Apr 15th, 2013 at 8:00AM: One of the best things about the rise of the smartphone over the past few years is the incredible number of creative ways that companies have come up with to utilize them. We've seen thousands of innovative and interesting apps, and more recently some cool secondary gadgets that extend their functionality by interfacing directly with the phone. Take for example the hipKey from a company called ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Gadling Gear Review: hipKey Proximity And Motion Sensor
Apr 15th, 2013 at 8:00AM: One of the best things about the rise of the smartphone over the past few years is the incredible number of creative ways that companies have come up with to utilize them. We've seen thousands of innovative and interesting apps, and more recently some cool secondary gadgets that extend their functionality by interfacing directly with the phone. Take for example the hipKey from a company called ...Use Your Smartphone Abroad As You Do At Home And Have No Surprises Later
Mar 26th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
While traveling to several destinations in Europe in the last few weeks, I bumped up my calling plan for a period of time. Adding global messaging and an international data plan helped with reducing possible overage charges but it didn't solve all of my problems. Often, I would find connectivity issues using my smartphone abroad as I do at home. I began my quest for a solution.
The first ...Google Translate Adds Phrasebook To Save Your Most Common Phrases
Mar 20th, 2013 at 8:00AM: Google continues to be one of the most innovative companies in the world, developing everything from wearable technology to self-driving cars. And while they're incredibly busy inventing the future, the Internet search giant also continue to upgrade some of their existing products and services, bringing useful new features to the tools we already use.
Take, for example, Google Translate, the ...Traveling With Food Allergies Easier With Smartphone Add-On
Dec 16th, 2012 at 12:00PM: Traveling with food allergies requires an extra measure of caution for those affected. In the past, that caution may have kept them from sampling local fare, a big part of any travel experience. Now, a new smartphone add-on will allow allergy-suffering travelers to test their meal at restaurants, food trucks, sidewalk cafes or any other dining venue around the world.
I have a friend in the UK ...Smartphone Room Key Just The Begining
Oct 30th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Smartphone technology has become an integral part of travel, bringing GEO tagging applications, instant photo uploading to share with the world, and more. Now, smartphones are set to allow hotel guests to bypass check-in and unlock their guest room door simply by touching the handle.
"We're able to have the hotel guest download our app, put their username and password in, and then it links ...Turn Your Phone Into A Subway Card
Oct 5th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
If you've ever visited one of the more technologically advanced Asian metropolises like Tokyo or Hong Kong, you're probably already familiar with the easy-to-use technology called RFID. It works like this - instead of paying cash for a bus or subway fare, you hold up a simple plastic card (or a chip embedded in your cellphone) to the ticket gate, and voila! You've paid and gotten on your way ...
5 Reasons Why A Digital Camera Is Better Than A Smartphone For Travel Photos
Aug 17th, 2012 at 8:00AM: There is an old adage in photography that says the best camera is the one that you have with you at any given time. This holds especially true in the age of smartphones, which have evolved into solid shooters over the past few years. Owning a smartphone is a lot like having a decent point and shoot camera on you at all times, which has, for good or ill, allowed us to share many more personal ...Police Urge Hikers To Learn Orienteering Instead Of Relying On Smartphones
Aug 16th, 2012 at 12:00PM: Police in northern Scotland have issued a call for hikers to learn orienteering rather than relying on their smartphones for navigation, the BBC reports.
Grampian Police have had to lead four separate groups to safety in the past week. The latest rescue included the use of mountain rescue teams and a Royal Navy helicopter to retrieve 14 hikers. The hikers were in the Cairngorms, a rugged ...Travel Tech: Uses For Your Smartphone While Traveling
May 31st, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Travel without our iPhone, Android or Blackberry? Surely, you jest. That baby is practically glued to our thumbs as we photograph, text and tweet our way through our travels. Our phone has even saved our lives on more than one occasion – TaxiMagic and Google Maps, thank you.
