Top 10 Travel Smart Phone Applications

Recently, having spent some significant time away from home while exploring parts of the world, I found the convenience of a smart phone loaded with applications to be paramount. I have created a list from those certain applications that I don't know how I would travel in a strange country without in the future. This list includes:

1. Google Maps, especially the download offline feature where you can continue to explore a city's streets whilst being disconnected from any data connection.
2. Google Translate is especially helpful when ordering food. Often being proficient in a language isn't enough for understanding local cuisine.
3. Skype phone calls have improved significantly since the last time I used them. As long as you have a data connection then this application is great for staying in touch with friends, family, or conducting meetings.
4. TripAdvisor for checking the ratings of hotels, restaurants, and attractions. It is quite accurate and user comments often have tidbits.
5. Hotels.com and booking.com for assisting you in getting the best prices on hotels, besides walking into them and offering cash for the room.
6. XE Currency calculator to understand the different currencies you may be dealing in. This application can store multiple currencies, is easy to use, and updates automatically when there is a data connection.
7. ITA on the Fly is the best free flight search engine to shop for the cheapest days and flight airfares for any itinerary in the world.
8. Built in applications which come standard on any smart phone such as calculator, weather, calendar, alarm clock, international clock, and camera will help you significantly.
9. Dropbox and Google Drive are great for reviewing either your itinerary, or PDF copies of tickets you maybe have registered.
10. A danger zone app that vibrates when in a yellow or even red danger zone area. This could be a life saving app after having scary encounters walking through certain streets on my trip. This is a fictitious application, however I could see the benefits if it were created. The only caveat is that you would need a data connection in order for the application to determine you current location.