Just Another Mobile Phone Blog: Best Lumia apps – Travel and Navigation

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Best Lumia apps – Travel and Navigation Nov 16th 2012, 21:40 Where would you like to go today? When you're straying away from home either for a long holiday or just a day trip, these are some of the top apps you might consider to look into prior or during your journey. Cost: Free Availability: Everywhere In a nutshell: The best mobile mapping solution Let's not go into too much detail here…if you own a Lumia I'm sure you are aware of how well the maps perform, and you may have even bought the phone specifically because of that fact. It's safe to say that there isn't much use for the other solutions available in the marketplace! Cost: Free Availability: Everywhere In a nutshell: Search for and book hotels across the globe This app is a great example of what can be done within Metro, it's swift, stylish and intuitive. When you don't know what's around you (which is most probably the case when you are traveling) you can search 80,000 hotels and book a room from the app too. Cost: Free Availability: UK In a nutshell: Look up train times and purchase railway tickets in the UK If you ever find yourself in the UK and are planning a trip by train, thetrainline is the one stop shop for all of your railway needs.  Cost: £1.29 (there's also a free version) Availability: Everywhere In a nutshell: It's astronomically good (sorry)!  This app substitutes all utility and replaces it with fun. Point your camera into the night's sky and the screen will display constellations, planets or deep space objects in quite some detail. This one is great for when you're out in the wilderness! Cost: Free Availability: Everywhere In a nutshell: Translate languages with your Lumia A must have when you're visiting a foreign country. Translator lets you use your camera to translate text, voice recognition for speech and text input via keyboard for text. One really nice thing is that you can download phrase books so you can translate things without a network connection. #Win That's all for this week, join us next Friday for more Windows Marketplace app reviews (you can head here to see last week's offering). We also recommend TripAdvisor, Skyscanner andTrainTimesLive in the travel + navigation apps category. Have you tried any of the above? Why not write your own personal reviews below this post or let us know about them on Twitter @Nokia_Connects.

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