Vindigo 2

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Free to try; $24.95 to buy
Editor's Rating:
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Date Added:
March 20, 2002
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Publisher's description of Vindigo

From Vindigo:

Vindigo turns your PDA into a personal navigator. Tell it where you are or where you're going, and Vindigo will give you a list of the closest restaurants, stores, ATMs, bars, clubs, parking lots, and movies. To help you get to your destination, Vindigo provides (depending on the city) maps, step-by-step directions, and public transit information. It's updated with professional reviews, new listings, and current movie times whenever you sync.

New additions to version 2 include new syncing options, expanded metro and essential services, and restaurant reviews.

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Editor's review of Vindigo

4.0 stars
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Whether or not you're familiar with any given city, chances are Vindigo can provide some information you'll find useful. Before you can get the program up and running on your Palm device, you'll first need to create an account at the publisher's site. Once that's done, just select one or more cities, sync your Palm, and Vindigo will retrieve information about local restaurants, bars, music clubs, museums, movies, and stores. We like how you can search each city by intersection or neighborhood, handy if you're in a completely unfamiliar place. The demo appears to disable certain features in certain cities; for instance, we were able to get bar information for Seattle but not San Francisco. Also, we should mention that each window of the program displays one kind of advertisement or another. Still, travelers who want quick access to local data and don't want to lug a laptop are bound to find Vindigo is at least worth evaluating.

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Version: Vindigo 2

"Outdated, overpriced, outmoded"

by WavyJavy on April 2, 2008

Pros: Early on, Vindigo got nice marks for a clean interface (circa 2002) and a cool way to find restaruants and common essentials in downtown areas of major cities. The problem is, it hasn't changed much. Including the price.
Why does this remain one of the editors' top 5 picks? Somebody needs to do some updating.

Cons: Coverage is miniscule. Content inconsistent. When this was the only way to have any city guides, maybe $25 a year was ok. Now, it's not, and the crippled trial version isn't much of a resource. So many better, such as:
Google Mobile: Sparse on location content and detail, ad-infested, but free. Great maps, also free. Consistent format, browser-based one is faster than the native OS version.
Citysearch.com: new Palm/WM app with great listings, good reviews, ratings, etc., very consistent throughout the US. Not just limited like Vindigo to certain metros.
Maps/directions/etc. Free. Because it's a web app, no storage or hotsync.
Earthcomber: (mobile.earthcomber.com) Great listings from many sources, directions, ok maps, complete coverage anywhere, not just downtowns of large cities. Pictures of venues. Search is unreal - cleanest of all, spots wifi hookups and other life-savers, not just eateries. Friend-spotter. Browser-based, much like Citysearch. Also free.

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Vindigo 2

"Freeware not worth RAM it uses."

Summary: For about 2 years, I have used Vindigo and watched it grow into an outstanding product.

However, I have also watched it grow full of annoying, invasive ads finally morphing into a subscription service leaving its loyal base an insulti... read more >>

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Vindigo 2

"Freeware not worth RAM it uses."

Summary: For about 2 years, I have used Vindigo and watched it grow into an outstanding product.

However, I have also watched it grow full of annoying, invasive ads finally morphing into a subscription service leaving its loyal base an insulti... read more >>

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Vindigo 2

"The FREE version doesn't have anything"

Summary: Vindigo used to be an useful program, but now that they require paying for it. The "lite" version has very little information, pretty much useless.

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Vindigo 2

"Not worth the $"

Summary: A big improvement over the previous version which was free. Problem? Many of the restaurants and movies listed have no review or qualitative information. When you click on the reviews for a large portion of the entries, you get "Sorry, no informa... read more >>

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