Solution: iNap is a new iPhone application that uses GPS to wake you up when you get close to home
American Capitalism is hard work. Large 500ml bottles of Heineken are fairly cheap. Trains and buses can be strangely soothing in a hypnotic type of way.
Take these three facts together and you'll understand why commuters on public transportation more often than not enjoy a quick nap on their way home from work. The problem arises when that nap becomes a deep sleep - at which point a weary traveler faces a real risk of missing his or her stop.
iNap is one of those brilliantly simple ideas that you'd wish YOU'D had while mowing the lawn or washing the dishes. It's an application for the iPhone that taps-in to the location-based/GPS capabilities of the device. Simply tell iNAP where your destination is (e.g. Princeton Train Station, New Jersey) and tell it how close to your destination you want to be woken up (e.g. 1 mile) and it sounds an alarm at the appropriate point in your journey.
This is one of the most useful location-based applications I've seen for a while and it now means that I can sit and dribble on the train to my heart's content knowing that iNap will blast the sound of a fire alarm in my ear when i get close to home.
Check out my video review above for a more detailed walk-through.
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