Schmap.com – City Guides & Local Search

Schmap.comSchmap.com is both a website for city guides and local search. First we’ll start with city guides. There is support for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and Other Europe. I chose Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The guide has info on the city, tours, attractions, activities, hotels, restaurants, bas/clubs, coffee/tea, arts/fun, shopping, services and festivals. I started under “City Info” and selected the subcategory “Historical Background”. I got about 10 pages of the history of Minneapolis. In this area you have to scroll using two fingers.

Next I tried attractions. Again, there were many subcategories to choose from but I just went with “Top Attractions” just to be safe. I got a nice list including thumbnails to a couple zoos, the Mall of America, Valleyfair, Science Museum and more. Tapping on a selection gets you address, phone, email and URL link. These are all tappable and then interface with the iPhone’s other apps. There are also buttons at the bottom of the page that switch you to a review or photos of the attraction. You can also hit previous and next buttons to scroll through the attractions. [Read more…]

RepoName 1.0b

RepoName The update to version 1.0b of RepoName, a sources searching application, adds it to the BigBoss source and makes a few visual changes to the application. The first change you will notice is that the application has received a new icon. When you open the RepoName, there is also a new lower menu bar with the options; Featured, Search, List and Activate. The Featured option will give you information about the app such as bugs, features, whats to come and credits, the Search option is the same as in previous versions, the List option has not be activated yet and Activate will give you a pop-up with the ability to [Read more…]

AppleTap 1.3

AppleTap The update to version 1.3 of AppleTap adds a Google tab in the upper right corner of the Search page. When selected, it allows you to search Google right in the application. The only issue I have found with the search is that if you search for anything that is two words for example, Apple TV or iPhone 3G…the search doesn’t work. However, [Read more…]

Summize – Twitter Search

Summize I just realized that I have never done a review of a very cool, highly addicting, website. Summize.com is a website, very nicely optimized for the iPhone, that allows you to search Twitter for Keywords. When you go to Summize.com on your iPhone, you will be brought to the main page in which you can enter a keyword. There is also an Advanced Search option that allows for a much more specific search. In the Advanced search, you can search for specific words or phrases, people, twitters near you, twitters that include a :), :) or ?, twitters containing links and you can choose the number of results you would like to display on the results page. Whether you are just entering a keyword in the quick search or using the advanced Search… [Read more…]

RepoName 1.1b

RepoName There have been a few changes to RepoName since the last time I did a review of it. The splash screen has changed so that it no longer says Dav Team (because I guess they no longer exist). The UI of the application has also changed slightly…the search bar has been moved to the top of the screen and the enter button goes all the way across the bottom of the screen. The application now contains over 600 applications in it’s database. However, [Read more…]

TapSearch 0.6.1

TapSearch The update to version 0.6.1 of TapSearch does not make any changes to the application itself however it does give it a new icon! I actually didn’t mind the old icon but, the new one is cool too! TapSearch is available through the iSpazio source.

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TapSearch 0.6

TapSearch TapSearch is a simple little application that allows you to search your contacts. The application opens to a page with a search bar and the list of your contacts. You can search by first name, last name or any word that is in the Contact’s title. You can also tap the Index button in the upper right corner to see the list of your contacts without the search bar. When in the Index option, you will also get a Preferences button in the upper left corner. Here you have the option to [Read more…]

wDialer 0.2

wDialer wDialer is an application developed by wwc, that allows you to search through your contacts. When you start wDialer you are able to scroll through your contacts from your Contacts list. The cool feature is that you are able to search through your contact by either typing the name of the person or typing the numbers that correspond with the letters of the person’s name. When you click on the contact, it will show the person’s picture, their number, some foreign language word, and something that says “button should here”. You are able to call the contact you selected directly from the wDialer application. wDialer is a great application for searching through hordes of contacts. You can get wDialer from the modmyifone source.

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Visual Search Engine

There will never be an end to new ideas with the iPhone and that’s what makes it so great! Developers are working on a visual search engine for the iPhone. Basically you just take a photo of something and email it to their servers and you get a reply with all kinds of info. Now of course this will only work with whatever they choose to put in their databases. So if you take a picture of your kid and email it to them you probably won’t get any relevant info. The video demo below shows movie and book covers but images it working with everything, then link it to Wikipedia! Right now it’s working with YouTube and iTunes. Can you imagine taking a picture of a car and getting info on it? Or a house for sale and getting it’s listing!


Watch “Visual Search Engine” from your iPhone or iPod Touch