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How to Travel with iPhone

Many modern travellers don’t buy travel guides anymore. They travel with their iPhones.

How do you travel with an iPhone?

For the budget traveller.

1. Download a few travel apps from iTunes. It’s hard to find the best ones when there are dozens of apps, so check out our Azitravel Travel Guide Reviews.

2. Download an app with offline maps, so you can still use the turn-by-turn GPS function without having to pay roaming and save hours of time by not getting lost.

3. Sort out your internet service. Read this article.

3 Comments »

  • Truphone Local Anywhere vs. Int’l Roaming | Azitravel said:

    [...] How to Travel with iPhone [...]

    # 9 February 2010 at 6:20 pm
  • Anne said:

    I am planning a trip to Germany from the US. Is it worth paying a little extra to get some over seas data usage or should I just turn the data option off and use wi-fi only???

    # 7 June 2010 at 3:49 pm
  • admin (author) said:

    Hi Anne,

    It really depends on how long you’re there for, what you’re doing there, and how much you want internet.

    Here are your options!

    1. Tough it out. Look for free wifi. Download pre-loaded offline map apps on iphone. (when on budget holiday) – bare minimum, internet at random

    2. Get a local sim card. Unlock iphone. (this can be very tricky sometimes. for example when i was in the USA i couldn’t find any payas you go sims that had data.) – risky, only useful for smartphones, need a new number

    3. Roam. I do this occassionally when you need to make that call to find your friend and coordinate. (when need to do stock trades and emails) – can be expensive, and limiting, but a life saver

    4. Finally, I recently started MifiClub to provide travel internet to people with smartphones and laptops.

    If you want internet, that’s the best solution because you can use a lot of it. And it’s as cheap as normal paid for wifi. Plus your family and friends can also use your mobile wifi. And you can use it anywhere.

    *I will never go for a global sim because I won’t have my number which is what makes a mobile so useful. It’s data rates are horrible. Even the cheapest is £1.25/MB.

    *I will not rent a smartphone because I want my own apps and personal stuff on my phone to use.

    Thanks for following!

    # 14 July 2010 at 10:07 am

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