Dopplr now available on your iPhone
Dopplr – a cool tool that lets you upload and share your future travel plans and itinerary with the world.
Okay, so you’re going on a six month long journey from Moscow in Russia to Freetown in Sierra Leone. You’ll need to break out the Blackberry and e-mail everyone you know along the way so you can meet up and chill. What is this, 2007?
No, you take out you iPhone and use Dopplr. The software has recently become available on the iPhone and I have to say I was very impressed. Firstly, it looks really good on the huge screen and the tough functions compliment it brilliantly. As with the actual site, it’s very easy to use and doesn’t give up too much of the functionality (well, you have to make some concessions, don’t you?)
The features on there though are what do it for me. You can search through maps and guides before you even reach your destination. You could be on a train through Serbia whilst deciding what hotel to stay in Warsaw. Or maybe your on a ferry from France deciding what pub to visit in Dublin. It has it all – whilst looking gorgeous.
The cherry on the cake however is the Twitter like appeal. People can keep track of where you are and when you’ll arrive so they can plan accordingly – genius.
A few bad points include the fact that it’s only suited to the regular traveler who would actually have that many friends scattered all over the globe. It also lets every burglar in the neighbourhood know you’re away just in case the half-dozen pizza delivery leaflets sticking out of your letterbox didn’t do the job.
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