Communication services need interoperability to succeed - and Loopt is the first such service since SMS that is available across all major U.S. wireless carriers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We've taken SMS technology for consumers and improved it.
Loopt isn't a service that keeps you locked in, staring at your screen.
I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.
The Loopt mobile app is all about giving you the latest local deals and insider tips.
They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing.
Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure.
Asking what I'd do without Loopt is almost like asking what I would do if I didn't have a smartphone because the feature set has become the norm for me.
People have SMS, right? It stinks. It's a dead technology, like a fax machine left over from the Seventies, sitting there as a cash cow for carriers.
Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations.
What makes our product work is the way we're tightly focused on messaging and being an SMS replacement.