Lastminute Labs Launch NRU

The team over at Lastminute Labs – the hive of mobile innovation inside online travel and bookings site Lastminute.com – have been in touch to announce they have release NRU, the application for Android handsets (so just the G1 right now) we previewed in December.

In their own words:

nru shows you things to do near you, either a compass-like circle of things around you if you hold the phone flat, or a straight-ahead view of things in each direction if you hold the phone up.  Right now we have all our fonefood restaurants and deals in there, as well as a host of useful content from Qype, everything from cafes and cinemas to bars and bowling alleys.

It’s available in the Android marketplace now, so go and try it out or if you need to jog your memory, check out their original preview video:

Preview: Lastminute Labs ‘Nru’ Andoid App

News just in from the clever-types at Lastminute Labs (the team behind FoneFood, which we rather like) – they’ve also been trying out development on the Android platform and have released this video preview of their forthcoming application ‘Nru’ (pronounced ‘near you’).

Building on the search feature of FoneFood this application takes advantage of the magnetometer (compass to you and me) and GPS built into the G1 to locate entertainment venues, restaurants, landmarks and other stuff on a radar-like interface.  At last!  A way to find the nearest Pizza Express wherever you are without relying on Ewan’s legendary instinct.

We’re going to try it out as soon as we can.

Check it out: