Let say you travel a lot, often to different place, so you end up looking for restaurants, ATM, even hotels, parks, and places to have some fun. Or you looking for a nightlife spot in you city, yellow pages may be a good source if this was 1990, but today with the information highway (internet) now available, a 5 month old review of a bar on a web site is too old for us to decide if we are going there or not.
Businesses, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, among others are using social bookmarking, Geo tagging, twitter, Facebook, and the entire web space to broadcast themselves live. Some android apps developers are tapping into these readily available information to feed users about buzzing locations in their cities. Android phone users employ these apps daily in deciding where to go have fun. On these apps, look out for local events, browse area classified ads, shop for deals, or meet others nearby, and do all of these right from your droid, htc hero, eris, G1, cliq or any android phone. Looking for any place or thing in your area? Here are the best android apps for local search.
Best android apps for local search
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Aloqa
Get real real time local recommendations on your android phone with Aloqa. Wherever you are, based on your preferences and social graph, you can simply glance at your phone and find your favorite restaurant, events, coffee shop, parks, bars, night clubs, businesses, and more without having to launch a browser or do a Google search. Aloqa channels put this information on your finger tips. It also shows your Facebook friends who are close by. This apps is very detail and very customizable.
Aloqa Android
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WHERE
Restaurant reviews, movies, local news, gas prices, weather, and your friends’ location… WHERE has it all. WHERE is great travel companion and one of the most complete local search utility. This app helps you discover places and things and connect with people around you. Where support both text and voice search. Find gas prices, yellow pages information, news headlines, movie show times, Yelp listings, and ZipCar. Truely a bundle of local information.
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