The pinnum app is the new geo-social app to safely engage and map friends, family and group . Users are assigned a permanent pin number, a “pinnum!”. Users can share their pinnum with another individual or a group of individuals in order to communicate and exchange information The user may remain completely anonymous unless he or she chooses to disclose their data. Delivered with built-in location based GPS technology, pinnum users, at their discretion, may disclose their actual location.
A practical use of this technology will enable parents to monitor the movement of their phone-equipped children, friends or relatives at any time or place. Other practical uses would be for businesses to monitor the movement of their personnel or equipment. It can also be used for individual introductions to a network, business and or a personal contact.
Having pinnum is similar to handing out your personal phone number, but with complete control over whom you communicate with, including the distribution of any and all contact information beyond your pinnum. Pinnum has built in two-party communications that may be established via standard text conversation (IM), with the only identifier being the user’s pinnum.
All pinnum users can also enjoy offer-based business integration. Blue PINs on the map show current nearby deals offered by businesses that have created their offer exclusively for Pinnum users. In contrast to other apps, only businesses that are a member of pinnum for business will show their offerings. Simply put, if there is a blue PIN, there is a deal!
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. pinnum has incorporated additional “Manage Battery” features that help the issue of decreasing battery life while remaining in the background continuously.