Want a very sexy addition to your army of iPhone apps? Want a sexy
social networking application that works just for iPhone users? Want one of the latest iPhone apps designed
specifically for the new generation of 3G iPhones? Then check out iPling, which is all of the above.
In basic terms iPling works just like any other social networking application. When you look into the detail, however,
you will notice just how different it really is.
You start by creating your profile. So far so normal. Then you tag your interests with a number of keywords and
color coding combinations.
Once you’re all linked and coded up you may find yourself in ‘iPling Circles’. A circle is a group of people that
have similar interests; these people can ‘reach out’ to one another. If you reach out to someone then you can send
them and SMS without knowing their phone number (and without you knowing theirs). When you think about it this level
of security is absolutely necessary with iPhone apps because of the tangibility of the device they are attached to.
Like many of the iPhone accessories
designed specifically for the 3g version of the iPhone, iPling really brings the idea of web 2.0 to mobile social
networking.
