Ok, happier to hear this, and might yet get it to go for a whirl. Thanks, RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garth Humphreys" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:52 AM Subject: Re: BlindSquare
Okay, I finally got home to some wifi and have been able to download the app. It looks really interesting and I like the interface. The app will automatically read out details from POI's around you. The data is as stated taken straight from foursquare. This is not a 'yellow pages' type model for POI data as someone guessed at. Also the app is available outside the US, i'm in Australia and the app description states some of the other non-english languages for which there are localisation's. I haven't been able to go for a walk to see how it responds but sitting here at home I can see the direction and distance to a number of things around me. I got the app to give me my current location and I got the street name and distance and direction to the nearest corner. On the negative side, the whole interface seems to frees up and or go slow when the GPS signal is poor. The app does self voice the fact that the GPS is poor as well though. BTW, You can turn off self voicing if you like. Anyway i have only had a brief look so far but definitely don't regret spending $12 on it. Not that I want to encourage more expensive apps but lets face it, I spend that much on a whim for a few cups of coffee. Garth . n 23/05/2012, at 7:21 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > And it's probably only available in the u.s and won't ever become > worldwide. > /Krister, the eternal optimist. :-)lol > > 22 maj 2012 kl. 22:25 skrev Austin Seraphin: > >> A hot new GPS app just entered the app store. BlindSquare uses >> FourSquare's location database to provide points of interest. You can >> also add your own private points. It will also tell your location and >> nearest cross street, everything you need. I really like it! I can't find >> an iTunes link yet, but you can find it by searching on your iDevice in >> the app store. It doesn't have any documentation yet, but hopefully you >> can figure out, and you can ask if you have any questions. Enjoy! >> >> - Austin >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
