This past weekend, I randomly bumped into Nate Westheimer, VP Product at AnyClip and NY Tech Meetup Organizer, at Destination Bar. (Great place, BTW) Nate mentioned that one of the things he liked best about UpNext was that it worked offline and that we should really be promoting that feature more. Great idea, Nate.
Yes, UpNext does work OFFLINE!
You can move around, zoom in and out, tilt and more without needing an internet connect. Subways lines are also available offline (top right corner).
For any information relating to a business or venue, you need to be connected so that our database is accessible.
So why does this matter? Picture this: you are riding the subway and suddenly you realize you don’t know where you are going. You take out your iPhone and then you feel of twinge of fear as you see ZERO Bars. You are cut off from the world. Don’t panic, open UpNext and use our map to figure it out where you are going.
Also, iPod touch users, even when you don’t have wifi connection, UpNext is still there for you.
While I won’t go as far as to call this a life saving feature, it certainly falls under the category of life enhancing.
