The recent passing of Steven Jobs has probably gained all Apple products more publicity than they could ever have expected. Although Apple’s creator is gone, his products will continue to evolve and improve. One such product, the iPhone, has been evolving since its inception. Below is some information on applications that can be downloaded to make your life as a traveler so much easier!

Web apps combine the internet with the user friendliness of multi touch technology on your iPhones 3.5 inch screen. Your phone or iPod allow you to scroll quickly and conveniently through news on Digg, to play games like Sudoku with the tap of a finger. You could check movie or train times, or read your favourite blogs while you wait to meet someone. Once you’ve found an app. you like the look of, you can easily drop it front and centre on your iPhone’s screen. Open the app; tap the plus sign, then select Add to Home Screen. You have up to 9 spaces like this for apps you use often!

BagCheckr

Whether you’re heading off on vacation with family and friends or on a business trip with work colleagues, this is an essential app if you’re a little scatterbrained. Packing is made easy with this application; it creates lists using items you have packed before, counts up your bag weight, can share lists with other users, prints lists and creates PDFs!

Language Translation Phrasebook

This application is a quick translation phrasebook, allowing you access to helpful and necessary phrases in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. An absolute necessity for travelers!

About World Time Zones

This application provides users the ability to check what the time is anywhere in the world! Never call your business contacts during dinner or in the middle of the night again! All you have to do is select the time where you are, the city that’s closest to you and the city you want to know the time for!

DineLA Restaurant Week

Restaurant Week is a two week dining experience, which showcases Los Angles as a premiere dining destination, and highlights the diverse nature of the culinary experiences you can have in the City of Angels. This app was designed to help business and introduce patrons to restaurants in LA that they may never have experienced before. There are three dining categories offered- Deluxe, Premiere and Fine Dining. These categories feature specially priced three course meals for lunches and/ or dinners at restaurants across LA. Diners have three options for each course including appetizer, entrée and dessert.

Cab2Call-Taxi Cabs in Your Surrounding

This app helps you locate taxi services in your immediate area in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to get you home safe and sound. The app will call for you, and allow you to rate their service after the ride is over!

Gay Spanish Guide

As the name clearly states, this is a Guide to Spain for the gay man about town! This app offers you user reviews of places, maps, addresses and much more. This is the app to use if you’re gay, and visiting this exotic land for the first time.

WhereTraveler

From chowing down on Sushi in Seattle to dancing the night away at the swankiest nightclubs in Miami, we have the inside scoop for travelers in 61 markets worldwide! There are over 60 000 entries available, written by our local experts, and we have recently added Indianapolis to our extensive list of US domestic markets, along with Rome on an international scale. We offer you options for dining, shopping entertainment and accommodation in the world’s most popular destinations. Find the greatest landmarks, museums, tourist attractions and information for everywhere you visit. The last but not least impressive feature is the travel tools this app offers, such as airport information, a currency converter, translator and bill splitter!

The iPhone and its travel apps are a total essential for any traveler, get yours today!