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Colin Dunstan · 07-29-2005, 01:38 PM

Whether you're a tourist to New York or just a tech-savvy Yankee, with Rancontours you can now experience Manhattan through one of currently six available multimedia tours on your handheld, cell phone or even MP3 player. At $14.95 each, the tour is interactive and you're actually taking it, standing right there in the place that you're learning about.

Rancontours uses the J2ME-based software Voyager, which supports interactive maps, audio (MP3) and visual material and is compatible with a wide variety of operating systems.

[more at News8Austin]

07-29-2005, 01:38 PM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Big Apple interactive tours on your handheld Whether you're a tourist to New York or just a tech-savvy Yankee, with Rancontours you can now experience Manhattan through one of currently six available multimedia tours on your handheld, cell phone or even MP3 player. At $14.95 each, the tour is interactive and you're actually taking it, standing right there in the place that you're learning about. Rancontours uses the J2ME-based software Voyager, which supports interactive maps, audio (MP3) and visual material and is compatible with a wide variety of operating systems. [more at News8Austin]