HearPlanet is a new iPhone application that is launching this week at Macworld in San Francisco. HearPlanet turns your iPhone into a “talking tour guide”, providing spoken descriptions of things around you. During the week of Macworld, HearPlanet is available for free in the App Store.
Rather than a booth or a more traditional party venue, HearPlanet will be operating a glass-topped double-decker bus every day of Macworld (Tuesday January 6th thru Friday January 9th). During the day from noon until 5pm the HearPlanet bus will be circling Moscone Convention Center picking up conference attendees, giving HearPlanet demos, and conducting complimentary bus tours of nearby San Francisco landmarks.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night the bus will switch into party mode around 5pm, and with live DJ’s spinning on the upper deck. This bus party is open to all Macworld attendees.
As a service to the Macworld community, the HearPlanet bus will be offering shuttle service between many evening events. In particular, there is a pre-scheduled pickup at 9pm and 9:30pm to take people from the Macworld Finale Bash to the iPhone Intelligence Party on Tuesday night. And on Wednesday, HearPlanet will be shuttling to the FCPUG Supermeet from in front of Moscone, starting at 5:15pm.
To get realtime updates on where the HearPlanet bus will be next stopping to pick up / drop off, you can follow “HearPlanet” on Twitter.
HearPlanet has also created an audio “tour guide” to many Macworld events. This guide is accessible by searching for “Macworld” within the HearPlanet application.
The HearPlanet homepage: http://www.hearplanet.com
The HearPlanet Twitter page: http://twitter.com/hearplanet
