2:36 AM - Four essential mobile apps bring us a happy summer vacation
Summer vacation can give us the enjoyment of the mind, make your
own thinking, feeling developed to excited, happy in the extreme.
Everyone feels a lot of pressure in daily busy life, it is
necessary in a number of holidays to relax, enjoy the sun, sand,
sea, blue sky, white clouds. With these essential apps, you can
avoid road rage, bedbug-infested cabin fever, and other travel
maladies while maximizing your relaxation time.
Travel can be torture, but if you arm yourself with these
mobile apps and websites for getting the most out of your vacation,
you can steer clear of the tourist traps, stay one step ahead of
the crowds, and make your flight with time to spare.
Gogobot
Web: www.gogobot.com
Apps: None
Gogobot takes travel recommendations to the next level by
integrating with Facebook, FourSquare, and Twitter. The service,
which is still in beta, differs from your run-of-the-mill travel
site in reaching out to your social network of friends for their
recommendations and travel tips. After signing up for a free
account you can connect with any mutual Facebook or FourSquare
friends who have also signed up for Gogobot. Looking for a place to
stay in Boston? Gogobot will single out recommendations that your
friends have made in Boston along with all the other Gogobot users.
Because Gogobot is integrated with Facebook, FourSquare, and
Twitter, you can address a question to a social network. Gogobot
will take a question such as "Know a great place to eat in Boston's
North End?" and automatically post it to Facebook, culling the
results and getting back to you within the Gogobot service.
Poynt
Web: None
Apps: iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, Nokia, BlackBerry
Smartphone, Tablet and Enterprise Server (free)
An easy-to-use, GPS-enabled app, Poynt allows you to find
businesses, people, movies, restaurants, and gas stations close to
your current location. When you enter the name of a business, its
address and phone number pop up, along with a map and an
opportunity to have the map and the information sent to your phone.
Poynt's movie feature includes trailers, reviews, theater
locations, and film start times, as well as a top-ten film listing.
Poynt comes in numerous app flavors, including a version for the
otherwise app-starved BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
Yelp
Web: www.yelp.com Mobile: http://m.yelp.com
Apps: iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, Palm Pre
(free)
It's technically not a travel site, but Yelp offers huge
archives of user-generated reviews covering everything from
five-star restaurants to corner food carts. The data is an
invaluable for travelers who want to avoid substandard hotel rooms,
bad food, uncomfortable airline terminals, and the like, as well as
to find local treasures that might not make it into any tourist
guide. During a trip to Chicago that I took recently, Yelp yielded
numerous tips that the best burger in town was sizzling a block
from my Loop hotel. And so it was. As with TripAdvisor, though most
of the advice is genuine, Yelp does get some planted commendations
and complaints from people who have ulterior motives.
FlightBoard
Web: none
Apps: iOS, Android
Simplicity is the key to FlightBoard from Mobiata: The app
has the look and feel of one of those low-tech airport monitors
that track arriving and departing flights. But when you click on
your flight, a handsome window opens showing such flight
particulars as delays and gate information. According to Mobiata,
the app offers data for 1400 airlines at 4000 airports worldwide.
The service refreshes its data every 5 minutes, and you can share
flight information in a few steps via Facebook, Twitter, text
message, or e-mail.
Just to be yourself, enjoy more from leisure time.
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