Requirements & Compatible Mobile Devices
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General Requirements:
Recommended handset display size : 240 x 320 px
Requires Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 installed in the handset
Requires GPRS Network connection in the handsetCompatible devices:
PTA is developed with keeping Nokia N96 in mind.
For a complete list of compatible devices click here: |
Features
Some of the important features of Pocket Travel Assistant are as follows:
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Emergency Information
Emergency information for local doctor, local emergency no.s, helpline, police, medical facilities and clinics etc.(with street address, phone number and map)
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Location information
Location information such as (street address, phone number and Google Map) for shops& malls, station& airports, institutions, hotels & restaurants, govt. offices and police, hospitals and banks and many more etc.
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Wikipedia Info
Wikipedia details for the location such as history, demography, culture, landmarks, which will be useful for the traveller to know more about the place.
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Flickr Image Results
Flickr image results for the location, so that the user can see current images related to the location.
There is a separate search section for custom searches.
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Emergency Information
Emergency information for local doctor, local emergency no.s, helpline, police, medical facilities and clinics etc.(with street address, phone number and map)
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YouTube Video Results
YouTube video results for the location. So that he can enjoy videos related to that location, to get a more clear idea about the place.
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Weather Details
Weather details for the location such as Temperature, Humidity, Air-pressure and the Weather-condition.
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Google Translation
Language Translation using Google Translation for English to major languages like Greek, Spanish, Chez, Russian, French etc. so that the traveller can translate the written scripts and have a better understanding of his surrounding
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Local News of the Area
Local News related to the location can be tracked to know more about recent happenings surrounding the location.
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News and RSS Feeds
News and Feeds section provides more than 50 categories from international news: from BBC, Reuters, Yahoo, CNN and many more related to headlines, finance, sports, health, science and technology and environment and many more.
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Currency Converter
Currency Converter tools to allow user to convert money amount in any of the 48 major world currencies with in a few clicks. All currency calculations are done based on most recent currency rates. Currency Rates section lists all the currency values from 48 major currencies.
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Project Gutenberg e-books
M- book library (Project Gutenberg ebooks ): To pass leisure time traveler can read from classic works from thousand books available at Project Gutenberg under M- book library section. Search books by title or author name or even the latest 10 books from Gutenberg. Directly read the books in PTA and bookmark.
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Publish to Twitter
Twitter : Under section ‘connect and publish’ user can post to his Twitter account or just read messages from his friends at Twitter. Also there is an innovative way to post about what you are doing. If allowed the PTA can post some messages related to what you are doing while using PTA like reading a book, watching a video at YouTube, local weather details etc. so you do not need to type every time what you are doing.
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Search Tools
Search Tools to search for images from Flickr, Videos from YouTube, Information from Wikipedia. (this is a separate section from the location specific results from these services)
Video Demo & Presentation Slides
Video screen-cast of PTA being tested on a Nokia N96 handset can be seen
here.
View the Slides
here to get more info on the features of Pocket Travel Assistant.
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Events

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