Infospace Find It! Location Based Search Coming to an iPhone Near You
Previously, Infospace's Find It!, the handy location-based application for finding things, people, phone numbers and directions to your favorite restaurant, was available exclusively for users of devices like RIM's ubiquitous Blackberry. I've even got it on mine. But soon, according to an exclusive post over at The Boy Genius Report, you'll be able to enjoy the fun of finding things using the software on your new iPhone as well -- assuming, that is, you're actually successful at finding one come launch day.
According to the site, the iPhone version of the app will function pretty much the same as the Blackberry one does, except for one big caveat -- there won't be any GPS support due to the fact that, unlike several models of the Blackberry, the iPhone has no built-in support for GPS. Yet. Another difference between the versions are the obvious changes to the apps interface to mimic the look and feel of the iPhone. If you're curious about this new version of the app for iPhone, head on over to Infospace's site to check out how its going to look.
Even if this particular app isn't for you and won't find a place on your new iPhone, just keep in mind that the more people developing ways to enhance the iPhone and its "user experience" the better. The currently announced apps from Apple and Google are a great start but real success for this device, I feel, will come from developers deciding they want to get involved and make apps for it -- especially if Apple decides to open it to outside applications and not just stick to the whole Web 2.0 is the new SDK thing. That said, what kinds of apps would you like to see developed for the iPhone to expand its capabilities?
