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Jan 09Good thing I don’t have an iPhone.
One of the drawbacks of Garmin/iPhone’s “find a ___” has been that they don’t really tell me anything about the business. What’s interesting about RA Sushi down the street from Whole Foods (decent happy hour deals on disappointing sushi, as it turns out)? Likewise, when Katy and I were trying to find somewhere to grab a drink in Glen Burnie, we accidentally followed the GPS to a brewery/bottling plant.
So I’m intrigued by outside.in‘s RADAR, an iPhone app that searches for blog posts, news stories, tweets and discussion threads about businesses near you (or near locations you specify). Although there are still some teething problems the developers say they’ve fixed (load times, crashing, etc.), I have to admit it sounds cool. So far, no BB commenters seem to have taken the plunge. Any of my iPhone-toting friends want to give it a shot?
Update: outside.in is also pretty cool its own right.
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