Looks cool, but the rates would kill me if I used it traveling internationally, which kinds of defeats the purpose.

tried using this at work today, it brought up almost every store/resturant by me except for my place of business which is a retail store. I tried to manually enter the location but it seemed like gowalla froze when loading the page to ddg new locations.

Then what does that make Facebook? Your points are moot.. I think Gowalla and Foursquare are nice services but they provide no social engagement, something Brightkite does well. However, I do wish Brightkite added a gaming aspect that encouraged more usage, that is the main benefactor that Foursquare provides — people seem to love competition.

Brightkite is just a rip off of actual social interaction and having friends

I am very excited for the release of the android app. I’ve been using the mobile web version for some time, but it will be nice to get all the bells and whistles.

Well, you could say Foursquare is actually a rip of Brightkite. Kind of goes both ways.

I’m loving Gowalla too. That screenshot looks dead sexy.

forgive my ignorance, is this not just a rip of foursquare?