Near is really emphasizing the fact that I live the life of a medieval villager. I live close to my work and the city centre and everything is in walking distance, so I don't cover much ground during the work week. My km count is so, so, so sad.
I've found it pretty cryptic as to how presents have been handled in the games I have. I think it would be good if there were a more consistent way to see this on a game to game basis (currently the only way I can check is by looking at my game list on the radar map to see what games have presents next to them). I would like it if there were some kind of near area on the game start screen - where the manual and webpage links are - so I could easily see what I have made available on near for each game. Also sometimes when I go to make a gift and get the "you updated within the last hour" message, it would be helpful to get an indication of whether the gift is going into a queue for the next location update or not. I am pretty sure they are, but it took me a bit to figure that out.
I have like, 2 friends though and they are both ps3 and nearless so anyone short on friends feel free to add me. userid volpanic. I've got hot shots golf, katamari, and lumines so far.