wont always have to have the app open to see any updates?

AHH first the screenshots, now the video! COME ON APPLE APPROVE IT ALREADY!

Never cared much for owning an iPhone. This makes me want to order tomorrow.

did you notice how the iphone he was using had 87 new messages!!

how much??
international use??

That's badass! Can't wait for the release.

Brightkite for the iPhone is now available tinyurl.com/6fgkry