Google Places Application Launched for iPhone

Partnered with Hotpot to get you recommendations.

Padmini Harchandrai|Jan 15, 2011, 10:55:14 IST

Google released its Places application for Android a little while ago and have now brought the service to iOS. The search engine giant has partnered up with Hotpot to make an application that shows you which businesses are around you, as well as give you recommendations based on your ratings. The generic categories that come with the application are Restaurants, Coffee, Bars, ATMs, Gas Stations, Hotels, Attractions, Pizza and Post Office. You can even add more of your own categories, for instance, I added Fashion and Hospitals to the list. However, the information is only as accurate as the businesses themselves provide and we being in India, a lot of the information provided is a little outdated. From testing it out, what the application told me the closest ATM to my location is isn't the actual closest and doesn't even exist anymore.

Google Places screenshots for the iPhone

By Padmini Harchandrai

Paddy does not, we repeat, definitely does NOT belong in the category of Mac-head (yeh right!). She does get excited by her iPhone and her iMac and her iPod Nano and her Macbook and Bali's iPad and her future iHouse (patent pending). Ok, so maybe her head is a little bit forbidden fruit shaped. She likes shooting video (iPhone 4 camera zindabad!) and editing montages (Final Cut Pro zindabad!), whether the scene calls for it or no. In her spare time, she's either kicking it on stage with KB the keyboard or kicking butt at Taekwondo.