Sherpa – Discover Your World

by Antonio Wells Aug 13, 2009 6:14 AM – 13 Comments

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T-Mobile Recommends – Sherpa discovers information about your surroundings. Learning your likes and dislikes, the app automatically displays surrounding restaurants, retailers and attractions that reflect your taste. Drill-down for location details, reviews and contacts. Sherpa, your indispensable all-in-one guide.

Price: Free

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Features:

Sherpa Android App is backed by T-Mobile for a reason… it’s good and useful. Geodelic developed a nifty location-based app that brings the nearest eateries, businesses, attraction, etc. to you… and does it with style. Spin the virtual carousel of attractions, view them on Google maps (with aerial view of buildings),or view them in a list.

This fancy feature set was optimized for the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, which has a slight memory bump. Using Sherpa on a G1 can have some performance issue if memory on your phone is low.

On the AndroidGuys.com podcast, Geodelic CEO Rahul Sonnad talked about “adaptive learning” within the app exclusive to T-Mobile which “learns” your attraction/geo location patterns the more you use it. Therefore showing you attractions in your surroundings you would be most interested in.

Video: Sherpa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqUTfhCVNhs

: Sherpa Start Screen

: Sherpa Nearest Dining on Carousel

: Sherpa Nearest Dining on Map

: Sherpa Nearest Dining on List

: Sherpa Dining

: Sherpa Quick Bites

: Sherpa Cafes and Coffee Shops

: Sherpa Movies and Entertainment

: Sherpa Bars and Nightclubs

: Sherpa Banks

: Sherpa Groceries and Essentials

: Sherpa Search Channels

: Sherpa Go To Location

: Sherpa Interest Profile with Adaptive Learning

Usefulness:

Sherpa Android App is very useful in everyday practical use or for recreational needs.

Ease of Use:

The app is easy to use, it brings entities nearest your location. It gets simpler as the app adapts to you.

Frequently Used:

Could quite possibly be used often, yet frequency is user dependent.

Interface:

As mentioned, the user interface features a slick carousel Open GL enriched, and optimized for mobile use.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

AndroidTapp.com Rating! (4.2 out of 5)

Should you Download Sherpa? Yes! T-Mobile myTouch 3G owners already has Sherpa… other Android Phone owners catch up and get it now!

Tags: Android Apps, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Geodelic, Google Maps, GPS, Location Based, Sherpa, Sherpa Discover Your World, T-Mobile

Categorised in: Lifestyle

13 Comments

By Phil on August 13, 2009 at 10:49 am:

App is not up to date, there are places that have been gone for two years that still show up, and local places that have been around for over a year that do not show up. Google places does not look as good, but is more accurate

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By ErinK on October 13, 2009 at 9:27 am:

I’m wondering where Sherpa gets the catalog of businesses? I was trying it out standing across the street from a popular, 100-year-old Italian grocery and it didn’t show up on the Sherpa search. Some independent businesses did show up. Is the database based on who bought a listing?

Wish we could add our own locations.

Otherwise, it seems like a really good app.

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By Mike on November 5, 2009 at 8:51 pm:

This is not in the Android Market. I have tried searching with no luck. Even went to Androlib.com and found it there and followed the barcode with no luck. Market keeps coming back that the app can not be found.

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By Will on November 9, 2009 at 12:28 am:

Does not show in the marketplace. This problem also occurs when searching for the Layar Augmented Reality Browser

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- By Android Tapp on November 9, 2009 at 6:43 am:
  
  If on computer try scanning the QR Code on your monitor with Bar Code Scanner for direct link in the Market. Or try browsing this page from your phone and tapp the QR Code for direct link in the Market.
  
  Also, are you on a DROID?
  
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  - By Oski on November 9, 2009 at 4:20 pm:
    
    What does being on a DROID have to do with it?
    
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    - By Android Tapp on November 9, 2009 at 5:26 pm:
      
      At the time of this reply, DROID is the only retailed and released phone with Android OS version 2.0, all others phones and carriers support 1.6 and lower. Google didn’t release version 2.0 until 10/27/09 and developers have to scramble to learn what’s changed and update their apps. The sad part about this is most devs don’t know their app is not compatible until they start getting negative reviews.
      
      I would encourage emailing the deveoplers (which you can find their email addy on the page in the Market) to let them know your problem. A majority of them will take the time to work with you to prepare a fix.
      
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By tclarkeee on November 24, 2009 at 12:52 pm:

This is another app I find many reviews on, but am unable to find it in the Android Market from my Motorola Droid phone. Has it been taken off line?

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- By Android Tapp on November 24, 2009 at 1:42 pm:
  
  Mistakenly we listed it but it’s exclusive to T-Mobile. However the creators of this app will be release a Mon carrier specific version soon.
  
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  - By ErinK on November 24, 2009 at 4:43 pm:
    
    Hmm, I have it on Sprint. Might have been preinstalled, I don’t remember if I downloaded it or not. At any rate, maybe it is exclusive to some networks or phones.
    
    I really like Google Places Directory better, though, because of the dataset issue I mentioned in my previous comment. Places works best when you search versus browsing the categories.
    
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By leshoch on April 19, 2010 at 6:25 pm:

As of 4-19-10, still not recognized on Droid. Will look at Google Places Directory instead. Thanks for info feedback, all!

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- By Android Tapp on April 20, 2010 at 5:26 am:
  
  Sherpa is only for T-Mobile
  
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By Biotite on May 10, 2010 at 4:55 pm:

It’s no longer called Sherpa. it’s called Geodelic.

For those that use it, which do you recommend: Geodelic, Where, or Aloqa?

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