Aloqa: Find Interesting places near you and on the go!

Aloqa app was used to be in Beta for a long time. Now the app is out of Beta and is available for a broader range of devices including the Tour, 83XX series, 88XX series, 87XX series, and 8520. The app is now also feeding you information in the US, Canada, & Austria.

Aloqa supposedly lets you find interesting places, events, & friends near you. I am not sure exactly how it pulls that off but supposedly they are fed information from Facebook Connect, Yelp, Eventful, last.fm, Wikipedia, Craigslist, Topix, Fon, Coulomb Technologies, GreatDad, Google Maps API, Qype, Call-A-Bike, Nestoria, and BeLocal.

Aloqa is based on a simple belief:  It is hard to “search” on your mobile phone. When you are on the go, you shouldn’t have to constantly keep using your phone as a browser to pull information. Instead, you should just be proactively informed of things around you that you care about. Wherever you are. Without entering a keyword. Or your location. With Aloqa, you can just look at your phone and without ever touching your keyboard see what’s around you in real time:

• Your favorite coffee shop(s) closest to you.
• Fast food places you like.
• Gas stations near you.
• Friends from your social network in the vicinity.
• Parties, movies, theaters, activities around you.
• Places to take your kids.
• Wifi Hotspots.
• Potential dates or business contacts in your neighborhood (if you want to know!).

It looks like a pretty interesting app if you want to give it a spin and the price is right (free). Check it out at www.aloqa.com and let me know what you find!

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