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AroundMe for iPhone
What is it?
AroundMe helps you find contact information for nearby (deep breath) Apple retail stores, banks, bars, coffee, gas stations, hospitals, hotels, movie theaters, sight seeing locations, parking, pharmacies, pubs, restaurants, supermarkets, taxis, and theaters. By providing addresses, maps, directions, and phone numbers, AroundMe is another one of those applications that help you [...]

Brightkite for iPhone
What is it?
Brightkite is a location-based social network that has been out for a little while now and the iPhone application is an obvious extension/utility for the site. Using the application, you can “check in” wherever you are, letting your friends or the entire Brightkite community know where you are, post pictures, and [...]

Say Where! for iPhone
What is it?
Say Where! allows iPhone users to search Google Maps, Yelp, Yellow Pages, and Traffic using voice recognition technology in place of the phone’s much maligned keyboard. Many have said that the iPhone is a fantastic piece of technology, but a horrible communication tool when it comes to text and email, [...]

Urbanspoon for iPhone
What is it?
Urbanspoon is a restaurant-centric utility and community that gathers user reviews and pulls in reviews from CitySearch and relevant local area magazines and websites to help users find a place to eat. Separated by neighborhood and type of cuisine, the site mixes professional reviews with user-generated opinions on area restaurants.
How much [...]

Yelp for iPhone
What is it?
With 4.6 million Americans visiting Yelp in August 2008, this application brings “Real People. Real Reviews.” to the iPhone.
On Yelp, users review and rate places they’ve been through qualitative means (i.e. “The food here sucks.”) to create a pseudo-quantitative collective rating of the place (i.e. 3 stars). While Yelp is used [...]