Using Your Smartphone To Check The Exchange Rates

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Without a doubt, the internet has made getting accurate exchange rate data a lot easier for everyone. It can be tricky to find these things out when you are on the move, unless you take your laptop into a wi-fi enabled café or head to the library, which is not always practical. If, however, you are the lucky owner of a smartphone such as an HTC Magic or a BlackBerry, then there is an easy way of obtaining accurate exchange rate data on the go, simply by downloading and installing a currency converter app.

BlackBerry users should try and get hold of an app called Worldmate Live, which is available from the BlackBerry App World service. You will need to download App World to your BlackBerry first. This requires a trackball and a BlackBerry operating system version 4.2 or later, and takes around ten minutes to set up. After installation, simply go into App World and search for Worldmate Live. The app itself should take no longer than three minutes to set install after downloading.

Worldmate Live can boast up to date information about over 160 currencies, plus weather information, an international clothing size ...
... comparison chart, and an itinerary organiser.

If you have a phone that runs on the Google Android operating system, such as the T Mobile G1 or the HTC Magic can get an app known as aCurrency, which takes less than a minute to download, and gives you details of over a hundred and sixty currencies.

aCurrency is available direct from the Android Market, simply by entering the word Currency into the search engine, and selecting the aCurrency download. This app is particularly useful in that it is self updating, as long as you are getting reception.

Windows Mobile-equipped smartphones, such as the Samsung Blackjack or the Motorola Q are able to get their own version of the BlackBerry app Worldmate Live, although the procedure is quite different.

You can download this by surfing to worldmate.com and electing to receive this app on your phone via a link in a text message or e-mail. As with the BlackBerry version, it takes around ten minutes to download and set up, but after that you are good to go.

Due to the fact that these programs all obtain their currency information from the internet, it stands to reason that if you are in a part of the world where you cannot get reception, then your currency information is unlikely to be up to date, so if you need accurate information, then make sure that you are connected when you check.
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