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By Chris Hall on July 23rd, 2010 Thrillist for the iPhone is your new hand-picked guide to what's great. The problem with the iPhone today is that is has become the hub of all decision making. Starting with Urbanspoon and with Yelp, and even OpenTable, we rely on apps to guide us to where we want to go. None of these apps have any sort of human touch though. Apps like Yelp and Urbanspoon just jumble up all the places in the area and then rank them based on user ratings. You might be looking for a really cool restaurant to kick back at after a long day, but nothing that these apps have will help you narrow down your options. There’s just no differentiation between The Cheesecake Factory and the coolest place in town, and there’s definitely something wrong with that. To fix this issue, Thrillist has made an app that hand picks the very best in food, drinks, and shopping, all with descriptive editorial, to finally give you what you want… something great. “Search, sort, share, and save thousands of hand-picked, local favorites — from five-star steaks to two-dollar tacos, rooftop clubs to underground speakeasies, and bespoke shirts to kicks inspired by Jacques Cousteau.” Next time you are looking for somewhere to go, just do a quick Thrillist search and see what’s awesome right around you. It’s not available in every city yet, so check out the list of cities on the iTunes page before you pick it up. FREE! iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Released: 2010-06-07 :: Category: Lifestyle Read More

Thrillist is out with its “local lifestyle” iPhone app, which at start is sponsored by Bacardi’s new Torched Cherry flavored rum. If you’ve visited the Thrillist website, you can guess for yourself what their app is all about. If you haven’t, here’s a snippet from the press release, explaining the app instead of me: A supplement to Thrillist’s free daily email and website, Thrillist for iPhone narrows down the dizzying scope of your city with Thrillist’s handpicked eating, drinking and shopping recommendations. Users can search, sort and share articles from Thrillist’s extensive vault of local content, all organized by the nearest, newest and most popular places. In addition, the application also rocks Thrillist Video clips, ability to save and sync articles to “My Thrillist,” share tools for Facebook, Twitter and email, Foursquare check-in, and several mini-games, all in the “style and irreverent tone trusted by Thrillist’s 2 million plus readers.” In terms of geography, Thrillist comes with coverage of Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. — with additional markets launching in the fall. Thrillist (FREE) [iTunes link] Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis. Read More