Buddy Beacon Now Available on More Carriers, iPhone

Humberto Saabedra

uLocate Communications, developers of the Buddy Beacon GPS tracking software first launched on Helio have announced wider availability of its flagship product.

Buddy Beacon works by transmitting approximate coordinates using either the phone’s aGPS transceiver or self-reported location (the iPhone does not include GPS capabilities) to other people on a buddy list with the application running.

The software is now available on Alltel, Sprint, and Metro PCS, and iPhone.

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