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Yelp blizted mobile this summer, with webOS, BlackBerry, and iPhone apps all coming out in rapid succession, but Android’s not left being the last one picked for the team (that sadphone hat goes to Windows Mobile). If you haven’t checked it out, Yelp is a community that lets users write reviews, rate locales, and add friends who have similar tastes. The types of locales vary across 22 categories, but some of the bigger ones include restaurants, nightlife, spas, and shopping. The mobile app in particular is GPS enabled, so you can search for reviews of places close to you, map the results, and click to call. Good stuff all around – folks in US, Canada, UK and Ireland can get downloading Yelp from the Android Market presently.
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About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
