it's pretty nifty!
Say you are in Chicago (just because that's the default location of the application) and you want to know what cool architecture there is around you...Or entertainment...Or attractions...Whatever...
Well, if you have the TravelGO, you would be one happy camper.
You can either set your location by GPS, or you can also enter zip codes, addresses, cross streets, cities, etc.
Then you flip on over to the next tab and boom, see what's near you.
Nothing new eh?
Oh no no no...
When you pull up a location (We are going to use Carson Pirie Scott & Company since it's the first one that popped up), it gives you the address, but also gives you a picture of the building and a description.
The great thing about the description is, if you are like us (AKA: LAZY) and don't want to read the description, simply press the option to "Listen", and the description will play through your BlackBerry speaker. Especially useful if you are doing a walking tour through the city and don't want to run into a lamp post because you are looking down at your BlackBerry screen.
You can also set that location or get directions to there or from there, so that's pretty nifty too. (Would be good if you could set up a walking tour with different waypoints!)
Also, there is an option where you can add friends, and send them locations or let them see where you are! We like that, just because of the fact that whenever we run SpotJots, it crashes our BlackBerry, plus, this has more features!
Click Here to check it out or go to http://go.travelchannel.com from your BlackBerry!
Thanks for the tip Simon!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Travel Channel Releases BlackBerry Application And...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
BlackBerry Screen-Saver Application For Free....and 3 other freebies
S4BB Limited is giving away 4 free applications for your BlackBerry devices.
Three of them don't interest us enough to take the time to download them, however one did catch our eye.
It's an application that activates a screen-saver on your BlackBerry.
It needs some tweaks. Such as the ability to use your own pictures for the screen-saver. The pictures are nice, however, if you are going to have a screen-saver on your BlackBerry, you probably want to have your own pictures displayed.
Also, it would be convenient if you could hit anything on the BlackBerry to "wake it". Right now, the only way we have found is to press the back button.
You can download this and the other 3 applications over at their website.
Be warned:
OTA link does not work for the Screen-Saver application, so expect to load it through Desktop Manager. And expect it to take a minute to load. And expect it to take forever for your BlackBerry to reboot.
That being said, if you try it, let us know what you think of it. Since this is an early attempt, suggestions are probably more than welcome.