One of my friends asked me, "What are the 5 biggest cities in Indonesia" Trust I replied, "Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung? Yogya and perhaps Medan. "" No, you are wrong, "he said." It is North Jakarta, South Jakarta, West Jakarta, East Jakarta and Central Jakarta. " Although I do not think it was technically correct, his point was clear. This city is just too big and even if you (like me) tend to stay in one general area to avoid being stuck in traffic -. There are still so many new places opening all the time it can be difficult to find them all
Fortunately, there are some very excellent mobile applications that show you what's around your position immediate. This week I'll take a look at some who find great local restaurants easy :. BuUuk, Places, and Toresto Tasterous
buUuk for iPhone and Android, is the ancestor of all restaurant applications. Developed in Singapore, Jakarta buUuk launched its content with the launch of the iPhone 3G back in March 2009. It covers over 2000 locations in Jakarta and is by far the most detailed and precise application around. You can do almost everything with this application - leave comments, vote, share on and , save favorites, sort by rating and location and even add lists directly to your device. The problem with all these innovative features is that the application can be a bit confusing to use, but if you stick with a few ( "top evaluated" and "close"), you will very well. It is free and no registration is required.
The native iPhone and Android app addresses ( BlackBerry users can access through the browser, I fear) was released in January this year and it's great. he's super powerful and evaluations and comments you leave in the application appears on search results . for the world to see It covers all sorts of places. - bars, ATMs, gas stations, hotels and restaurants during Restaurant owners need to claim their place (many have not yet) and it seems that most hotels are added automatically. A standout feature is that the application uses a digital compass on your phone to show not only proximity but management place as well - something I've never seen before and has proven to be very useful. BuUuk as it is free and you simply login if you want to leave a comment.
Toresto for iPhone and Android just released a month ago and it's great to see a Bandung-based developer get into the location space restaurant to compete with the big boys. Currently the only content that he is the name, address and the restaurant's phone number ( "menu" tab and "promo" are white all I got), and a number the geotags are incorrect, but these shortcomings will hopefully be corrected in due course. Free without registration.
I really struggled to find a good locator app BlackBerry local restaurant, so I'm pretty excited when I heard Tasterous for BlackBerry. It seems to be a very interesting
