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OpenTable iPhone App: Easiest, Most Soulless Restaurant Reservations Ever [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
... persistent crash though—every time I tried to look up my expired points, the whole app went own. Other than that though, it performed flawlessly. Sure, since you're doing this on your iPhone, you could almost as easily find a phone number and call. But who has time (or wants) to talk to actual people nowadays? This is faster, easier and yes, better, even if you can't slip the maître d' a Franklin or six to skip the line. Now if we could just get a Momofuku Ko resy app. [iTunes] ...
Hate Talking to Restaurant Workers? Download This iPhone App
Wired: Gadget Lab —
We all know iPhone owners do everything with their phones but talk, and a software company has heard them loud and clear. The free iPhone app OpenTable enables users to make restaurant reservations by tapping a few buttons -- without (gasp) having to speak to a human.
The app uses the iPhone's GPS or triangulation to find participating restaurants near you. If that doesn't work out, there's also an option to manually select a location and restaurant. After picking an eatery, you can tap an available time slot and hit the "Confirm" button, and you're all set.
I had my doubts about this app. Two times I've ordered pizza ...
Dining out with iPhone: Zagat and OpenTable hit the App Store
AppleInsider —
... is a real-time system, it instantly informs you of which restaurants have availability, which are completely booked, and which have openings only in certain time slots. You don't have to spend time calling 15 locations before you find one willing to seat your party. (And if you eat out religiously, you can eventually accumulate enough that can be redeemed for an OpenTable gift certificate good towards your bill at participating restaurants.) Upon launching the OpenTable iPhone app ( Free , App Store), you can either select a location manually or allow the software to use your ...
OpenTable comes to iPhone AppStore!
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
iPhone apps are all about making compartmentalizing mundane daily tasks into niche-applications that actually make those tasks a bit more fun. Take, for example, the prospect of making a dinner reservation at the tapas bar down the street. First, you decide where to eat. Next you look up the restaurant on Google Maps and call the phone number. Then you actually talk to the host and work out a dinner reservation for you and your party. There really isn’t anything too fun about making a dinner reservation.
Unless you’re using the new OpenTable application on your iPhone, that is. OpenTable is an online reservation service that allows users ...
The Week In iPhone Apps: Deliciousness [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
... OpenTable: OpenTable does the review thing pretty well too, but this app is less about finding restaurants than it is finding a table at said restaurants. Granted, it can feel silly making an online reservation on a telephone, but there's a certain antisocial appeal in replacing a maître d' with a piece of software. Free. ...
