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TeleNav Unveils OnMyWay for Android
Aug 26th
TeleNav is releasing another handy application, OnMyWay into the Android Market today. You know TeleNav, don’t you? They’re the brains behind your Sprint and AT&T navigation titles. To describe their new (free) app’s premise, I think it’s best to use it in a short hypothetical scenario.
Let’s say you are on your way to a ten o’clock brunch meeting and you’ve got a an hour drive ahead of you. You start off on time, but later you find yourself stuck in traffic and it looks like you’re going to be late. What’s the best way to to let everyone know what time you’ll actually get to the restaurant? You don’t want to call everyone, do you? And we all know better than to text while driving, right? OnMyWay does this for you.
OnMyWay alerts a pre-set recipient or group of people as to your status and ETA. Set the notification right before you start driving and everyone gets an alert (text and/or e-mail) that tells them when you are expected to arrive at the destination. If you run into anything that might delay you, OnMyWay automatically sends an update to those that matter. Their new message tells them that you’ll be late and provides the updated ETA. This way, you don’t have to worry about anything but driving safely.
To create an OnMyWay notification, you’ll need to follow a few quick steps:
- Input a destination
- Enter a scheduled appointment time
- Selects or enter phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses to send alerts to
- Start!
Your phone contacts are integrated into the app so there’s no need to hunt anything down. Further, you have the option to send personal messages with your notifications. For those of you worried about privacy, OnMyWay never shows your specific location, nor does it share it with any recipients. Keep your eyes peeled for OnMyWay in the Android Market!
TeleNav Unveils OnMyWay for Android originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
CabSense Makes Hailing a Cab Easier for New Yorkers
Mar 31st
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and Sense Networks, Inc. have announced the release of CabSense, an app designed to make finding and hailing taxis easier. With this free application, users can figure out which street corners offer the most best chances of finding a cab based on the date and time. CabSense provides the current location of the user as well as a few options. If you find yourself in a part of the city with a relatively low number of taxis, CabSense will find and recommend nearby car services as well as provide an option to call a livery cab.
CabSense also features:
- Radar View — A color-coded tool that points users to the highest rated corner nearby
- Time Slider — Users can plan ahead and view the best corners to find an available taxi at a later time and day
- Taxi Hailer — Once users find an available taxi, they can simply shake the phone and it will whistle for them
Grab CabSense for free out of the Android Market or scan the barcode below!
Scan to download CabSense
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Geocaching with Geooh
Feb 13th
According to Wikipedia, geocaching is an “outdoor activity in which the participants use GPS or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called “geocaches” or “caches”).
I learned of an app alled Geooh today from its developer, Mobiltect. According to them, their application far exceeds that of others designed for mobile platforms. They even boast it might best GPS devices that run more than $400 a pop. I took a look around the website, and from what we can tell, Geooh looks full of features.
Disclaimer: I’ve never done any geocaching before. I’ve considered it, but didn’t realize how easy it could be until just recently. The screenshots of Geeoh alone have me curious enough to give it a shot though.
Integration with Google Maps Navigator almost seem like pure cheating, but hey, we all like the occasional walkthrough in a pinch. Of course, there is also radar view, compass view, plain coordinates and more. If any app were to get me going, it might be this one. So, with that, I am going to see what I can (literally) dig up around my town!
According to the features page, Geeoh offers:
- Opens GPX, LOC, and KML formats
- Bulk downloading and local storage of multiple files with delete capabilities
- Paperless geocaching
- Deleting of individual waypoints
- Sorting and filtering
- Speech input
- Displays geo-points on Google maps
- Street and map views
- Rotating compass overlay on maps
- Navigate to location
- View overhead GPS satellites
- Multiple language support
- Launch web browser
- Touch screen interface
- Post field notes via SMS
- Google Maps Navigation!
You can find Geooh in the Android Market today for $11.99 US. Download it, try it out and let me know what you find! You can also scan the barcode below with your Android handset to get taken directly to the product page.
