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Damien Mulley makes that argument regarding Ireland (which has yet to implement post codes) but it runs into a snag: An Post (the Irish post office) owns the best data about addresses and OSI (Ordnance Survey Ireland) owns the best maps of the country. And they won’t share. If they do, there’s no need for post codes.
Mark Hendrickson comes to that conclusion in The State of Location-Based Social Networking On The iPhone. Among the things that need to be enhanced: location updates in the background (Apple does not allow this yet), stability, ability to invite friends knowing they are supported handsets.
There’s a round up of the six most popular apps including Moximity which headed to private beta last week. One differentiator: it’s launching in one geography at a time. First up: hometown of Austin, TX. Also unique: the app pulls in your contacts from Facebook who are also on the service. There’s more coverage of the company in its local paper.
