This week ended with the App Store at almost 870 applications that use location as their primary feature. This was a bit of a slower week for new releases using location, however there were many applications that were previously available that released upgrades so this may account for the drop in new applications.

Still, some noteworthy new applications are new this week, with the first being Lethal. Lethal will pinpoint your location and then let you know the threat level in that area, using several different threat indexes, such as “Crime Index”, “Wildlife Index” and “Disease Index”. This is certainly the first application of its kind using the location based services in relation to safety.

Another application using location in a new twist is Coming Home Soon. This app allows a person to send an automatic text when they are approaching a destination to alert those expecting you, instead of having to remember to make a phone call or send a text. It also has the capability to send an email out, so that you can be tracked live using Skyhook’s accurate location services during your journey.

Overall, the biggest numbers seem to be in the Navigation and Travel categories this week, while Photography and Weather seem to have a bit of lull compared to the steady increase we were seeing prior to the New Year.