uLocate today announced that an iPhone specific version of its Buddy Beacon application is now available. With Buddy Beacon, iPhone users can easily share their location with friends, as well as see the locations of friends on the iPhone’s map application.

Buddy Beacon for iPhone provides users with essential functions and features that have made the application so popular with users of other mobile devices across virtually all North American carriers. Buddy Beacon also gives users the option of connecting with friends directly through the application and updating their status across a variety of online social networking sites, including Facebook.

“Buddy Beacon is a revolutionary application that offers users a new way to connect with their friends and family,” said Walt Doyle, CEO of uLocate Communications. “We are delighted to provide iPhone users with the most advanced, and useful, friend finding application available.”

Buddy Beacon for iPhone is available as a free download to all iPhone users by accessing their website (http://www.where.com/bb/) from the iPhone’s Safari web browser.

via [prmac]