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Free apps roundup for April 30th, 2010

This week was a bit quiet. But it is also the week of the iPad 3G, so perhaps next week we’ll see some more location-enhanced iPad apps make their way to the App Store. Even still, there’s a new app from the guy who made Tweetie, and we see some other great stuff too. Check it out.

Urban Spoon app adds Augmented Reality to help you scope out a place to eat

We first told you last year all about the UrbanSpoon iPhone app, which allows you to find a restaurant by shaking your phone. Now, the developers have upgraded the app to help you find a way to chow down by adding a new Scope feature. This feature is an augmented reality app, and is exclusive to the iPhone 3GS. All you have to do is aim your iPhone at the street to see what is out there to eat.

Find a restaurant with a shake

Urban Spoon, a popular restaurant review website, announced they are developing a restaurant finder app for the iPhone. UrbanSpoon.com contains a database of thousands of restaurant reviews in 41 cities throughout the US and some in Canada. Plug your criteria into the phone (such as distance from where you are, price range, etc.) and give more »