Unlike the first DC-related iPhone app, this one seems to be a real winner. It’s a mobile version of the Washington Post’s City Guide for your iPhone. It’ll give you the basics of the Post’s resources, as well as buttons to call ahead to your favorite places, as well as store a group of favorite restaurants and bars and clubs and get directions from anywhere.
Oh. And it’s FREE. Thanks much to Couch on Twitter for bringing it to our attention.
Tom Bridge: Tom Bridge moved to the DC area in 2000 and hasn't looked back. Well, once. But it was his job that was broken, and not DC. Before founding We Love DC with several friends, Tom was the City Captain for Metroblogging DC for four years. He is a partner at Technolutionary LLC and works in computers for a living. He and his wife Tiffany live in Brookland. Read Why Tom Loves DC
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One Response to “Post Puts Out CityGuide iPhone App”
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Haha! Excellent. Eager to get my iPhone in a few weeks so I can give it a go…