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Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps

More spice for the 3G smart phone

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By Seb Janacek

Published: 15 August 2008 11:00 GMT


2: Vicinity and Locly

Thanks to the GPS chip inside, the new iPhone is all about location. A couple of rather neat applications that take advantage of the positioning technology are Vicinity at £1.79 and the free Locly.

Both applications do much the same thing: they calculate your current location and serve up directory services, showing you the local pubs, taxis, restaurants and ATMs. Both apps also link to geo-tagged Flickr and Panoramio galleries. Vicinity wins over its rival on two counts. First, it's a true app, whereas Locly simply identifies where you are and sends you to its website.

Secondly, the Flickr pictures it links to are somehow far superior with some cracking shots of local landmarks and a couple of Banksy artworks, as opposed to a mysterious moustachioed man and a morose looking Goth sitting in a graveyard. Either app beats having to carry a copy of the Yellow Pages around with you.

Photo credit: Seb Janacek


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