Hi Neil and Others, Where To? by FutureTap is certainly worth the $0.99 (U.S.) Valentine's Day sale price. It was the first of the helper applications for GPS points of interest (in the same class as the free AroundMe app by Tweaker Soft) to add the capability to send results to GPS apps such as Navigon and TomTom, as well as to the default Maps app. AroundMe only added this feature later. As Geoff described, the primary difference between Where To? and AroundMe is the more detailed divisions of categories and sub-categories for Where To? This can make it easier to locate specific points of interest more quickly -- for example, Geoff gave the example of restaurant food sub-categories. Also, the feature access can be set up differently. Here's an example of where I'd use Where To? in preference to AroundMe (and where Navigon's POIs falls short). For my location, Navigon doesn't bring up any bus stops among the public transport POIs, although these are easily found in the Maps app. In AroundMe, I have to type in "bus stops" into the search field, and I'll be presented with a list of matches ordered roughly (but not exactly) by distance. In Where To? if I first double tap on "Travel and Transportation" and then double tap on "Public Transport", and the bus stops will be exactly ordered by distance. Moreover, I can double tap the "next menu" or "previous menu" buttons and be taken to the next or previous menu in the list, and the page for each stop has a link to the web home page that shows the next bus scheduled arrival time. This is not available through AroundMe. The point here is merely to show that the Where To? app can provide information that is different from, or complementary to what you get from AroundMe.
Where To? is also an international app, and with both AroundMe and Where To? it is possible to search for points of interest in different locations. For example, after selecting search categories, double tap the "Search" button in the top right corner of the screen, and then enter either the postal code or the name of the city into the search field and double tap the "Search" button at the bottom right of the virtual keyboard. (If you use a Bluetooth keyboard, just press the "Enter" key to start the search.) Your search results will come up for the postal code or address you entered in the search field. (Note that this works for zip codes in the U.S. and postal codes in the U.K., but not for lengthy French postal codes -- you have to type in a more complete address.) To return the search to your present location, double tap the "Start Tracking" button in the bottom left corner of the screen. Since Neil is in the U.K., I'll just mention that a check of a U.K. location brought up reasonable search results (though I can't verify how up to date the entries are, if there are recent changes.) This app has been used by U.K. members on other lists. I'll also mention that I've never understood why the Navigon MobileNavigator app for Great Britain requires a separate in-app purchase for searches by postal code (or the use of a dedicated third party app for this), when it's simple to enter the postal code in AroundMe or Where To? and then send the address location to Navigon. As Geoff noted, the URL in the App Store for Where To? is: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/where-to-discover-your-next/id314785156?mt=8 HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 14, 2011, at 06:33, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Where To, the app is also on sale across the world for Valentines Day only, > Feb 14th, 66% off... > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > Talks List Administrator > > Twitter @NeilBarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 12 Feb 2011, at 05:27, Geoff Waaler wrote: > > Greetings Scott G, > > Since you mentioned business location I thought I'd mention the $3.00 app > named "WhereTo?" by future tap. It has a list of categories and results > which IMHO absolutely puts geo to shame and more over, the business can be > seamlessly passed to either Navigon, TomTom or the built in "maps" app where > it launches the preferred "helper app" and sets the desired POI as the > destination > > I can't speak for Garmet or TomTom, but IMHO the POI location feature in > Navigon is okay, but you can only get so many pois into a 1.6 GB app. > > The URL for WhereTo? in the US app store is: > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/where-to-discover-your-next/id314785156?mt=8 > > Best regards. > Geoff > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
