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We’ve seen a number of different location-based apps that show content related to your current location, usually pulling information from sites like Wikipedia. The HISTORY Channel doesn’t need third-party sources since it is the content producer itself, thus their new iPhone app, HISTORY Here, shows unique details about historical sites in your vicinity (or some other location you’ve selected).
Available as a free download, the application has information on more than 3,500 historical locations across the U.S. Among the content you’ll get are exclusive video footage, written content as well as pictures. For instance, visitors to New York’s Brooklyn Bridge will learn that 150,000 vehicles and pedestrians cross the bridge each day and will have access to exclusive HISTORY video that tells the story of the Roebling family, the designers and architects who saw the project to its completion. San Francisco visitors to Alcatraz will feel history come alive listening to audio interviews with former prisoners. And those who visit the top of Chicago’s Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) will view behind-the-scenes footage showing what it takes to maintain and operate one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers.
Sharing element also comes included so you can easily tell your friends and followers about your endeavors via Facebook, Twitter and email. Pretty cool, don’t you think?
HISTORY Here (FREE) [iTunes link]
About The Author
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.
