Intelligent audio guide for Paris now available on the Android Marketplace

Paris is one of Europe’s major tourist destinations, and has been for hundreds of years. Millions of people travel from all over the world to experience the city’s many cultural, historic and culinary attractions.

The problem is however, that there’s so much to keep you occupied in the City of Light and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. That’s where Hummba comes in. Our intelligent audio guide to the city, which is available on the Android Marketplace, uses smartphone GPS technology to provide you with information about points of interest near your location.

You’ll be able to plan your trip to Paris, while you’re on the go. Find out about places to see and things to do as you move around the city. Our guides will help you experience the sights of Paris that you might otherwise have missed. It’s like having a personal tour guide, right there on your Android phone.

Some of the points of interest featured in this guide include La Defènse, which is one of Europe’s busiest business districts. You’ll also find information about the historic Palace of Versailles and the picturesque Luxemburg Gardens. Visit the historic Arc de Triomphe monument, which sits on the end of the famous Avenue des Champs-Ėlysées or marvel at the awe-inspiring architecture of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

The guide also features offline maps, which means you won’t be running up your data bill while you’re looking for the next exciting place to go.

Hummba’s intelligent audio guide to Paris is available on the Android Marketplace for $5.99 and can be downloaded directly onto your smartphone here. For more information about Hummba or about our intelligent guides that speak to you, visit www.hummba.com.

Intelligent audio guide for London now available on the Android Marketplace

Millions of people visit London every year, making the city the one of the top tourist destinations in the world. The thriving metropolis on the River Thames captivates inquisitive travellers with its distinctly British appeal, as well as its numerous attractions and well known landmarks.

While the annual tourist numbers look impressive, they are still expected to go up even more this year, as London will host the 2012 Olympic Games. Tens of thousands of tourists are set to arrive from the rest of the United Kingdom, mainland Europe, and even further afield. The city will certainly be gearing up for this surge in visitors in the coming months.

There’s so much to see and do in London, and a trip to the city can be a daunting task for even the most seasoned traveller. That’s why Hummba decided to put together an intelligent audio travel guide to the city, available for download on the Android Marketplace.

The guide uses smartphone GPS technology to provide you with information about points of interest near your location. You can find out all about Buckingham Palace for example, while you watch the changing of the guard. Hummba’s intelligent audio guides will help you discover places to see and things to do that you might otherwise have missed. It’s like having your own personal tour guide.

Some of the attractions featured in the guide include Piccadilly Circus, which is lined with hundreds of restaurants, bars and shops, and has long been a favourite meeting place for locals and tourists alike. London’s famous Hyde Park, which serves as the venue for spectacular outdoor music concerts and festivals is also featured. For the more culturally inclined, this guide offers you all the information you need about London’s many museums and theatres, including a detailed look at the famous West End theatre district.

The intelligent audio guide to London is available on the Android Marketplace for $5.99 and can be downloaded directly onto your smartphone here. For more information about Hummba or about our intelligent guides that speak to you, visit www.hummba.com.

Intelligent audio guide for New York now available on the Android Marketplace

A trip to New York City should be at the top of every traveller’s wish list. The city that never sleeps is one of the most densely populated places in the world, and yet still manages to draw in millions of tourists every year. This can partly be attributed to the city’s numerous iconic landmarks, like the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, but also to the quirky, cosmopolitan atmosphere that the city exudes.

To help you discover more about New York City, Hummba put together an intelligent audio guide to Midtown Manhattan. The guide is available on the Android Marketplace and uses smartphone GPS technology to provide you with information about points of interest near your location. This means you’ll discover places that you might otherwise have missed.

Take a walk down New York’s famous Fifth Avenue or explore the historic Hell’s Kitchen area of Manhattan in more detail. Visit the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, which once served as a powerful aircraft carrier during World War 2 or experience one of the best views of the city from the Top of the Rock. Use this guide to give you more information about Grand Central Station or to help you find your way to the Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

The guide also features offline maps, which means you won’t be running up your data bill while you’re looking for the next exciting place to go.

The intelligent audio guide to New York is available on the Android Marketplace for $5.99 and can be downloaded directly onto your smartphone here. For more information about Hummba or about our intelligent guides that speak to you, visit www.hummba.com.

The convenience of technology has drastically changed the way we travel

There’s no denying that the way we travel has changed. Making holiday arrangements, which used to take days, weeks or even months, can now be done in an instant. The reason for this is quite simple: travellers are embracing the convenience of technology.

The internet has led the charge when it comes to innovations in travel. Booking your flights, accommodation and vehicle hire online are common occurrences. The fact that you can do all this from the comfort of your own home, outside normal working hours, has only added to the method’s popularity.

But now the mobile phone has entered the fray and there’s no need even to have access to a computer. There are hundreds of Android and iPhone applications specifically designed to help travellers and at Hummba, we’re doing just that.

With Hummba, you can download free audio guides directly onto your mobile phone. We’ve got informative guides for hundreds of tourist attractions all over the world. Our location-based technology means you’ll get the information you need, when you need it most.

The Hummba app uses your phone’s GPS location to point out interesting things to see and do nearby. Your mobile phone can be your own personal tour guide as you take a walking tour of New York or Paris, for example.

With Hummba, you can also share your travel experiences, as they happen. Create a travel route and tag pictures along the way. It’s the perfect way to keep your friends and family in the loop while you’re on the move.

Visit Hummba.com to find out more about our free audio travel guides for your mobile phone.

Do the Locco Mobile

Bloggers speak an unspoken language with other bloggers. We speak Blog, we check updates of our favourites, we secretly crit, we search for ideas and clues about what to write. We're crazy. In short. So my daily walk around cyberspace led me to an article about - yes you guessed it - mobile phones.

Now, I've complained before about the demise of the world and how it has to do with the fact that communication is now almost safer because we can lie to each other digitally and collectively, we're none the wiser. A fellow blogger and I shared the same sentiment briefly. He had a point, he called mobile phones the most intrusive human invention yet.

He professes disgust at the fact that his last few dates couldn't get through starters without checking her phone, how kids in the same vicinity aren't talking to each other but rather to their other friends on MXIT. In essence, he boldly declared that cell phones give us a false sense of importance and in truth...we aren't that important. All true but mobile phones are here to stay. They're our other appendage. Instead of acting as our appendix, they're now our right hand. Make friends is what I say.

I'm still in the infant stages of mobile phone usage, my style is more classic with calls and text messages and the occasional MP3 download. However, I am a fan of the "possibilities." If my hope has to rest on the advances that cell phone technology makes than so be it. We're all playing the Transformers game anyway, in some way or another, so I say...let your cell phone take the heavy end.

One of the most notable advances in cell phone technology is the inclusion of GPS. So now you can bend the truth about where you are verbally...but your GPS co-ordinate doesn't lie. And thank goodness really because now you can use your cell phone in conjunction with hummba.com to become your own personal tour guide while you're on holiday. Visit hummba.com and download FREE audio clips to your GPS enabled phone and what do you know...you'll here all about the Eiffel Tower while trying to construct the perfect pic of you touching the top of it. Good times. But don't take my word for it...its the technology age, the age that never gets old. Visit www.hummba.com for more.