New iPhone app provides free guide to St. Paul restaurants, events - msnbc.com |
| New iPhone app provides free guide to St. Paul restaurants, events - msnbc.com Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:43 PM PDT By (Copyright 2010 by KARE 11. All Rights Reserved.) ST. PAUL, Minn. -- With more than 40 million "smart phones" in the U.S. alone -- with that number expected to quadruple over the next few years -- it's no surprise that there's an app for just about everything under the sun. Now, there's a new app designed especially for the city of St. Paul, catering to residents and visitors. St Paul Spot is a free, interactive real-time guide to local restaurants, activities, arts, shopping and daily events. Like the iPhone, the logic of the application is both intuitive and simple. Open the events calendar, and scroll a list of the days events. Want to see what is happening tomorrow? The scroll arrow takes you there. The same simplicity applies to restaurants, with the options of finding them with GPS integration that tracks your location, or alphabetically scrolling through them. Need to know how to get there? Click on the address link for maps that will offer you the option to integrate with your GPS for directions. Want to call for reservations? Click on the phone number to call. Want to see the website of the venue or restaurant? Click on the website tab and the site quickly opens within the application's window. Want to share the information? Send via e-mail or share on Facebook. Because everything is available within the application, finding information is quick and seamless. The new app also works on Apple's iPad and iPod Touch devices. A version of the app for the Android platform is in beta testing right now and will be available soon. The web site, http://stpaulspot.com features the same information and can be accessed from any smart phone. On the web site, in a simple process that takes about a minute, users can enter event information into an interactive calendar for free. Developed by Town Wiz, in the Florida panhandle, the application is quickly gaining other U.S. partners, so the same guide format can be used while traveling. Fortune magazine recently published research clearly showing that mobile devices will soon become the most dominant computing platform on the planet, far exceeding desktop PC usage. We're very excited to be part of the mobile revolution here in St. Paul. The St Paul Spot app is now available for free download at www.stpaulspot.com, as well as worldwide through Apple's App Store, which can be accessed on iTunes or on any iPhone. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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