Top ten travel Apps
It appears the latest necessity for any globe trotter is a smart phone with phone applications fast becoming as essential as a passport.
To assist travellers with finding the best restaurants, hotels, entertainment or even act as a personal translator, Windows Phone has come up with the top ten travel apps for your next travel escape.
Top 10 travel Apps on Windows Phone
Qantas offers a free app which advises passengers of their current flight status while prompting then to check in.
Ispeedy allows people to book flights, hotels and cars in Australia and in some international destinations. It enables users to change a flight, check in and generate a boarding pass.
my Trips acts as a mobile itinerary which synchronises travel plans and indicates a list of upcoming flights, accommodation, car rental etc. It also provides flight information and once synchronized it works offline.
SkyDrive is perfect for storing files and allows you to access them from any location or device. It can also automatically upload pictures to SkyDrive.
Skyscanner can find you the best price for flights on millions of routes across 1,000 airlines.
Polyglot acts as your personal translator and has the ability to translate text between over 30 languages.
XE Currency provides live rates and charts of every currency and precious metal in the world.
Lonely Planet Top Cities 2011 lists some of the top destinations around the world, with a list of things to see and do whilst in each city.
goCatch enables people to see where taxis are on the goCatch maps, allowing both customer and taxi driver to connect using a smartphone. This service is available in all major Australian cities plus Singapore and Croatia.
World Clock ensures travellers keep track on the time wherever they may be travelling in the world.-etb
