Vindigo

When we moved to London, we didn't know the place very well. So, we thought that this Vindigo software would be pretty cool. Vindigo calls itself a "personal navigation tool" - the idea is that you tell it where you are or where you're going, and it finds the "nearest and best places to eat, shop, and play". "Tell it where you are" isn't as difficult as it sounds, because everything is done on "corners". If I'm at the corner of, say, Whitehall and Parliament Square, then I can tell it this, and it then knows roughly where I am. Then, just hit the (finger-sized) eat/shop/play buttons, and away you ...

I’ve long been a fan of the Vindigo city guide application having used the New York version on a number of occasions. Now it is available in London. If you live or work in London and own a Palm OS device then this application will transform your PDA from an expensive diary to a lifestyle device that will never leave your side. Vindigo is a City Guide application with three channels: Eat, Shop and Play. You tell the application where in London you are (e.g. Oxford Street and Dean Street) then you simply decide what you want to do: eat dinner, grab a snack, go for a drink, do a spot of shopping, go clubbing go to the cinema… Vindigo ...