Hahahahahahahahaha!.... can I recycle that tagline? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Re: BlindSquare
Thanks for this description. I wish they made a version of this app without the voices though. It would make the app smaller, and probably cut down on the cost. -- Raul A. Gallegos Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. - Woody Allen Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 On 5/22/2012 9:22 PM, Chuck Dean wrote: > OK...I have played with this a little more. > You need to select the radius you want to search in. There is a > button in the upper right corner to change this setting. Double tap > it then swipe up or down to select the search radius. > > When you open Blind Square the screen will display a list of > categories such as My Places,shared places, arts and entertainment, > etc. > If you select a category, such as Food, it will say search. Double tap > and it will search for restaurants within the the radius you have > selected. Now it will search, this takes a few seconds and then will > list the restaurants in that radius. > I have not figured out how the list is compiled, it is not by distance > or alphabetical. > Double tap on the desired item and the app will give you distance and > direction via a clock face. For example, Applebees 390 feet at 11 > o'clock. Since it is dependant on the compass, the iPhone must be held > parallel to the ground with the top pointing in front of you. > > Next to each category there is an on off button. If you turn the > category on the app will automatically search in the selected radius > and read the items off. > > Hope this helps, > Chuck > > > > > On May 22, 5:19 pm, Chuck Dean<cadean...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have downloaded this app, and have played with it for about a half >> hour. I am not impressed! >> >> It says that the Olive Garden is 2 miles away from my house. The >> onlyOlive garden I know is 8 miles away. It also does not recognize any >> of the restaurants that are local to my home. there is an Apple bees, >> Jack-in-the-Box, and a sonic drive-in, within 1/4 mile of my house. I >> can't seem to get it to do much of anything other then, when I shake the >> phone it gives me my home address. >> >> I would hold off on buying this until there is more documentation and >> other people have played with it for a while. >> Chuck > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
