As paper guidebooks go the way of the fax, the big guys—Lonely Planet, Fodor's, and Frommer's—are racing to design and refine phone and tablet apps. (Lonely Planet already has slick iPhone apps for 74 individual cities.) But we're equally impressed with the new startup players in the digital-travel-guide game. Our favorites: MyCityWay launched its innovative New York City mobile-phone app in 2009, telling customers where to find free Wi-Fi, museum shows, and bathrooms, plus tips on essentials like takeout food. Now it sells iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry apps for about 50 cities worldwide, with more on the way. mycityway.com. Launched in 2009, Sutro Media sells nearly 200 iPhone and iPad apps written by former guidebook writers and less conventional experts like tour-bus drivers. Guides are specific (Maui's Best Beaches and Mountain Bike Boston, for example), include embedded videos, and allow users to contact authors. sutromedia.com. Travelfish.org, a site for travelers to Southeast Asia, offers a new series of iPhone apps for little-known destinations like Luang Prabang, Laos, and Penang, Malaysia, that feature local experts.
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You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket (4 of 24)
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You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket
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- 23 Reasons to Get Out There
- You Can Explore a New Frontier
- You Can Admit You Went on a Cruise
- You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket
- There’s No Better Way to Prove Yourself
- Searching Get Smarter
- Your Translator Is Your First-Aid Kit
- Because of Norway
- Mexico Is Safer than You Think
- Machu Picchu Re-ups
- The Go-and-Give
- Getting Ready Is Half the Fun
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- You Can Cut Out the Middleman…
- …Or You Can Guide Yourself
- Smarter Waste Management
- Gourmet Is the New Gruel
- Cities Get Slicker Tires
- Gnarly Trips Are for Kids
- There’s Always a New Place to Go Long
- Mountain Biking Gets with the Flow
- Via Ferrata Jumped the Pond
- You Can Stretch Your Legs
- Antarctica Rewilds
- You Can Be a Big Shot
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You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011
You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket
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You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket (4 of 24)
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You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket
(Part 4 of 24)
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- 23 Reasons to Get Out There
- You Can Explore a New Frontier
- You Can Admit You Went on a Cruise
- You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket
- There’s No Better Way to Prove Yourself
- Searching Get Smarter
- Your Translator Is Your First-Aid Kit
- Because of Norway
- Mexico Is Safer than You Think
- Machu Picchu Re-ups
- The Go-and-Give
- Getting Ready Is Half the Fun
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- You Can Cut Out the Middleman…
- …Or You Can Guide Yourself
- Smarter Waste Management
- Gourmet Is the New Gruel
- Cities Get Slicker Tires
- Gnarly Trips Are for Kids
- There’s Always a New Place to Go Long
- Mountain Biking Gets with the Flow
- Via Ferrata Jumped the Pond
- You Can Stretch Your Legs
- Antarctica Rewilds
- You Can Be a Big Shot
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You Can Fit 100 Guidebooks in Your Pocket
(Part 4 of 24)
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