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Opens GPX, LOC, and KML formats
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Bulk downloading and local storage of multiple files with delete capabilities -
Paperless geocaching
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Deleting of individual waypoints
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Sorting and filtering -
Speech input
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Displays geo-points on Google maps
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Street and map views
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Rotating compass overlay on maps
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Navigate to location
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View overhead GPS satellites
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Multiple language support
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Launch web browser
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Touch screen interface
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Post field notes via SMS
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Google Maps Navigation!
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WHERE Update Encourages User-Generated Content
Jan 25th
WHERE, a popular location-based app that helps users find cheap gas prices, movie showtimes, and more, has been recently updated. Now, rather than simply giving you relevant information, they have made it possible to add your own content. For instance, if you arrive at a gas station and find the price to be different than expected, you can submit your own finding. Show up at an address expecting some good Mexican food only to find they’ve moved? Let WHERE know!
WHERE V1.8.6 is available (for free) today in the Android Market. According to their blog, there are four changes/improvements that are meant to foster a community spirit.
- WHERE reviews button – You can now easily rate or read reviews about local restaurants and businesses with the click of a button.
- “Flag Venue Incorrect” option – A convenient link now lets you easily flag a venue if you notice any incorrect information, enhancing the quality of our real time information.
- “Report a Price” gas feature – Spot a change in price at your local gas station? Share your findings with other users.
- Expanding avatars – Take a better look at the people in your area. WHEREwall users can now zoom in on other users’ avatar pictures.
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Google Suggest Gets Location-Aware, Too
Jan 15th
Ostensibly to save you time typing in your search query on mobile devices, the search suggestions are now based on your phone’s current or last known location. Ideally this will improve the relevancy of those suggested results by optimizing them based on where you are.
In order to take advantage of the new feature, you’ll have to turn on “Save recent locations” and “Allow use of device location” under the Settings link on the google.com home page. You may also have to refresh the google.com page on your phone’s browser in order to see the location-optimized suggestions.
It’s another step in Google’s march into local territory. Anyone have predictions on what will be next?
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Near Me Now: Google’s Mobile Homepage is Location Aware
Jan 8th
The U.S.-only functionality uses GPS on your device to pinpoint your whereabouts and sort nearby results — right on the Google.com mobile homepage — into the following functional categories: Explore right here, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and ATMs and banks.
In fact, the “Explore right here option” serves up an instant drop-down menu, providing you with results that are literally right in front of you. You’ll immediately get a quick glance at a venue’s Place Page rating and its distance from you. As a result, the simple and smart addition to the mobile
It’s no mystery that Google is trying to
If you’re not clear about how Near Me Now works, you can watch this rather hokey video demonstration:
Near Me Now Screenshots
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Top 10 Mobile Social Apps Judged by Mashable Readers
Dec 23rd
If you’ve tuned in previously, you’ll know we throw out a Lunchtime Poll topic weekly to get a zeitgeist of Mashable readers’ opinions on your favorite software and services out there. Recently we saw your top blogging platforms, and next we took a look at your favorite mobile social apps.
We took a broad definition of social app, so specifically mobile apps like Foursquare and Gowalla went up against mobile components of more concretely web-based apps like Facebook and Twitter. The results are in below, so head on past the break to see what Mashable readers chose as their mobile social apps of choice.
Although Foursquare made a strong showing in the number 2 spot, Facebook and Twitter emerged the big winners overall. Facebook’s mobile app took the first place slot, with various flavors of Twitter app splintering an overall Twitter vote that rivaled the number of Facebook votes.
Is your favorite mobile social app not represented in the list? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to tune in every Friday to make your vote heard in the latest edition of the Lunchtime Poll!
Top 10 Mashable Reader Mobile Social Apps
10. Twidroid
9. Gowalla
8. Flixster
7. UberTwitter
6. TweetDeck
5. Tweetie
3. Hootsuite (iPhone)
2. Foursquare
1. Facebook
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, ericsphotography
Reviews: Facebook, Flixster, Foursquare, Gowalla, HootSuite, Mashable, TweetDeck, Twidroid, Twitter, iStockphoto, tweetie
Tags: facebook, flixster, foursquare, gowalla, hootsuite, lbs, lunchtime poll, mobile social, poll, tweetdeck, tweetie, twidroid, twitter, ubertwitter
