Aloqa’s tagline is “Always Be A Local”. After downloading the app for my iPhone, that makes plenty of sense. I recently learned about Aloqa from this blog post by Robert Scoble highlighting startups to watch in 2010. The service intrigued me so I decided to check it out. My first thought is like this is a mobile yellow pages that brings any and everything to my phone without having to search through Google Maps or my Mobile browser. This is especially valuable on a road trip looking for gas stations, ATM’s, liquor stores or anything else unique. I continued to test this app out and noticed that it showed almost 15 different concerts within a 25 mile radius of where I was. All of these concerts were set to occur within the next three days. I can definitely see how valuable this could be if I just landed in a new city and wanted to see what is going on in the local area. The home screen of the app lists different type of places (Pizza, Fast Food, Shopping, Housing, etc) that you may want to search.

In addition, there is a “channel store” where you can access and add other venues/categories such as Gas Stations, Beauty & Spas, Local News and others.

Overall, I can see great value in this application and I look forward to working with it and seeing how the app learns my preferences and molds to my taste. I am also interested to see how it connects with my friends on Facebook and uses the built in notifier. Stay tuned for updated posts from me with regard to this app. Do you have any stories about Aloqa?