Foursquare spreads to Nokia through 3rd Party App

Already available on the iPhone, Android & Blackberry in native applications. Foursquare is being spread to other mobile platforms through third party developers, a strong benefit of having an open API. A Windows Mobile variant is being developed and now too one for Maemo, the OS favored by the Nokia family of phones, in particular the N900.

Maemo is a very powerful mobile platform and on the N900 provides an impressive array of features. Bringing the Social nature of Foursquare to this platform is a good move.

This variant is called BarrioSquare, it is currently in Private Beta but we were given a look ahead of the release later this month. Developed by Chilitech, it would be familiar to any current users of Foursquare on a mobile device. As you can see from the screenshots below:

I do like the 9 tips screen, not something I have seen on the Blackberry version of Foursquare.

The N900 is placed by those in the know as a “tweener”, more than a phone, less than a tablet. It almost fits in the MID (Mobile Internet Device) category. The N900 already runs Mobile Firefox and has been seen to be capable of running the MAC OS X. Bringing Foursquare to this device, given its user profile is a smart move, even if it is through a third party developer.