Businessmen who are always on the go, catching flights, running for a meeting or simply looking for the weather reports in the town of destination will be thrilled to find that Spb Software found a way to join together all their needs into one exceptional application – Spb Traveler.

Spb Traveler has been especially developed for Pocket PCs, as a mobile travel assistant that helps to keep track of trips, meetings, world time and global weather forecasts, flights, currency, unit, time and clothing size converters, tip calculator, phrase book, a 3D globe, and even a geographical game for fun self education. If you plan a trip anywhere on the globe, be sure to get this application with you, as it offers the most important tools for a traveler.

Spb Traveler is compatible with Windows Mobile 5 or above Pocket PC operating systems and can be installed OTA or through PC synchronization. All the various functions, settings and options are easy to comprehend and use. There are several main screens available in Spb Traveler, which means that you can swap between any of them to reach the info you need. These main screens are city (all city information in one place), trip assistant (monitor your trip), tools (such as currency converter and flight search), and 3D globe. All of these screens are designed for one-hand stylus-free navigation and are animated transitions supported. Basically, you only need to use a left or right gesture or tap the necessary icons to switch between Spb Traveler main screens.

The City screen provides you with time, date, city photos (in case these are available), currency, weather, and useful city guide links for all of your favorite cities. You'll be able to add up to 10 favorite cities that will be receiving all these pieces of information: weather forecast, currency rates (will be updated in case an Internet connection is available), city guide (links to CIA Factbook, Wikipedia, and Wikitravel).

Trip Assistant screen enables you to create and manage complex trips that include flights, hotels, car rentals, appointments, and destination information. Every added trip becomes an appointment in the personal calendar. The screen also offers you the time zone changes by providing you with the proper local time and time left to the next important traveling event.

Tools screen provides you with some important tools such as Currency Converter, Unit Converter (conversion of the most frequently used units of Length, Weight, Volume, Area, Speed and Temperature in either the U.S. or metric types), Time Converter, Tips Calculator (allows you to calculate the recommended tip amounts in many countries worldwide), Clothing Sizes, Flights Search (requires Internet connection), and Phrase Book. The Phrase Book is a collection of ready-made phrases for a foreign language along with a translation that travelers might need. It includes the following languages: Czech, English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, and Spanish.

The Globe Screen displays the location of all the favorite cities, weather condition, real-time day and night regions, and sky in the world. It will show you the location of your favorite cities around the globe along with the time, date, and temperature, but you can also set it to show the trip routes instead of city locations. All data can be synched with the PC.

Spb Traveler sells for about $29.95 USD, but you can take advantage of a fully functional 14-day trial.

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