The “Where” Palm Pre app is a GPS enabled location-aware application that helps you find businesses close by. It’s a wildly popular app available on most major smartphones and it’s the first application on the Palm Pre that really brings a good places directory with it along with integration with Yelp (excellent for viewing user reviews of establishments). The home screen of the app presents you with a set of categories including Movies, Starbucks, Traffic, News, etc. Digging deeper takes you into more detailed information about each category that is relevant to your current location. 

The information is often very detailed. The movies section, for example, will automatically pull up theater locations close to you, showtimes, movie reviews, and trailers right within the app. This is one of the best and most widely used location-aware places directory in the mobile market today, and it’s great to see it on the Palm Pre. I have no doubt you’ll be able to pick from a plethora of such apps soon, but this is a great start.