As a follow-up on the popularity of our last post, on the top 10 ski applications for Iphone, we also assembled the top 10 iPhone applications that you could use on a ski trip. Ski Rebel Magazine has reviewed them for you and we crack the mystery by assembling this quick list of killer travel apps for you as compiled by iTunes. Consider this as your personal virtual travel kit. Best of all they are all free. Best of all they are all available on iTunes. Tell us what your favourite application is and we’ll make sure to review it and include it in our next review.
1. Google Earth – Hold the world in the palm of your hand. With Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch, you can fly to far corners of the earth with a swipe of your finger. Imagine yourself comparing slopes from Whistler, to Vail to Val d’Isère in split seconds! this is truly an amazing tool!
2. Urban Spoon – A must for every skier on a budget. Can’t decide where to eat? Urbanspoon can help. Shake your iPhone and the Urbanspoon slot machine will pick a good restaurant at a cheap price! Hunger is stricking…
3. Yep – I see your stomach smiling now… Looking for a burrito joint open now? An Irish pub nearby? A gas station you can drive to before your tank hits empty…
4. Trapster – Trapster(R) – Okay so like check this out… you set your alarm clock for 4:30 am to head off for first tracks. Your buddy’s been waiting on the corner for two hours and already downed his third Tim Hortons coffee. He can’t call you because he doesn’t have a dime…only credit… You speed and get busted by the cops…shitty way to start the day – this app turns your iPhone into a full alert system as you approach police speed traps, red light cameras, and speed cameras.
5. Cheap Gas - Okay need we say more! Find the cheapest gasoline nearest to where you are! Then, map a route to where the cheap gas is.
6. Wi-Fi Finder – Like Wifi should be everywhere now – no questions about it. Just in case…here’s your pass to the largest directory available of paid and free Wi-Fi Internet access – over 200,000 locations in 135 countries world wide.
7. Currency – This is the one everyone has seen in all the commercials – look no further when you need to figure how much things cost in another currency
8. Language Translator – This could be very useful if you are skiing in Russia, China or anywhere you can’t understand the language – your backyard for example! Translates words, phrases, sentences and whole paragraphs of text between different languages using Googles language .
9. Kayak – Don’t like the snow – then Kayak for the iPhone connects to kayak.com, the best travel search engine in the world. Use Kayak for changing your flights, checking trends and much more…
10. Travelocity Travel Tools – All of your flight, hotel, car rental and travel info while you’re on the go: View all of your itineraries pre-travel plans.
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