Finding Local Takeaways Using Your IPhone

Posted on 24 August 2010

I’m sure most of use have experience being in an unfamiliar town or city, looking for somewhere decent to eat. I had it recently, walking around Nottingham’s streets trying to find a decent Chinese or Indian takeaway.

But if you’re an iPhone owner, then you don’t have to worry about this problem. There are numerous apps available on the iTunes App Store that allow you to use the phone’s built-in GPS to pinpoint your location and find all the restaurants in your local area.

The Around Me app is an excellent example, and allows you to find banks, restaurants, hotels, supermarkets (basically anything you might need) and then provides you with user reviews, directions and a wealth of other information on your chosen listing.

Your other option of course is to use the phone’s 3G capabilities and Google what you’re looking for; something that was nearly impossible to do so quickly and easily before the mass distribution of smartphones. For example whilst out and about, I did a quick search for ‘Chinese takeaway Nottingham‘ & ‘Indian Takeaway Nottingham‘ using the Safari web-browser preinstalled on the iPhone. I immediately found several useful results, most of which allowed me to find a suitable takeaway and then access user reviews, recommendations and directions whilst on the go.

Your final option if you’re unable to get your phone online, is to get in touch with local enquiries and ask them, they should be able to point you in the direction of a good local establishment. For example, i called one of these lines and asked for decent Nottingham takeaways and was immediately given the number of one that the operator recommended, as they lived in Nottingham themselves.

So wherever you find yourself, if you’re armed with your iPhone (or any smartphone for that matter), you’ll should be able to find what you’re looking for.

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