When Apple first announced Find My iPhone, the service through mobileMe that allows you to track down your iPhone, people thought that was creepy. Lucky for us, it is all password protected…
Now that 3.0 is launched on the iPhone with push notification, a bunch of new apps are now showing up on the App Store with fun new features. One of the first next generation apps that we added was HeyWAY (iTunes free). It is pretty damn cool, so I thought I would share.
After installing the app, you make all your friends, lovers, boyfriends download it too. You then establish that they are your friend and you want them to find you by sending them an e-mail or using the new Bluetooth connectivity to authorize.
Once you are authorized you will see them in your friend list and this is where it gets fun! At any time you can initiate a request that will alert them using the new Push notification (your iPhone will alert you) asking if you want to send your friend back where you are. If you decide that you are where you say you are, you can agree and they will see your location on a Google map.
The possibilities are endless…
- Let your friends know you have arrived so you can make a grand entrance
- Find your cheating boyfriend/girlfriend (he would be pretty stupid to reply though)
- Find out where your friends are drinking so you can join
- Find your groom on wedding day
- Find your kids after curfew
- Constantly remind your friends that you are in Antigua and they are not
Do you really want to be found? In case you are lonely or want all of your friends to know that you are at that dirty movie theatre down the street, you can instantly send all of your friends your location and they will be notified with a map of where you are.
I think this is a great little app and I’m looking forward to more cool things to come using all of the funky new features of 3.0.
BTW: As of 9:29 Brad was indeed on his way to work… at Rosedale station.