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Web Services with new iPhone applications

25 Nov. 2008 | Author: AWo | german

More and more Internet portals offering localized services are releasing new applications for the Apple iPhone. Google now offers a voice search, internet community lokalisten.de recently launched their own iPhone app, and Qype is working on one of their own software…

The new specialty of Google’s new iPhone software, according to a press release, is above all their new search by voice command, which at present is still only available in English; the second special feature being actual-location search. This update uses the localization function of the iPhone, making the search results even more specific (and ‘personal’). So one can search for “pizza” (by typing or speaking) and generate results directly in the user’s immediate vicinity, without having to specify the location via name or zip code.

The local friends community lokalisten.de has also recently released its own iPhone 3G version.  In a press release, the operators explained that owners of iPhones with the software installed (always only available from the iTunes App Store) can access special features.  For instance, the current standpoint of the user can be requested (via GPS) and directly relayed to the user’s friends on a map. Sending and receiving of news also is possible via iPhone.  Lokalistas can thereby always see where their friends are and what they are currently doing.

Local search and rating platform Qype, on the other hand, is working on a new version for the iPhone.  Qype CEO Stephan Uhrenbacher, in the company blog drew this to readers’ attention. Qype also uses the location-aware function, where the iPhone can transmit the actual location of the user. A release date for the application could not be made, at the time of the press release.

Web Services with new iPhone applications
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