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Originally Posted by pataphysician View Post
So someone took the igoogle (or other similar) gadget that anyone can use in a webbrowser and made it into an app? I have an n800, but I have a external bluetooth gps receiver, so I can just grab my gps coordinates(from the status bar app) and past them into location on igoogle's movies near me gadget, and viola it shows me movies near my gps location, or I could just use zip code or city if I didn't want to bother with exact location, which I rarely need.

So sure one could "polish up" this procedure, but the question for me would be why. It's a rarity that I would actually use it and need gps data, I would have to make sure I have that external app installed, instead of just using a regular webpage. Also with igoogle I can have a bunch of usefull gadgets on one screen.
This is why devs aren't usability experts. I'm not taking a jab at you, but it's clear by the success of iPhone Apps that people want beauty and simplicity -- whether or not it makes sense.

Tim
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