Geeky Traveller

Collecting air miles is all fine and dandy but trying to keep track of when you can redeem them for a specific flight isn’t always easy. Now it is, because Yapta.com has launched a completely free service which will alert members by email when they’re able to exchange their air miles for a specific seat.

At the moment the service works with Alaska Airlines, United, Delta, Continental, and U.S. Airways, although more may be added soon as the service grows.
When you search and find the fight and airfare you’re seeking, Yapta then gives you the option to track both …read more

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Here’s yet another application for the iPhone that can benefit travelers of the road trip variety. Trapster helps you locate and avoid cops who are hiding out in a speed trap. As you’re driving along and notice a cop hanging about with a radar gun looking for people to ticket for speeding, grab your iPhone (or better yet, get your passenger to do it!) and tap on the map to note your current location.
After that, people using Trapster can then get alerts if they’re going to be in that area to let them know about a …read more

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A!erts.com is a great service that delivers a wide variety of alerts to either your cell phone or email keeping you up to date on whatever is important to you. While it includes the standard birthday reminders and meeting reminders, it also offers up some handy services for travelers. You can get alerts as to the cheapest hotel price in a specific area, the best flight options, and the lowest gas prices. If you need to get around at peak traffic hours in your destination, you can get real-time traffic updates so you can plan accordingly, and …read more

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You may not be able to use your actual cell phone on a flight (and really, thank goodness for that because no one wants to listen to ten one-sided phone conversations while trapped in a tube 30,000 feet above ground!), but with more airlines using Wi-Fi in the Sky, you’ll be a little less limited in the future.
Not only can you get online with the Wi-Fi service to do things like check your mail, you can also use SpinVox, a mobile voice-to-text service, to retrieve and reply to your voice mail. How does it work?
SpinVox retrieves the …read more

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Cellular at Sea is what you need to know about if you’re planning on taking a cruise. The wireless maritime service offers cell phone reception for many cruise ships, no matter where you may be – even if you’re smack dab in the middle of the ocean where you wouldn’t expect to find service.
Ideally, when you’re on a cruise ship, you’re going to be relaxing and enjoying your time away from everything and everyone. However, I can think of times when you would want to be in touch. Being a mother, I would definitely feel better …read more

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There are a lot of things on the Internet that I love (can you tell?). Two in particular are social networking and tools that create new Google Maps mashups. Because honestly, I think Google Maps is an incredible service so anyone that can add to it is tops in my book.
TravelSkoot sort of combines that mashup with social networking. If you’re traveling, you can create your own list of destinations, basically making a built-in tour or itinerary. If you’re traipsing through Europe with a group of friends, for instance, you can list out all the places …read more

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If you’re frequently traveling on business, you need to have access to your email a lot more frequently than someone on vacation. With MovaMail you can easily keep up with your email on your cell phone.

MovaMail is a mobile phone email client that uses Java, making it compatible to run on the majority of cell phones, has a simple interface, is quite clear on just about any display size, and is quick to set up. It also runs at top speed, and is compatible with your main mail services (POP, IMAP, webmail such as Gmail or Yahoo, etc).
You …read more

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If you’re traveling on business, chances are good you’re going to bring your laptop with you. More and more people are using VOIP technology like Skype for their phone calls at home or while away, but it’s not always easy to use a microphone. If you plan to make use of Skype and the like, you might want to look into the Pocketsize USB Speakerphone.
Not only does it mean you don’t have to worry about a microphone slipping around, it’s handy if you’re trying to have a conference call with several people in one room. …read more

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Back when talk began about allowing passengers to use their cell phones during specific flight times, there was quite an uproar. Most people were extremely unhappy about the idea of being trapped thousands of feet in the air in a giant tube, stuck beside some idiot who would sit and have a fight with their husband or wife back home, all because they’re allowed a cell phone.
Would you be so agitated by it that you’d use a cell phone jammer? This T1000 (ahh, Terminator 2 references, gotta love it) will block all cell phone signals within a ten-foot …read more

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QIK allows you to use your mobile phone to record video and then stream that video on to the site. What use is that while you’re traveling? I can think of a few things:

Taunt your friends and family back home, particularly if you’re on a hot, tropical beach, sipping drinks that come with paper umbrellas and they’re back home dealing with another snow storm.
Show your boss a tour of the new work site overseas.
Planning to surprise your girlfriend with a proposal in front of the Eiffel Tour? Share the moment with your loved ones.
On a similar note, …read more

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