Which explains why we can't get enough of this new infographic from ebookers. Are you using your phone when you ...Travel Smarter 2012: Use your mobile apps better
Mar 14th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
It should come as no surprise that owning a smartphone in 2012 is a traveler's perfect tool to better explore, organize and record their travels. And by now, there are literally thousands of app roundups out there to help lead you to the good ones. But this isn't another one of those roundups. Instead, today Gadling is taking a closer look at how to use your existing apps - the ones you ...Gadling gear review: Satechi SoundFly View Bluetooth FM transmitter
Feb 13th, 2012 at 8:00AM: One of the great features of owning a smartphone is that it allows us to carry our entire library of music, not to mention stream live audio or video, anywhere we go. That feature is great for when you get stuck in line at the DMV or are stranded in the waiting room at your doctor's office, so it seems only natural that smartphone users would want to listen to that music or streaming audio in ...Oh Ranger! ParkFinder guides you to public parkland
Jan 9th, 2012 at 2:00PM: I often forget the amazing wealth of national parks, hiking trails and historic sites within easy access of my home. For instance, did you know there's 260 sites within 100 miles of Brooklyn, NY? In fact, iPhone users can now find out for themselves just how many great outdoor sites are near their hometown using a great smartphone app called Oh Ranger! ParkFinder.
The American Park Network, a ...SkyMall Monday: Cell Phone Handset Battle
Dec 19th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
If you've used an iPhone, you know that holding it up to your ear for a long period of time can be uncomfortable. If you need to be on a lengthy call, cradling the iPhone in your hand can get tiresome. Speakerphone is not always a viable option and headphones can be unsafe for your ears. Thankfully, SkyMall offers two options for adding a handset to your iPhone. This week, SkyMall Monday ...Does Online Sharing Diminish Real Life Experiences?
Dec 9th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
When we travel, we love to share our experiences. Whether via blog posts, tweets, Facebook status updates or photo sharing apps, broadcasting experiences - particularly those involving travel and food - has become as much a part of life as, well, life itself. But is that a good thing? Does constantly live-sharing experiences diminish the experiences themselves? Watching this video for the ...
The ever-evolving language of travel
Oct 16th, 2011 at 12:00PM: While it is clear that travel itself has evolved in many ways in the past decade or so, it appears that travel language has, too. It is something that seems to happen overnight, without anyone really noticing that new vocabulary words are being invented but using them anyway. Check out this list of some relatively new lingo that has stuck in the language of travel.
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While at one ...Download Wikitravel to your smartphone for free
Oct 11th, 2011 at 2:00PM: One of the biggest difficulties for the modern traveler in a foreign country is in acquiring smartphone data. Domestic telecom companies, still stuck in the stone age of pricing models charge a ridiculous amount for international data, and horror stories about $85,000 phone bills have flooded the internet.
Without a data plan to download Google Maps or reference the cloud for research, dynamic ...Smartphone app reveals new mysteries in Stonehenge landscape
Oct 7th, 2011 at 3:30PM:
Recent excavations around Stonehenge have shown that the famous monument didn't stand alone in the landscape; it was part of a network of monuments that developed over time.
One of the most enigmatic is Bluestonehenge, a mile away from Stonehenge and only excavated a few years ago. It was a stone circle much like Stonehenge, although now all that remains are the holes where the stones were ...Pocket WiFi device offers cheap service in Europe
Jun 24th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Using your US-based smart phone in Europe can make for some expensive phone calls. US service providers have international plans that can help but the average roaming charge across Europe costs US travelers $19 per MB. Connectivity is another issue as travelers struggle to get and stay online with phones, laptops, tablets and other wireless devices. Tep is a convenient and affordable service is ...Will the iPad kill business travel?
Apr 28th, 2011 at 3:30PM: The business travel market comeback has been going on for quite some time, but it looks like the corporate folks may be losing interest in getting on planes. I can relate to that: back when I lived the road warrior life, there was a certain amount of dread that came to be associated with the alarm clock, the town car and the boarding process. So, it's hardly surprising that online events are ...Orbitz listens to business travelers, goes mobile
Apr 12th, 2011 at 5:00PM: When you're out on the road for your company, wouldn't you rather use a mobile device to book your trips and get information? Well, the travel industry is catching on.
Orbitz for Business, the division of Orbitz that caters to laptop-toting folks, just announced that it has launced an "end-to-end mobile solution" that the business travel community can use to book their flights, hotels and such ...
