Well over a year ago, I wrote in this post:

Cell phones are going to become the dominant means of social networking. They’re already the best tool for it and the only reason PCs are dominant in the social net arena is because PCs have always been OPEN ENOUGH to participate social nets in a meaningful way. Cell phones haven’t been. Today I’m thinking about the nexus of mobility, identity management, and social networking.

So my point then was the, eventually, when a cell phone with enough functionality and usability finally shows up, users at large will fall into preferring cell phones over PCs for social networking over the web.  This is a point that didn’t get enough attention until iPhone 2.0 showed up last Friday. Now, it seems the web is abuzz about the potential of cell phones and social networks. Here’s a snippet from ZDNet’s Jennifer Leggio:

Think about it. Two of the big iPhone application announcements centered on location-based social networking sites Loopt and Whrrl. Both allow users to determine the locations of their friends and both provide microblogging and hyperlocal reviews, all using a GPS-powered application.

Jennifer goes on to say that social giants MySpace and Facebook have an advantage over upstarts like Loopt and Whrrl because, well they’re already giants. Touche. But MySpace is an incredibly stupid company with an incredibly poor base of core technology.  So, if social nets on cell phones are going to thrive in a lasting, meaningful way, my money’s on Facebook.