Glympse
by Paul Wilks
May 6, 2011 2:00 PM –
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Glympse. Safely share your location in real-time via email, SMS, Facebook, or Twitter. Glympse is the easy way to safely share your location in real-time. No sign-up needed. No social network to manage. Just send a Glympse to anyone via email, SMS, Facebook, or Twitter. Your location is only shared for the duration you specify and then stops.
Price: Free
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Share your real-time GPS information without need of app or management of social networks.
- Lets you set the duration you want your location to be known.
- Can be activated by text message
- Simple to use.
- Superb interface and nice bright graphics.
- Traffic info function is a useful bonus.
- Works on all versions of Android from 1.5 upwards.
Cons
- May not be useful for those who do not care to share their real-time location
Glympse is a premium location sharing application for Android. It allows you to share your location via email and SMS, even Facebook and Twitter. It is very straightforward to use and does not bombard you with unnecessary information. Sharing your location is a very simple idea, but Glimpse does this task brilliantly. It could be one of the most useful apps you can download.
Features:
“Where are you?” is perhaps one of the most asked questions on a mobile phone. However, answering this with exactness is not always easy; if you are in an unfamiliar town, you’re lost or it’s really dark. Glympse can here step in and help you out. It can not only tell you where you are, but also lets you send that information to someone, so they know where you are too.
Maybe you’re stuck in heavy traffic or broken down somewhere, this app could help you no end. If you need to call vehicle services this app obviously can tell you exactly where you are. For your own security and that of your vehicle or family member, Glympse could become one of the most valuable apps on your phone. Maybe you are meant to be meeting a group of friends somewhere, with the options available you can let them know immediately where you are.
Watch is Mobile
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Glympse Can zoom in and out
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Glympse Additional actions
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Glympse Menu Options
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Glympse History
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Glympse Creation Screen
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Glympse Sending to Mobile phone
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Glympse Successfully Sent
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Glympse let you copy your location to clipboard.
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Glympse Can post location to Twitter
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Glympse can post location to Facebook
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Glympse Glympses are Live for a set time.
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Glympse Can be abused.
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Glympse Intro Page
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Glympse Settings
Usefulness:
Very useful, Glympse is a fantastic location solution for Android. It permits your friends, family and co-workers know where you are should you choose to share. It can also be used for straightforward situations like like explaining to your girlfriend where you are, or for vulnerable scenarios like if your car has broken down and you need assistance.
On the flip side of that, Glympse may not be useful for those who do not care to share their real-time location.
Ease of Use:
Glympse is no problem at all to use. It’s genuinely easier than sending a text message.
Frequently Used:
There are plenty of ways this application could be utilized, so you could be easily using this on a daily basis.
Interface:
Accessible, smooth and it has a glossy, well produced finish to the screens.