Click the City is now available on the iPhone / iPod Touch and I must say that it’s pretty cool. Location-based search is finally here with the CTC iPhone App.
The usual search feature for movies, TV schedules and restaurants are all there (plus recent articles) but the most helpful function is the Search “NearMe” function. It uses the GPS in your iPhone to find your location and all establishments in your area. Not sure how far but from experience, it’s around 500 meters (half a kilometer).
The app costs $3.99/year on the Apple App Store but if you own a Nokia N97, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic it’s free (not sure if it has location-based search too). That might be a little unfair to iPhone/iPod Touch owners but I think it’s still worth it.
An riveting word is worth statement. I expect that you should correspond solon on this message, it power not be a preconception person but generally fill are not sufficiency to communicate on such topics. To the succeeding. Cheers like your ClicktheCity iPhone App is cool! | YugaTech | Philippines, Tech Reviews Blog.
After studying just a few of the blog posts on your website now, and I actually like your way of blogging. I bookmarked it to my bookmark web site checklist and might be checking back soon. Pls try my site as nicely and let me know what you think.
The modern Zune browser might be astonishingly fantastic, except for as well as typically the iPod’s. It again successful, and yet isn’t actually for the reason that rapid for the reason that Safari, not to mention carries a clunkier user interface. Any time you in some cases consider together with the browser it is easy, and yet for anyone going to browse the web site at present . from a PMP then that iPod’s more substantial panel not to mention healthier browser could possibly be fundamental.
thanks because this info. i’m moved that you have an realize from all that, Good post for Some nice content that you share on here.
Wish there’s also one for the iPad! :D
I have it on my ipod touch and it has helped me a lot! i love checking out movie schedules on it… Any of you guys know about aloo.ph (alooph)? It looks like a location-based social networking site for filipinos. Haven’t really played around with it but I hope they have an iphone/touch app also… fingers crossed.
The only thing that’s keeping me from buying this app is that it always needs internet connection to work. Useless they fix that, I think it’s kinda useless to get the app when there’s Safari. I hope they’ll work on that because the app is worth it.
And for those who’re complaining about the price.. If you think about it 200 pesos a year is about 17 pesos a month. That’s cheap.
cool app… sana walang bayad though.. let the advertisers pay!!!
Just want to share this review over at the iTunes Store, by an actual user of the app. Found it very helpful and informative:
Disappointed
By ToffeFrap – Version 1.0 30-Sep-2009
If you are going to charge $3.99 per year, you might as well have info stored into the application and not require Internet access every single time. Perhaps an initial download of the database upon first launch will work. Then similar to currency conversion applications, the date of last update will be shown. It’s impossible to see ANY info without Internet connection–mind you, Globe’s mobile Internet charges are not in any way cheap.
Needless to say, it’s a steep price for an app that does nothing without Internet. It’s like Apple charging for Mobile Safari. Geez!
Suggestions:
-I hope there will be a way to add favorite restaurants, malls, and TV channels.
-Please allow saving TV Show Airtimes to a “calendar,” and/or allow notifications when chosen shows are about to be aired.
-Please fix those jagged, pixelated tab bar icons. :-S
-The 512px icon on iTunes does not even fill the whole space! I can see the white edges. Fix please.
Yeah, I’d rather google it or go to CTC on the web via Safari. Also, it’s easy enough to check movie skeds online without need of a dedicated app such as this one, and we do usually know the good places to eat in our neighborhood and other places we usually go to. But I do understand the premium they’re imposing. If you want less hassle and a bunch of other features (location-based search sounds cool), maybe $3.99/year isn’t that bad. Maybe CTC understands the Pinoy market better than we do.
But I also don’t think it’d be too much to ask for a “lite,” probably ad-supported version for the iPhone. They have one for Nokia, and it’s just purely discriminatory on their part not to have the lite app for us iPhone users.
I second Kevin’s take. Besides, if you can afford an iPhone then 200 bucks a year is really nothing.
@ all those who think it should be free
Do you even use the iPhone and CTC?
CTC is a great site for information and look forward to other sites like MunchPunch to develop location-based apps for the iPhone and other mobile phones with GPS.
4 USD sounds very reasonable than me having to manually input my location and get irrelevant results. Both waste my time.
o nga dapat FREE. They should just support the application by running ads