26 November 2008

iPhone Continues to Change the Game

Some cool new updates with iPhone 2.2 and apps continue to push ways in which technology can improve our lives...or sometimes can just do cool things.

  • iPhone's Google app now has voice recognition for search. Don't type, just talk.
  • Maps now has walking and bus route directions.
  • Shazam music tagging and identification tool is awesome
  • Urban Spoon is continuting to show how the web is becoming hyper-local.

So now, I can use either Urban Spoon or the Google app to find a restaurant in my neighborhood. I can use Maps to give me driving, walking, or bus directions to get there. When I'm there, if I hear a cool new song, Shazam can tell me what it is and where I can find out more about the artist or the song. Then, in our post-modern modes of communication my wife and I can tweet about the experience.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

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