Gowalla, wherefour(square) art thou?

Lots of buzz lately about Gowalla vs foursquare so I signed up and downloaded the apps. But wait, I have a BB Storm and Gowalla’s BB app (beta) doesn’t work on the Storm. Seriously? How is that possible?

So far, my emails to customer service and shout outs on Twitter have gone unanswered – that’s disappointing. I’m particularly interested in the trips feature after seeing the one  Sheila Scarborough created for Round Rock, TX. On the website it looks promising as a new dimension to tourism, guess I’ll have to wait a while longer to test drive it.

I was more successful with foursquare – sort of. Foursquare is just emerging out here in Montana. There aren’t many places to check-in yet, which is fine since the positioning signals aren’t quite accurate. For example, I was at Carroll College and the places that showed up for check-in were more than a mile away. I did a search and the college came up but foursquare told me I was “too far away to check in”. Really?
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