It’s no secret I’m a big fan of PocketLIfe. I love the fact that it was originally developed by a team at Vodafone Australia and how that is more proof to the world that Australia can be more than just a sales and marketing office for large multi-nationals. I also think the technology is sweet and has the potential to be one of the winners in the location-based services race that’s currently going on.

I’ve been helping test PocketLife on the iPhone for a few weeks now but it was a bit hard to get the full benefit of the app as it was a closed-beta.  As such, I’m glad to say that as of earlier this week PocketLife has been accepted into the iPhone App Store, which means hopefully I’ll be seeing more people I know on there soon

You can get all the details on the PocketLife Blog, but one thing to note is that while the current AppStore version is v0.5 there are upgrades ready to roll as soon as they’re also accepted. (I’ve been testing v1.1 so I can tell you there’s an improved, functioning, version out there). 

Hanno Blankenstein, the leader of the team, tells me that as those new releases are accepted the app will auto-update – so expect the full v1.1 goodness in the near future once you install the app.

I’m looking forward to seeing if this helps PocketLife start to get the critical mass needed to help it reach its full potential.