For those of you already using FourSquare, you will have an idea of exactly what Gowalla is.  For those of you who would like a more in depth explanation, feel free to visit this article for a better explanation.

Back at the ranch, I have downloaded and toyed with Gowalla for approximately 45 minutes with little satisfaction.  Despite the FourSquare for BlackBerry application being glitchy and difficult to use on the best day, Gowalla takes the cake as my least favorite LBS app.  The user interface is overly cartoony, very much like UberTwitter v. 5 (for those of you who used that), and rather distracting.  Also, I found that my location was way off and the list of venues was shoddy and poorly constructed.  On a brighter note, Gowalla has been known for a sort of consumer rewards program (refer to aforementioned article for more in depth explanation).  A new feature being added to Gowalla (hopefully soon) is the ability to list several destinations in a specific order and refer to it as a trip.

All in all (and considering it is in beta) I will give Gowalla a 6 on usability and performance and a 5 on appearance. For those interested in downloading/using Gowalla, visit their website here to download to desktop and sync with your device.  Bark it up with any likes and dislikes and happy trails!

via: BlackBerry Cool