Loopt on G1Today is a glorious day for T-Mobile G1 owners, whom as of now can download the Loopt app for free from the Google Android Market and install it on their beloved phone.  Loopt, a location based mobile social network, made the announcement today and as of 8 PM CST it had been downloaded between 100-500 times, received 39 comments and a 4-star average rating by its users.  Loopt users are able share their location with other Loopt users on T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Boost, Verizon, and MetroPCS.

I’ve been waiting for the ability to use Loopt since last year but it’s only been available on select phones (none of which I had at the time).  I’ve just had about an hour to review it before posting this but so far it’s looking really great.  The app offers all the Loopt features such as notifications when your friends are nearby, the ability to view one’s friend map and monitor traffic delays, and the ability to update your current location and status.  It also permits intergration with your blog, your favorite websites, and popular online services like Twitter and Facebook.

Loopt apparently is now supported on more than 100 handsets including the iPhone and BlackBerry.  Its availablity on the Android Market displays a strong vote of confidence in Android as a mobile OS platform, as Loopt is one of, if not the most dominant player in the location based social networking arena.  This is all overshadowed however by this week’s earlier big news that the Open Handset Alliance, which promotes the use of the Android mobile operating system, added 14 new members included the world’s largest mobile operator, Vodafone.  The addition of Loopt to the Android Market is still significant as it perhaps indicates that Android has reached its inflection point for other major mobile and online services like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter to quickly follow suit and soon offer their own Android application.

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