On: Google announces Open Handset Alliance - Techcrunch

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"...With Android, a developer could build an application that enables users to view the location of their friends and be alerted when they are in the vicinity giving them a chance to connect." From (http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.html)

Isn't that what Dodgeball did? I find that quote interesting since Google already owns that company and didn't do anything with it.

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Isn't that what Loopt sort of does?

[matth → Readmore]

The idea may have been to buy Dodgeball to prevent competition, and/or to get in on any collaborations or partnerships DB had.

[ntoshev → matth]

Or maybe Google realized Dodgeball needs a better platform to become truly usable.

[apgwoz → ntoshev]

It's unfortunate that it died before the iPhone/SDK came out.