MapmyIndia launches free location-based places app for Blackberry, Android and iPhone – ShowNearby

India launches free location-based places app for Blackberry, Android and iPhone – ShowNearby

Allows user to search for millions of places of interest across India

Platform for businesses and brands to attract customers to outlets and to promote offers

November 09, 2011, New Delhi: MapmyIndia, India’s leader in digital maps, navigation and location-based services, today announced the launch of ShowNearby, a free location-based places app for Blackberry, Android and iPhone, that allows users to search and discover all places of interest nearby, such as restaurants, ATMs, petrol pumps, retail brands, coffee shops, tourist spots, emergency services etc. The application is powered by India’s most comprehensive, accurate and detailed digital map data from MapmyIndia. The application takes the GPS location of the user automatically and based on that, shows the list of places sorted by distance from where the user is. For any place the user wants to visit, the application shows the user details of the place, such as name, address and phone number. The user can view the place on MapmyIndia’s detailed maps and get accurate directions to it, directly call up the place, save it to his contacts and also share the place with friends via email or SMS. The user can also see and request deals at outlets and brands in the application. The application is available free of cost to the user. It is currently available for Blackberry, Android and iPhone platforms and will soon have versions for mobile web and Windows Phone 7. The application can be downloaded through the Blackberry App World, Android Market and iTunes App Stores and searching for the ‘MapmyIndia ShowNearby’ app or by visiting https://m.mapmyindia.com/shownearby from the user’s mobile phone browser. More details about the app are available at https://mapmyindia.com/shownearby. Mobile Locators and Location Based Marketing for Brands and Businesses The

MapmyIndia ShowNearby application offers brands and businesses a unique opportunity to instantly set up mobile store locators and business pages, providing details on store and business locations, contact information, operating hours and other details. The innovative platform also allows brands and businesses to run location and time based offers, promoting deals or communicating information about new product launches and events. So if a user is looking for shoes while in the Connaught place market, competing brands could attract walk-ins by showcasing presence of their outlets nearby and currently running offers. Rohan Verma, Director MapmyIndia, says ‘We’re very excited to launch the MapmyIndia ShowNearby application in India as an easy utility for users to get information of nearby places and offers on their mobile, and an excellent platform for brands to help users discover their store and business locations and run location based offers and promotions. We are happy to collaborate with Douglas and his team at ShowNearby to bring this application to the Indian market.’ The MapmyIndia ShowNearby application has been launched in collaboration with Singapore startup, ShowNearby – which runs Singapore’s most popular location based application for users and brands alike. Douglas Gan, CEO, ShowNearby Pte. Ltd, Singapore is optimistic about the market, “India’s one of our biggest opportunities as we plan the global expansion of ShowNearby after the success we’ve achieved in Singapore. We’re closely engaged with MapmyIndia to localize the application experience with innovative and dynamic content.”

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