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An exceedingly popular location-based app for BlackBerry called Poynt is on the way to iPhone, allowing folks to execute localized searches for people, businesses, movies, and restaurants. The latest BlackBerry version still has a bit of a leg-up with gas prices, but the real cool gimmick with Poynt on iPhone is how they use the accelerometer. When turning the phone sideways, it automatically launches into Maps, complete with a pin for the entry you were looking at. Also, by putting the phone to your face, it launches right into a call if the result had a number available. Cool stuff all around! Expect to see it in the iTunes App Store before the end of the month for free.
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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.
