The mobile dating application of Mob!leFun has 50% more users than last year. According to today issued annual report, Mob!leFun is now leader in this sector for the third year running.
Users can locate singles nearby and also see what state they are in, for example whether they are busy or ready to flirt.
Last month a couple, which first met through MobileDating, married in London.
Arguments: Online social networking websites like XING and MySpace undergo a huge success. Mobile use of such applications bring new contact-possibilities. For example you can see what kind of music the person likes and start a conversation based on that knowledge. Moreover you could see if the other person has common friends with you.
Also remembering names of people gets much easier.
A thinkable possibility would be to combine this application with glasses with head-up-display (like those
I mentioned already) that shows you always profiles of people nearby, so there would be no need to check constantly your cell-phone.
Questions: Which other new application-scenarios can you think of?
Current Development:
Aka Aki - social-networking like xing for bluetooth-phones. See profiles of people within your bluetooth-range. (found through
Mobile Zeitgeist (german)).
Loopt - focuses more on people that you already know. You can locate your friends.
