Smartphone Apps for Traveling

Skylimo, the private aviation company located in Fort Lauderdale, FL, shares with you the latest in phone apps for traveling. Navita Translator is an app available on BlackBerry and translates more than 50 languages including Spanish, Russian, Italian and Portuguese. It’s a free app that can translate spoken words and text. So if you’re traveling somewhere and need to ask for the restroom, your Navita Translator app will come to the rescue. MetrO is another great app for traveling folks. This one helps people navigate more the 400 cities. It’s free and available on most phones like iPhone, BlackBerry and Palm. Plus, once you’ve downloaded a city, you don’t need a connection. On the MetrO app, you’ll find routes searchable by railway, subway, bus and Tram. Tripit is an app that turns your travel plans into a well organized itinerary. You can add your airline and hotel confirmation to it as well. The app, Sky Limo found out, has maps, directions, and can include dinner reservation as well. Worldmate is similar. It builds an itinerary on your iPhone or Blackberry. It has a tip calculator, a currency converter with exchange rate updates, you can even book a limo ride from it if you choose to.