Archive for the ‘Navigation Apps’ Category

"The application was developed without any help from the TTC, but instead uses stop-time information gathered by MyTTC.ca contributors" Five years ago when I was a resident at theCanadian Film Centre’s Media Lab we would brainstorm possible new media programs/applications/devices/things that we could create content for. Lots of ideas involved the city and, more importantly, locations in the city. We thought about how to deliver content and information to those locations — information that was specifically about that location. The problem was our ideas were way ahead of the technological solutions at the time. Devices either did not exist with the capability we needed or the technology was far too expensive or clunky. Eventually we developed  there and it avoided the technological issues by simply getting the user (in this case, somebody who wants to hear a location specific story) to give us their location manually (by typing the location code into their mobile phone). Easy, cheap and low tech. Full story

GPS Ally is an application that takes advantage of the iPhone 3G GPS capabilities. GPS Ally allows you to see your current longitude, latitude and elevation with accuracy displayed. When moving, i.e walking, hiking or in a car GPS Ally will display the direction your heading. FEATURES* - Onscreen display current longitude, latitude and elevation - Updates in real time. For those concerned for their battery you can ... Full story

Best golf application for iPhone: Displays Greens with Range Finder; click Anywhere to Get a Distance to Any Point; useful features (Calling courses on the application, Navigation to course, Smart Search, and more); scorecard with correct Par info. By ViewTi LLC Full story

You too can learn to love packing! Packing well, and especially, packing lightly, is one of the most important factors in achieving a successful and enjoyable trip. This iPhone App can be your very own personal packing assistant. It can help you better manage your travel packing needs and expectations. This light app can help you pack light by eliminating waste and redundancy. Ideal for ... Full story

Holiday Gift List is a list manager for all your Holiday Shopping this season. Great for both Christmas and Hanukkah. This list manager helps you keep track of what shopping is complete and what is yet to be done. Along with support for multiple groups, the list manager can also track multiple gifts per person on your list. Just recently a password protection feature ... Full story