The publisher of the Insider’s Guide series of travel books offers an alternative to bulky printed travel guides at WhereTraveler ( wheretraveler.com/m). The site has mobile web based guides to major US cities plus London and Paris.
Guides list recommended Shops, Attractions, Tours, Transportation, Museums, Galleries, Neighborhoods, Spas, Salons, Theaters and Night Spots with descriptions, price range, address and click to call phone numbers. There’s a translation feature that will machine translate listings to 21 different languages.
There’s also an iPhone version of the site at wheretraveler.com/mobile which offers some additional features including a currency converter, tip calculator, language translator, airport delay lookup and lists of airline and car rental phone numbers. Source: Oh! Mobile Directory
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Ratings: Content Usability
Ready.mobi Score: 4 “Good”
Mobile Link: wheretraveler.com/m
HearPlanet also provides free location-contextual audio and text guides for everywhere on the planet. HearPlanet’s first app for iPhone, is only six weeks old, but already #2 for free travel apps on the iPhone App Store.