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Online guide to offbeat tourist attractions RoadsideAmerica.com is out with its own iPhone app. By now you’re probably guessing how it works – yap it’s location-aware app, providing users with driving directions to all of the sites presented. Additionally, you will be able to access attraction stories, visitor tips, phone numbers, opening hours (if such exist), as well as real-time updates and attraction status reports from RoadsideAmerica.com website.
Users can browse attractions by over 70 Roadside-centric themes such as “Big,” “Atomic,” “Music,” “Tech,” and “Zombie Army.” And once you visit an interesting attraction you can mark is as “Been There!” to keep track, take geo-tagged photos for submission to RoadsideAmerica.com, and/or share your experience with your buddies via Facebook and Twitter.
It’s a neat app/service for those of you tired of seeing plain vanilla attractions. Roadside America iPhone app is available for $2.99 for permanent access to any one of six U.S. regions, whereas an additional $5.99 unlocks you the entire U.S. for one year.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
