15Aug/093
Top iPod Touch Travel Apps
One of the best decisions of our trip was to purchase an Apple's iPod Touch to bring along. This little and mobile device has allowed us to stay in touch with our friends and family via email or Skype, find out information about our next destination or entertain us on those long flight or train rides.
We decided to put together a list of some of our favourite iPod Touch (or iPhone) Travel Apps to share with the travel community.
- Transit Maps: this app is a navigator that lets you download, save and view large-size maps in PDF and image formats. It is great for all those subway and city maps that you can carry on the palm of your hand.
Price: FREE - Currency: this app provides up-to-date exchange rate information for over 90 currencies and 100 countries. You will need internet connection to update the currency but once downloaded the latest currencies you are good to go.
Price: FREE - Nimbuzz: this app is an alternative to Skype (Skype app is not available from the Canadian iTunes App Store). Nimbuzz allows you to connect to some of the most popular instant messaging applications like Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Facebook and more. This app is great to keep connected to family and friends.
Price: FREE - World Nomads Language Guide (Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish, German, Greek, Mandarin, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Hindi, Swedish, Dutch, Turkish, Malay, Nepali, Australian, Indonesian, Lao and Cambodia): these apps teach you the basic phrases that you should know when traveling to any country.
Price: FREE - WordPress: if you are a travel blogger like us, you will love this app. WordPress allows you to create and edit content on your WordPress blog(s) with support of offline use. That means that you can write your blog during your train ride and uploaded to your blog as soon as you find Wi-Fi connection.
Price: FREE - WifiTrak: this app is one of our favourites and the only one we have ever paid for. WifiTrak helps you find FREE and open Wi-Fi hotspots. It has lots of great configurations that allows to you automatically connect when it finds on open hotspot. It is much better than the built-in Apple Wi-Fi core program.
Price: $0.99 - Flashlight: this might look like a pointless app but it has come very handy when you arrive late at a hostel and can't find your flashlight. This app will fill with bright white light to illuminate your way around.
Price: FREE
If you would like to share some of your favourite iPod/iPhone Travel apps, please add them to the comment section.