Do you have a pre-lease build (114) of Sherpa? This is what to do to make your experience better.

If you have a pre-release version (build 114) of Sherpa on your T-Mobile myTouch 3G or other Android mobile , you’re going to want to uninstall it and then install the current release, and there are some technical reasons for this that will dramatically improve your experience.

A little history: we built a version of the Sherpa application for use by the press for pre-release reviews, but that build got out onto the internet and became available to the public, as sometimes happens.  Although this was not an official release, we were thrilled to hear the overwhelmingly positive response to the application, and to see people really talking it up around the various social networks.

There are a couple of things you need to know about that build.

(1) It was built using a private internal developer certificate, with an expiration date set to a fairly short-term expiration that (we thought) would only affect perhaps a couple of dozen reporters and our QA team.  However, if you installed a copy of build 114 it will also affect you. What this means is if you have this early build, you must uninstall it before you can go to the Android Marketplace and install the release version of Sherpa.

(2) Build 114 used a third-party library for obtaining your location. However, it used a test account to obtain that information, so it is very likely that the application is not accurately finding your location. One of the things that makes Sherpa so incredible is its pinpoint accuracy in finding out where you are.

The good news is, the fix for this is really simple.  Uninstall build 114, then go to the Android Marketplace and search for “Sherpa”, download and install.  Then…have fun with the official release, and let us know on Twitter or Facebook what you think! If you are reading this on your Android phone, just click this link to go directly to the download site.

Thank you, and as always, if you have any questions let us know in the comments!

We’re so excited to announce that Sherpa has officially been launched! What a ride, and it’ s only just begun. The office is buzzing and today has just been a whirlwind of excitement. It’s been a lot of fun reading what users are saying (for the most part it’s been very positive) and it seems like our hard work has paid off. We hope you get a chance to give it a test drive too! All you have to do is search for “Sherpa” on the Android Market OR even better just type “sherpa.geodelic.com “ into your Google Android browser to download.

We know that a lot of people have been waiting for this release, so if you know of somebody that could benefit from this incredible, location based service experience then help us spread the word!  We’ve already shrunk the URL for you to make it easy to put up on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and your other social networks.  Please use “http://bit.ly/sherp” to link to the download page from your Android mobile device.  You can also click here to automatically post this message to your Twitter account!

Thank you for all of your support and suggestions as we make Sherpa the best it can be for you!  If you need help with it at any time, don’t hesitate to drop us a line here.