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From Wired Magazine, here are the top ten new mobile GPS apps.
While my primary use of GPS technology involves a Garmin 60 CSx handheld GPSr and geocaching, others are finding a plethora of uses. Read on.
1. Trapster, available on iPhone, Blackberry. Free. Allows users to mark locations of traffic cops, and share them with others.
2. iNap, iPhone, $1. Fall asleep on the train, and iNap will wake you when you get close to your stop. Won't work on Subway.
3. JOYity, Free. Play location based games,
such as a virtual game of tag where you see others on screen.
4. Cab4Me, Free. Stay in place, find cab company, they find you.
5. Shopsavvy, Free. Scan barcode with your phonecam, check prices online and NEARBY stores, access reviews.
6. Google Earth, iPhone. Free. Zoom into your location, view aerials, streetview, wikipedia entries. Future: click on text in pic?
7. Locale, Free. Train your phone to know where it is, ie. shift to vibrate automatically at movies, post Twit for location.
8. GoSkyWatch, iPhone. $10. Point back of phone toward night sky to identify constellations.
9. SafetyNet, Free. Program bad hoods in phone - phone shifts to watchdog mode. Shake phone - you location is broadcast to friends, picture taken, speaker on, broadcast warning, dials emergency number.
10. Sitorsquat, iPhone, Blackberry. Free. Find closest restroom with decent user ratings.
I'll be at a huge music festival this weekend. We'll use our cell phones to locate each other, figure out how and where to meet up, keep track of time and the programme. People will pay a fee to recharge their mobile devices as most will be tenting on non-powered sites. It'll be kinda like the Jetson's but this is reality, not kiddie sci-fi.
From Wired Magazine, here are the top ten new mobile GPS apps.
While my primary use of GPS technology involves a Garmin 60 CSx handheld GPSr and geocaching, others are finding a plethora of uses. Read on.
1. Trapster, available on iPhone, Blackberry. Free. Allows users to mark locations of traffic cops, and share them with others.
2. iNap, iPhone, $1. Fall asleep on the train, and iNap will wake you when you get close to your stop. Won't work on Subway.
3. JOYity, Free. Play location based games,
such as a virtual game of tag where you see others on screen.4. Cab4Me, Free. Stay in place, find cab company, they find you.
5. Shopsavvy, Free. Scan barcode with your phonecam, check prices online and NEARBY stores, access reviews.
6. Google Earth, iPhone. Free. Zoom into your location, view aerials, streetview, wikipedia entries. Future: click on text in pic?
7. Locale, Free. Train your phone to know where it is, ie. shift to vibrate automatically at movies, post Twit for location.
8. GoSkyWatch, iPhone. $10. Point back of phone toward night sky to identify constellations.
9. SafetyNet, Free. Program bad hoods in phone - phone shifts to watchdog mode. Shake phone - you location is broadcast to friends, picture taken, speaker on, broadcast warning, dials emergency number.
10. Sitorsquat, iPhone, Blackberry. Free. Find closest restroom with decent user ratings.
I'll be at a huge music festival this weekend. We'll use our cell phones to locate each other, figure out how and where to meet up, keep track of time and the programme. People will pay a fee to recharge their mobile devices as most will be tenting on non-powered sites. It'll be kinda like the Jetson's but this is reality, not kiddie sci-fi.
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