Hi All, Now I am curious. What do you see as an advantage using Blind Square over Navigon, assuming you all ready have Navigon?
I did a P O I search, found the restaurant I wanted to go to, and got turn by turn directions to the door. Chuck On May 23, 10:44 am, Chuck Dean <cadean...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Fanus , > I am not registered with Four Square and the app works here in the > USA, > So I am assuming that the app does not support your area, but I do not > know this for sure. > > Chuck > > On May 23, 7:22 am, "Fanus" <buys.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello Chuck > > I purchased the app in the hope that it will work here in > > South Africa but I have no luck. If I double tap on "my > > location" it says that my location is not available. Must > > one first register at FourSquare before it works? When I > > double tap on "compass" it says "north". > > Regards > > Fanus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rob Harris" <bobs...@googlemail.com> > > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:07 PM > > Subject: Re: BlindSquare > > > 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, > > visithttp://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 > > athttp://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, > > visithttp://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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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