mobile by Citysearch for Pre: Don't Leave Home Without It

Frequent travelers and weekend road-trippers alike will love mobile by Citysearch for the Palm Pre. The free app employ's the Pre's built-in GPS to detect your location—unless you'd rather set it yourself—and then serve up location-aware search results for restaurants, bars, shopping centers, hotels, spas and much more.

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In each search category, you can choose from Recommended and Nearby listings. And if you click on an item of interest, the app displays a variety of new options, including contact info, addresses, hours of operation and a message from the establishment's owner, where available. By tapping the sides of the screen, you scroll through other listings. And you can also read reviews from additional users, leave your own evaluations, show locations in Google Maps and share listings via e-mail, text or Twitter.

Many entries include a photo, as well, so you can get a look at the property. And bookmarks enable you to save listings that catch your eye for future use.

To find mobile by Citysearch, search the Palm Pre App Catalog for "Citysearch."

Flixster for Pre: Your Movie Theatre Companion

Flixster is a Pre-owning, movie buff's best friend. The free application provides everything you need to find nearby theatres, movie information, listings and reviews. And you can even buy tickets via MovieTickets.com directly from the app.

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Flixster delivers location-aware search results for movie show times, along with descriptions of popular box office films and theatre information, with maps, so you can find your way to the movies wherever you may roam. A Browse DVDs section lets you query a database of more than 50,000 films on DVD, according to Flixster. The Upcoming Movies section lets you know what's in store for the coming weeks and months. And reviews from both Flixster.com and RottenTomatoes.com are available without ever leaving the app.

Flixster search lets you look for films by title, director or lead actors. And the app's navigation it intuitive; a nav bar gives quick access to current Box Office Movies, Nearby Theatres, Upcoming Movies, DVDs and Search from any screen within Flixster for Pre.

You can also watch a number of trailers, though the ones I checked out were poor quality.

To find Flixster, search the Palm Pre App Catalog for "movies."