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Drink Knowledgeably with Dezzie’s Guide to Pinting in Dublin
Price: $1.99 Score: 9/10 By A. Papachristos When in a foreign country, visitors want to not only see as many sites as possible, but also really take in the culture and experience the lifestyle as well. However, to truly embed yourself in another society can take much research and effort, that is, unless [...]
Continue reading...Travel Photo Guides: Explore With a Pro Photographer
10. August 2010
Price: FREE Score: 10/10 By M. Schusterman The problem I tend to have with most travel guides is they attempt to cover “everything,” and in the end only scratch the surface. The key to a travel app you’ll really get good use out of is to find one specific to your needs, both in location [...]
Continue reading...Stay Safe, Be Prepared on Vacation with Global Help
6. August 2010
Price: $1.99* Score: 10/10 By A. Papachristos When traveling to a foreign country, there is one key word we must always keep in mind: foreign. The name blatantly implies that you are visiting an unfamiliar place, meaning you need to be even more prepared for any and all circumstances than when at home. Yet it [...]
Continue reading...Sail Away Sooner with Cruise Finder
4. August 2010
Price: Free Score: 10/10 By A. Papachristos There are only two horrible things that come along with a vacation: planning the trip’s specifics and heading back home. But, while reality must always crash the party and ruin your fun, plotting the course no longer has to be an unbearable task. With Cruise Finder by iCruise.com/WMPH [...]
Continue reading...Condé Nast Offers Traveller City Guide Apps
15. July 2010
Price: $9.99 Score: 6/10 By M. Schusterman Travel guide apps are one of the most exciting developments in the world of iPhone apps. Condé Nast Traveller City Guides, a series of apps designed by Condé Nast, utilize a range of capabilities from GPS to augmented reality. The first few minutes of browsing the [...]
Continue reading...GetPacked Helps with Basic Packing Preparation
17. June 2010
Price: $1.99 Score: 6/10 By A. Papachristos Packing can be quite a hassle. When you go away somewhere, you cannot suddenly remember you forgot something and hop back over to your house to grab it quick. Instead, you must think far enough in advance, accounting for every possible scenario so you can proceed prepared with [...]
Continue reading...Trippo VoiceMagix: Voice and Text Language Translation
31. May 2010
Price: $9.99 Score: 9/10 By M. Schusterman Voice language translation – it’s one of those things that sounds like such a great idea for an app, but realistically you can’t help but think it would never be accurate enough to be more than just a novelty. While even the most advanced translation programs (voice or [...]
Continue reading...LangLearner Lessons Lessens the Language Barrier
30. May 2010
Price: $4.99 Score: 9/10 By Anna Papachristos Perhaps you are traveling for business, or just for fun on vacation. Maybe you have a friend or relative from a foreign country and wish you two could converse more clearly. Or maybe you simply want to refresh your knowledge of that certain language you learned in school, [...]
Continue reading...SwamiCity Supplies Many Services in Single App
13. May 2010
Price: Free Score: 10/10 By Anna Papachristos Traveling is simultaneously fun and stressful, but once you reach you destination, the fun is supposed to kick into high gear, making the struggles of your trek a distant memory. So what happens when you arrive and still have no idea what landmarks to visit or where to [...]
Continue reading...Foodictionary: Tongue and Lengua at the Tip of Your Finger
24. April 2010
Price: $4.99 Score 8/10 By Jose Ralat Maldonado I thought I wouldn’t need to brush up on my food Spanish before honeymooning in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and a carnivore’s rumpus room. I was wrong. I was so, so wrong. (And I’m a native speaker!) Had either the iPhone or iPad Touch been [...]
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15. August 2010
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