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Places Directory (quickest/easiest for places closest to your gps location) Not as refined as Where.

Where (best for looking for something more than a mile or two away) Lots of categories/subcategories. Must have app.

Layar (best to impress) Interface can be maddening, but it is cool as heck downtown.

You can also just use maps/google, but it isn't as slick/easy.

The newest update to Where added this cool feature that allows you to add search shortcuts to your home screen. For example, I have a Pizza shortcut on my home screen and when I launch it, I go directly to a list of pizza places near my current location.
 
nightfishing said:
Places Directory (quickest/easiest for places closest to your gps location) Not as refined as Where.

Where (best for looking for something more than a mile or two away) Lots of categories/subcategories. Must have app.

Layar (best to impress) Interface can be maddening, but it is cool as heck downtown.

You can also just use maps/google, but it isn't as slick/easy.

The newest update to Where added this cool feature that allows you to add search shortcuts to your home screen. For example, I have a Pizza shortcut on my home screen and when I launch it, I go directly to a list of pizza places near my current location.
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Thanks!
 
nightfishing said:
Places Directory (quickest/easiest for places closest to your gps location) Not as refined as Where.

Where (best for looking for something more than a mile or two away) Lots of categories/subcategories. Must have app.

Layar (best to impress) Interface can be maddening, but it is cool as heck downtown.

You can also just use maps/google, but it isn't as slick/easy.

The newest update to Where added this cool feature that allows you to add search shortcuts to your home screen. For example, I have a Pizza shortcut on my home screen and when I launch it, I go directly to a list of pizza places near my current location.
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Tried to look up Layar? Is it Layar Reality Browser?
 
nightfishing said:
Places Directory (quickest/easiest for places closest to your gps location) Not as refined as Where.

Where (best for looking for something more than a mile or two away) Lots of categories/subcategories. Must have app.

Layar (best to impress) Interface can be maddening, but it is cool as heck downtown.

You can also just use maps/google, but it isn't as slick/easy.

The newest update to Where added this cool feature that allows you to add search shortcuts to your home screen. For example, I have a Pizza shortcut on my home screen and when I launch it, I go directly to a list of pizza places near my current location.
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I'll second Places Directory, it's a great app for finding anything

Urbanspoon is by far the best for restaurants though. It will let you sort by place, price, style, give you ratings, even let you make reservations as of the newest update.
 
Aloqa integrates with Yelp, it's perfect if you're wandering around a city. I used it the other day and found some awesome southern BBQ.
 
The best app I found was called Poynt. The problem is that I used it for Blackberry. It by far was the easiest app to use to find locations. I hope someday it comes to the Incredible.
 
XXXdc5 said:
if you try and find directions or where a place is that you are searching for do these apps use google maps for that?
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Yup. They almost all just show the address/contact information/reviews etc. You can almost always click a link to navigate there via maps or call them or whatever else.
 
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