Archive for August, 2009
Aloqa
Aloqa is an intelligent local recommendation app that has push notifications on the myTouch and Android. Aloqa proactively informs you about relevant things around you that you care about. So unlike many of the other location-aware recommendation applications, you don’t need to pull up the browser or another application to learn more about what’s happening around you – you can just look at your phone and the information is right there. Aloqa can notify you of friends who are close by, parties, new restaurants, events that are nearby, and even notify you of Wi-Fi hotspot and gas stations in your vicinity.Â
 
This myTouch app uses a “channel” metaphor to add various categories of interest. There are dozens of channels already, covering a wide variety of interests and activities. The app notifies you every time an event of interest comes up in the channels that you pick. The notification sound and mode can be modified to your tastes, ranging from a custom sound to just a simply vibrate. Aloqa does pay attention to battery-life, and includes optimizations to help conserve power. Aloqa is an advanced myTouch app that has the potential to really change the way you discover the world around you.
