One of the best features of Mo'Blast VIA is the ability to exchange messages with your contacts. You can do this in two ways. The first is through third-party Instant Messaging (like AIM, Yahoo Messaging, MSN, etc.), which you can access through VIA. I'll talk about how to use IM on VIA in a future post.
But VIA also has its own messaging system, allowing you to exchange messages with any of your linked contacts. In addition, VIA archives these messages so that you can search them by keyword later.
In the last VIA tips post, I wrote about how to set your profile in Mo'Blast VIA. Now, I'd like to talk about status-related settings: what they do, and how they work.
Status settings are bits of information that change frequently, like your location, your mood, your availability to talk to people, and so on. In VIA, you share this information with the people you are linked to. You can access, set, and change your status settings from the MyVIA page. Read more to find out how to do it.
Local Shops is all about discovering businesses and landmarks close to you. And so the first thing you’ll want to know about the app is how to do a search.
In the prior Local Shops tips post, I wrote about the first step in performing a search: setting a “radar” location to search in. Now, I’ll talk about the search itself.
We’re pleased to announce that the iPhone version Local Shops is now available in the iTunes app store. It runs on both the iPhone and iPod Touch (some features only available on iPhone).
Local Shops lets you to search for, find information about, and bookmark local businesses and landmarks of interest to you. You can search nearby using your phone’s location information, or choose a location anywhere around the world. You can also browse photos of a location or upload your own to share.
Local Shops is a free app, so we encourage you to download it, try it out, and let us know your feedback! You can find it in the iTunes app store here.
Everyone here at Mo'Blast in a celebratory mood as it gets closer to the end of the year - lots of parties and more food than is good for us!
Since we're feeling festive, we've decided to add Mo'Blast VIA to the 99 cent promotion we are having in the iTunes app store. This price (lowered from $1.99) will be good through the end of the year, so act soon! Just click on the Apple App Store link on the right to find VIA on iTunes.