Description
AroundMe allows you to quickly find out information about your surroundings.
How many times have you found yourself in need of finding the closest Gas Station?
AroundMe quickly identifies your position and allows you to choose the nearest Bank, Bar, Gas Station, Hospital, Hotel, Movie Theatre, Restaurant, Supermarket, Theatre and Taxi.
AroundMe shows you a complete list of all the businesses in the category you have tapped on along with the distance from where you are.
For every listing you can choose to see its location on a Map, view the route from where you are, add the information to your contact list or even email the information to a friend.
The Nearby listing allows you to find information using Wikipedia about what is around you.
Fast, easy and accurate. AroundMe is your ideal day to day companion.
PLEASE NOTE: If you own an iPod touch remember that it doesn't have a built in GPS and therefore it cannot locate your position accurately.
What's New in Version 3.5.3
Note: To enter Augmented Reality mode turn the phone left to landscape.
3.5.0
- Augmented Reality view (iPhone 3GS only)
- Improved compass on map (iPhone 3GS only)
- Integration with Navigon MobileNavigator for getting directions
- Minor improvements and bug fixing
3.5.1
- Added an hint on how to turn on Augmented Reality view.
3.5.2
- Compass in detail view
3.5.3
- Fix a possible crash in New York City surroundings
- Minor bug fixing
Customer Reviews
Funny
I havn't laughed so hard in a long time! Searching restauraunts, it told me there was a Burger King 14 YARDS away! At MY address. The map pointed to the side yard of my house. Now I know what to have for dinner tonight... Next, I searched for Hospitals. Instead of the hospital a mile down the road, it gave me the address of the retired nurse living around the corner. ( I guess she has a hospital in her side yard) I can hardly wait to find what other secrets the neighborhood has been hiding.
Its strength is its weakness
I have tried this in several German cities (Berlin, Munich etc.) now and it generally works fine, since it's mostly a frontend to Google's area information -- which also makes it a bit unreliable sometimes, since the data is often rather out of date...!
Also it occasionally shows you redundant information or just misses the point, like when I search for restaurants and most search results show me hotels, becuase that's how they seem to be defined in Google's database...!?
It's still okay for the price and can be useful at some occasions...but it would be even better if it used other or more databases than just what Google offers...
Missing some places
The only problem I have is that when I search for some local places they don't show. These stores are some of the largest food stores and bars around!
- Category: Lifestyle
- Updated Feb 09, 2010
- Current Version: 3.5.3
- 2.2 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Seller: Marco Pifferi
- © Tweakersoft
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.1 or later.
