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SameCell Location Based Search Without GPS

by Ronen Halevy on Oct 24th, 2008 at 9:00 am EST
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coffee-search SameCell let me know about a new free application that they just released. It essentially lets you do location based search based on the location of your cell tower ID. That way you can search near your location without GPS. It lets you search for places, services, weather and events near you.

Pretty interesting if you want to check it out but nothing groundbreaking. They essentially offer a bit more than Google Maps and Poynt in terms of specifying what you are searching for.

Check it out from your desktop at www.samecell.com/search-userguide.htm or pick up the application OTA at www.samecell.com/search. Let us know what you think!

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This entry was posted on Friday, October 24th, 2008 and is filed under Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities.

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9 Comments to “SameCell Location Based Search Without GPS”

  1. Posted by: Nikolaus
    October 24, 2008 at 10:56 am EST

    Why can’t Poynt (a.k.a. MyPoynt) have this feature?? I have to type my location into Poynt because it thinks I am in Spring Tx, which is no where near where I really am :P

  2. Posted by: Nikolaus
    October 24, 2008 at 1:15 pm EST

    I tried this and always got blank results. Boo!

  3. Posted by: web51302
    October 24, 2008 at 2:22 pm EST

    Same here – I get blank results! Whats going on? Its not Halloween yet! Booh!!!

  4. Posted by: Shaun Rotman
    October 25, 2008 at 7:46 am EST

    Same here. Blank results. I hate when applications are released that have major flaws. This gets a big FAIL from me.

  5. Posted by: Ed
    October 25, 2008 at 11:09 am EST

    Boooo boooo. Blank results too. I guess I will wait for version 1.1

    Btw, in case developers read this: 8330, os 4.5(unofficial), verizon, mid NJ area.hope that helps

  6. Posted by: savblue
    October 25, 2008 at 9:32 pm EST

    Did not work for me either. Could not get off their home screen. All keys had same results, ether app info or close.

  7. Posted by: Kurt
    October 28, 2008 at 10:11 pm EST

    Works with some caveats for me (Sprint 8330.) Took three days for my wife’s location sharing to show up on my BB. Location updates are instant for looking at my own location but take time for hers. Overall…needs some work.

  8. Posted by: MH
    June 10, 2009 at 12:21 pm EST

    I see absolutely no value in this program beyond what Google Maps already offers. It’s just a waste of precious memory space.

  9. Posted by: Ed
    June 10, 2009 at 12:38 pm EST

    MH, it took you 8 months to realize that?

    JK :-)