Travelers with mobile phones can now experience an easier way of making the most of the places they travel to with the launch of this website that carries multimedia tours to help orient individuals on great spots to check out. The interface towards the website can be made using smart phones, cell phones, PDAs, mobile video players, and desk/laptops. All of these were made possible by Virtual Travel Tours.

“VTT provides personal, multi-media travel guided tours that fit in the palm of your hand,” said Marie Profant, President and Founder of VTT. “Travelers will no longer need to pack heavy guidebooks. They can experience everything a destination has to offer from the comfort of their lightweight personal mobile device.”

Pricing Structure:

• $15.95 for audio/video tours
• $12.95 for the “Quiet Guide” version (text+photos) to scroll as you stroll
• $19.95 for a disc of all audio/video formats

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LG Electronics has added a new member to its GM series with the unveiling of the LG GM200 Candybar Mobile Phone. The new device is the third to be included in the lineup lately, following the LG GM730, which came featuring Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system, and the GM310, which brought a sliding form factor.

The newly unveiled LG GM200 comes as a simple candybar mobile phone that packs Dolby Mobile technology, along with stereo speakers. The handsets also sports a nice range of multimedia features, such as music and video players, as well as a built-in FM antenna. In addition, it seems that the phone maker also added a background noise sensor, which is meant to automatically adjust the volume when it is necessary.

The LG GM200 candybar also features

• GSM/GPRS connectivity
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
• 30MB of internal memory coupled with a microSD memory card slot to offer additional storage space for those who need it.

The handset measures 106 x 48 x 14.7 mm and looks pretty nice, the same as most of LG’s candybar mobile phones.

The LG GM200 is expected to become available in May

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Here’s a potentially mighty player from Creative, the Zen X-Fi. It’s no ordinary device either. It has WiFi, instant messaging client and built in media streaming. We have a built in speaker, and FM tuner and voice recorder. There’s an SD slot and premium quality headphones are included. The battery will give you 36 hours of audio playing and just 5 hours of video playing. My only questions at this point would be, where’s the phone chip? Where’s the GPS chip? If the X-Fi has so much stuff on already, it might be the predecessor of a Creative smartphone.
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Samsung today announced two new portable devices called the Samsung S2 ‘Pebble’ MP3 Player and Samsung S3 Slim Portable Media Player. The players have been developed to fit comfortabley in your hands, they are also offered in many different colors (black, white, red, green and purple) and are the perfect fasion statement for on-the-go entertainment. The main feature in the product is Samsung’s Digital Natural Sound engine 2.0 (DNSe) technology which provides High-Quality acoustics that are optimized for playback through a set of earphones.

“Samsung is excited to reveal our newest portable media players with designs that offer consumers a unique, yet subtle way to express themselves while enjoying their favorite mobile entertainment,” said Reid Sullivan, Vice President of Digital Audio and Video Marketing at Samsung Electronics America. “With the S2 and S3, consumers now have more compact and thin MP3 and portable media player options to choose from without needing to sacrifice overall functionality or multimedia playback.”

Samsung S3 Slim Portable Media Player Features Include :

At a 0.4 inches thick, 1.8 ounces and 1.73″ x 3.74″ x 0.39″ in size, the S3 takes up only takes up about the size of a credit card.

JPEG photo viewer, Video player (MPEG4), Music player (MP3, WMA), FM radio and recorder.

25 hours of audio playback and up to 4 hours of video from a single charge of a Li-Poly battery.

4GB of internal flash storage.

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ScreensaversThe Samsung S3 Slim Portable Media Player with 4GB capacity will be available in June 2008.

Samsung S2 ‘Pebble’ MP3 Player Features Include :

MP3, WMA and OGG file playback for up to 13 hours on a single charge via the rechargeable Li-Poly battery.

1GB of internal flash memory which provides enough storage space for approximately 16 hours of audio.

Weight is 0.03 lb. So it is very light for easy carrying around.

Dimensions (W x H x D) 0.65″ x 1.62″ x 1.66″.

Standard, random and repeat playback modes.

Supports mobile playlists.

Lanyard earphones.

Compact USB connector.All controls are placed along the back face of the Pebble, including play/pause, volume, playback options (standard, random, repeat) and the player will be available in June 2008.

The Samsung S2 ‘Pebble’ MP3 Player, with 1GB capacity will be available in June 2008.

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