Worksnug – hands-on with augmented reality WiFi finder

We've just had a first hands-on with a brand-new augmented reality app for the iPhone 3G S that's got us quite excited. The Worksnug concept is simple but ingenious – it uses an augmented reality overlay to guide you to the nearest WiFi hotspot and/or urban workspace.

Just point your phone in any direction and a list of your nearest WiFi cafés and meeting places will pop up over your screen. But the best bit is that the Worksnug team has rated each destination in terms of ambience, charges for WiFi, signal strength, meeting facilities and even how good the coffee is.



Richard Leyland, founder of Worksnug, told us the plans for the future of the app. "We are ready to roll out in London, pending Apple approval, and plan to release soon in San Francisco, with other UK cities to follow. There will also be an Andoid app in the not-too-distant future."

Users can also use a one-button push to submit their own reviews to Twitter, or email them directly to Worksnug. Richard adds: "The idea is to open out Worksnug as a community-based app – users can already upload their own reviews, and our website will launch fully next year. Users will be able to submit new places and user reviews of existing ones."

The app is free and completely independent, so you won't have to tolerate loads of Starbucks or Maccy D's logos popping up over your augmented experience and if, like us, you spend even a fraction of your time working on the go, we think that you'll find this app an absolute gem.