InfoSpace Find It!
I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak at some mobile software by InfoSpace from one of my sources. It’s called Find It!, and I installed it on my BlackBerry 8800. Best of all it will be free when released towards the middle of next month. What’s really great is this app basically combines the need for many search and informational programs like, Google Maps, Berry 411, into one clean, easy to use program. Well, except for one thing, it finds your location by utilizing the built-in GPS. Awesome! The way it was designed has some great features for instance, let’s say your on vacation and search for a movie theatre. The nearest movie theatres pop up, but you don’t have any cash on you, no problem. You click ATM and it finds the nearest ATMs closest to the theatre because your going to be there anyway, right? You want to go out to dinner after the movie, click your favorite style of food and all nearest restaurants will pop up. If you want to Browse by Category, you can choose from six category options, including Dine Out, Go Out, Shop, Travel, Health and Services. Each category lists relevant local merchants or information, ranked by proximity to your current location. You can also quickly and easily find the fastest way from say, point A to point B with Maps & Directions. Find It! even give you voice guidance for directions. The voice directions are not locally stored on the device but I believe they are cached after you request them. Will report back on that feature. All in all I have to say, this could be my favorite BlackBerry application. It just makes the device so much more useful. Depending on the level of interest I might post the download link, don’t want to upset anyone, but this is BGR afterall right? Now if InfoSpace would just give me some stock…i’d really show some interest in this! Click on for a walkthough of the application.
UPDATE: Ok guys, you didn’t have to start emailing me, I was going to post the link anyway. Just wanted to have a little fun. Here is the download link for Find It! Visit it from your BlackBerry to download it OTA at http://bb.infospace.com/b
Awesome!!! BGR…..post the download link!!!! I need this on my 8800….it looks like sokmething that “completes the picture” !!!
Thanks!
Please post – this is great and I would like to see if it works on my cingular 8800 with telenav
http://mobile.infospacefindit.com/
Hmm – doesn’t seem to let me continue past selecting “Cingular” …any thoughts?
That’s because this is not released. It will be publicly available in about a month or so. Unless I post the link…
How does this compare to Vindigo? Come to think of it, is Vindigo still in business? I haven’t used them for years.
Awww….come on now BG….you know you want to post that link (or at least email it over!!)…..dying to see this on my 8800..!
Ok, ok it’s posted!
you rock – thanks!
WOW! This is THE killer app for the 8800…
Just tried it and it works like a charm. Much slicker than Berry411 and the GPS functionality is priceless. I hope you’re right and it’ll be free.
Keep up the great work!
Simply Amazing! This revolutionary app is fast, extremely helpful and should of come bundled with the 8800. Im hooked and can’t believe its free. No berry app can compete with this. Thanks BG!
You are not just the MAN, You’re the Genius!
Does it work for the 8100 by inputting the location??
I tried http://bb.infospace.com/b from my 8800 and I get an error message 400, bad request. Please help, it looks great!
I just tried http://bb.infospace.com/b on my new Blackberry 8800 (went to the options for Cingular and then Blackberry 8800) as well and after hitting the download button I got an error “Download Failed” and under “Details” it says ” 907 Invalid COD. Unable to import ZIP file”. I am attempting to download v1.3.0 of the InfoSpace Find It! I tried 5 times and got the same error each time.
It does work if you input an address, also not sure why your getting those errors, have not seen that, let me try and redownload it.
I have the BB 8800 and downloaded it ota, but when i try to open it it is saying “Unable to start InfoSpace Find It! Possible nework problems, try again.” Anyone else having this issue or know how to solve it?
Thanks and keep up the amazing work BG, you are by far my favorite blog.
Jeff
make sure your TCP settings are correct, if you use a BES you should be fine
Yet again you rock. Thank you! It works like a charm and your review is spot on. Wonderful applicaiton to round out what is missing from the BB.
Jeff
Works great on the 8100 if you input.
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How do I change the TCP setting to BES. And what is this? Thanks!!!
I’m getting the exact same error on my 8100 with T-Mobile.
Google Maps is getting data just fine, so I assume my TCP is set up correctly….
Err, the reply doesn’t quote… This was the error I was talking about:
“Unable to start InfoSpace Find It! Possible nework problems, try again.”
Err, the reply doesn’t quote… This was the error I was talking about:
“Unable to start InfoSpace Find It! Possible nework problems, try again.”
SAME HERE…WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? I’m using the 8700g on T-Mobile.
Is anybody successful with T-Mobile?
–Bill