OpenTable, an app for finding and reserving spots at restaurants, has updated its iPhone software to include a few new features. You can now search for restaurants by name, rather than searching by location or category. That’s a no-brainer feature, since not everyone is looking to discover something new, but rather know exactly where they want to eat. On that note, you can also save and manage restaurants as favourites for quick access later, and get a list of your search history to find entries you had looked up previously. Reservations can now be made a full month in advance, and as usual, you can map out directions to particular locations.
OpenTable initially launched their service on iPhone a little over a year ago, and has since spread to webOS, BlackBerry, and Android. The standalone app is nice and all, but I think OpenTable’s primarily useful as licensing partners for applications like Viigo and Poynt. If you’d like to try it out for free, download links for all four versions are below.
OpenTable for iPhone (Free) [iTunes App Store Link]
OpenTable for BlackBerry (Free) [App World Link]
OpenTable for Android (Free) [Market Link]
OpenTable for webOS (Free) [App Catalog Link]