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- When privacy matters
- For your eyes only
- Clear the decks for weekend fun
- Give pic files unique weekend names
- Find your way anywhere
- Weekend answer man = Google txt
- What are you doing now? Twitter.com
- Meet up. Dodgeball.com
- Social networking. Bluepulse.com
- Social banking. PayPal.com
- Choose an accessory color
- Shop without the drop
- Follow the weekend's sports
- Be your band's groupie
- Directions to the next party
- Interrupting yourself with a fake call
- Check your lipstick and discreet pics
- Find something fast
- Find a movie, reserve a ticket
- Create and beam a discreet profile
- Get a reminder to place a call
- Find the next hot spot with Yelp
- Strike up a conversation
- Being spontaneous
- Night lights
This chapter is from the book
Directions to the next party
Goog-411
You can query Google Maps on your Centro smartphone (see pages 49 and 104) but why bother typing? Goog-411 is voice recognition and you get the same result—a text message with an address and a phone number, a link to a map, as well as a direct phone connection to the business. BTW: save the txt for future reference.
- Goog-411 works well, too, in areas where your data signal is languishing but your voice signal is strong (in the basement nightclub, for example).
- If you don’t know the name of the business you’re trying to find, but just the street address, just say its category. For example say Nightclub, and when Goog-411 goes through the list, select the one that’s on the street you know. A category works best if it’s also in the name itself, such as restaurant or bar.
- Goog-411 is only available in English and in the US at this time. There goes that Mexico vacation!