MyPalmLife is running a story about some new travel guides that run on your Palm-powered device. Produced as a collaboration between Rough Guides and Visual IT, they also support PocketPC and Symbion devices.
London, Paris, Rome, New York, and San Francisco are available now at an introductory price of $20 each. “Further cities will be released over the coming months.”
According to the website, the Rough Guide city maps include:
- Fully scrollable and interactive maps of the city.
- Tap any location to display information and available links.
- Intuitive navigation bar meaning you are never more than one click away from the information you require.
- Map links allow you to directly link to other maps, photographs, or detailed views.
- Categorised Find feature allowing you to quickly find any street, place of interest or station.
- Categorised Information feature providing a wealth of information on the city, places of interest, etc.
- 1-Click Home feature, keeping the Home map always at hand.
- Zoom function on all maps.
A PDF [sales sheet][5] and 1-day demos are available.
[5]: www-visualit-co-uk-Rough Guides for Mobile Devices.pdf “sales sheet”