The Brightkite application that was demoed at Google I/O is now out in public beta announce via Brightkite’s official account on Brightkite. For those that are not familiar, Brightkite is a location based social network that lets users share with their friends their location, notes, and photos, all in real-time via the web, applications, email or even SMS.
With applications out for Blackberry and iPhone platforms, it was only a matter of time before they gave us more Android love, the most recent being the addition of Google Gears support on i.brightkite.com. Those of you that have been using i.brightkite.com on the web or have used the iPhone application are going to love the Android version. Even in Beta form, the interface is very slick and polished. All the features are there, including guessing your location via GPS or cell towers. Viewing placestreams and friends is all just a click away. It’s also very easy to upload photos from the phone or take a photo and post instantly to your Brightkite stream. And for those of you that like privacy, there’s an easy one-click button to hide your location right on the home screen. You can also search the public Brightkite universe easily.
If this is the Beta, I can’t wait to see what other goodies they’re going to add for us in later releases. After all, there already is a project that lets you auto check-in via Google Latitude.
The application is not in the Android Market yet. You can download it here, or scan the QR code below with Barcode Reader on your Android handset:
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