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Here Comes Summer! WCITIES Download Pocket CityGuides
Makes Getting Around Faster and Easier Than Ever Before!
San Francisco, CA - Just in time for summer traveling, Pocket CityGuides for more than 100 cities are now available for download to your PDA or SmartPhone from WCITIES. You can take an up-to-date mobile CityGuide with you that having all the Points of Interest (POIs) including restaurants, events, hotels, attractions, theaters, bars, nightclubs and shopping.
Each Pocket CityGuide comes complete with state-of-the-art mapping and directions, including turn-by-turn and street-by-street details provided by gate5 with their high tech smart2go™ application. Finding what you want and how to get there is all here, at the touch of a button. WCITIES Pocket CityGuide is the convenient, lightweight alternative to map printouts, books, paperback city directories and other cumbersome sources with obsolete information.
"As vacationers take off for summer travel, WCITIES Pocket CityGuides are an ideal way to get around in more than 100 cities worldwide," says Fraser Campbell, Vice President of Business Development for WCITIES. "By downloading one of our guides to their SmartPhone or PDA, users can access an entire city and find anything and everything they want to do in the city."
WCITIES listings have detailed editorial reviews detailing cuisine, décor, atmosphere and clientele of restaurants, plus information on historical and cultural interests. Pocket CityGuides have tens of thousands of POIs that provide what you need to know: hours of operation, prices of admission, average price, amenities, credit cards, and transportation lines.
Users can manage all their favorite places by saving, sorting and displaying information by location. If you’re staying in a hotel, for instance, you can find nearby restaurants with directions on how to get there.
WCITIES Pocket CityGuide is downloadable for travelers or locals using Sony Clie, HP iPAQ, Dell Axim, Sharp Wizard, Siemens SX66, Toshiba Pocket PC, Palm Pilot, Handspring, Treo, and other devices.
Pocket CityGuide system specs are compatible with Symbian Series 60/80 operating system V1.0 or later; or Windows Mobile 2003, Palm OS (Treo). Pocket CityGuides are available for cities in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. (For a full list of cities available on Pocket CityGuides go to http://store.wcities.com) Pricing for individual Pocket CityGuides is $19.99 with discounts for multiple cities.
About WCITIES
WCITIES is the world’s leading location-based information service provider with coverage of over 300 cities. WCITIES supplies destination information and travel guides to travel providers and website operators around the world. Select clients include Yahoo, Orbitz, American Airlines, and Sabre. This locally generated information provides city locals, business and leisure travelers with all they need to know about a particular city.
For further information go to store.wcities.com, or call Kenneth Joyce +1 415 495 8090, ken@wcities.com.
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