Smartphones justify their name because you just can’t get lost if you have one with you. A smartphone user can track his co-ordinates, locate banks, ATMs, hotels at the mere click of a button, therein lies a reason to call it a smart phone. And the functionality that makes it so smart is its repertoire of gazillion applications for every need. But most youngsters especially enjoy using the “Finder” application that guides them to nearby restaurants, cafes, bars, galleries, shops and events.
Talking about the common finder functions, he uses, Anupam Saxena, a journalist, says, “Android (platform) has an integrated maps application, it has an app called Places where you can just turn your GPS on and once your phone is connected to the Internet it detects your location and suggest restaurants, cafes, ATMs, petrol pumps by searching these places on the internet.”
And mentioning his first-hand experience of using it to lookup products and services, Anupam adds, “Just a few weeks ago when I was at Port Blair, I booted Places and it gave me a list of good restaurants in town and even ATMs.”
Seconds Gunjan Piplani, who works with a media house, and adds, “While travelling, Finder apps prove helpful, with directions at my fingertips.” Apart from apps that provide a view of street navigation, Urbanspoon, one of the most popular Apple applications in the West, recommends local eateries. But it isn’t only for looking up hotspots, Prateek Rangra, who is currently visiting Scotland, explains how “Finder” apps are at times life savers. “Here we often use it for tracking weather and bus services and for locating restaurants. It’s also important as one can track the availability of stocks at stores in the locality and collect groceries and supplies and in case there is a blizzard or snowstorm warning, track the closest store,” he adds.