One of the two big differences in the new iPhone 3G is the included GPS technology. Restaurant locator/review site UrbanSpoon knows this very well, and they've taken advantage of the GPS with an iPhone native app for UrbanSpoon. Without even having to tell it, it knows where you are, it knows where restaurants are, and it's ready to get food into your mouth. It gets more fun than that, though: you can actually shake your iPhone like a Magic 8-Ball to get a random recommendation near you. This is great if you're really hungry, don't care where you eat, or just like trying new places. An iPhone native app gives UrbanSpoon a leg up on other review sites like Yelp (which we also find very useful!) by making its information more easily portable. Look for it in July, when Apple launches the iPhone app store.
[via MG Siegler at VentureBeat]
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6-18-2008 @ 2:34PM
Tom said...
Haha, someone already mentioned StreetFlow in the YouTube comments. But for some reason, Download Squad did not mention StreetFlow in the post?
Meh. I should apply to be a download squad editor, I keep my eye on all the latest software. And my other eye, of course, on pornography.
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