Posts Tagged ‘travel

Writer Peter Ha (time.com) includes both the MacBook and iPod touch among Time Magazine’s Best Travel Gadgets of 2009. Ha lauds new MacBook features like the stylish, durable unibody enclosure, efficient LED-backlit screen, built-in 7-hour battery, and consumer friendly glass trackpad. And reviewing the 32GB iPod touch, he concludes that its larger memory capacity, speedier processor, longer battery life, and useful Voice Control feature make it “perfect for long-haul flights or everyday commutes.”

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Wireless , iPhone The iPhone seems like it should be the perfect companion for the international traveler.

The sales executives at software startup ArtusLabs spend a lot of time traveling. And wherever they go, everyone of them carries an iPhone.

City Slicker has four travel apps on the App Store, each offering step-by-step tours of popular tourist destinations. But to promote it’s very first app — Charleston City Slicker — the developer did something truly different. As Jim Dalrymple (loopinsight.com) explains, City Slicker just opened a brick-and-mortar location to promote the app to Charleston visitors.

Filed under: Software , Cool tools , iPhone , App Store When it comes to adventure and travel, who could possibly know more than National Geographic Adventure magazine? The magazine’s website has regular features about techie toys and tools, so it was no surprise that blogger Steve Casimiro would write a post featuring his choices for the top twenty travel apps for iPhone . Some of his choices, such as HearPlanet , FlightTrack Pro , the Lonely Planet Phrasebooks, and World Customs clicks open iTunes aren’t surprising, while others ( Packing , Room ) are interesting apps I wouldn’t have even thought to try. Of course, all of us have our own favorite travel apps. I couldn’t imagine going on a trip anywhere in the world without Geocaching , and I like the free TripIt app better than the one that comes with FlightTrack Pro.


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