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The Moorish invasion transformed Spain irrevocably, profoundly and permanently. The conquest brought Islam and Arab culture to Spain, and the Emirs who ruled over Moorish Spain built the Alhambra (arabic for “The Red One”) as a monument to their conquest and the ultimate symbol of their wealth, power, culture and prosperity. It is an enduring monument to the intellectual and cultural influences that the Moors brought to Spain, and the grounds, the buildings, the public baths, the chambers and the erratic architecture make for a beautiful and memorable stroll through a very significant chapter of Spanish and world history.

And, in collaboration with noambit.com, walki-talki.com is proud to bring you this narrative of Spanish hisotry in the form of an app walking tour for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Our highly acclaimed and top selling tour of one of Spain’s greatest cultural and architectural jewels is available from The App Store for only $4.99. This remarkable tour contains no fewer than 30 tracks that take you to every important landmark in Alhambra. You will walk through magnificent sites like the Al Cazaba, The Partal Gardens and The Water Staircase while listening to a concise and clear history of each site.

So, if you’re going to Spain, put Alhambra on your itinerary, and book your walking tour right now.

Walki-Talki.com is pleased to announce that our self-guided walking tour apps are now just $4.99 in the App Store. Taking an informative walking tour of Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Venice, Prague, Geneva, Edinburgh, and now the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, has never been more affordable. If you are headed to Europe this summer, you can fit a walking tour into your itinerary on your terms.

It is time to spring into action. High travel season is about to start, and we want to be part of this year’s high travel season. So, we have reduced the price on our original digital walking tours for the iPhone and iPod touch to a measly $2.99. That’s right. Get our highly

acclaimed self-guided audio walking tours of Amsterdam, Berlin, Edinburgh, Geneva, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Venice and London as convenient iPhone apps for only $2.99!

This sale will last only through April 30th, 2010, and the pricing is valid only on app walking tours purchased through The App Store. So, if you’re planning on being in Europe this travel season, and you have an iPhone or an iPod touch, lock in your savings now.

Walki-talki.com is one of the oldest producers and etailers of self-guided digital audio walking tours. Our tours have now been tested for over five years, and our iPhone app tours are garnering the same acclaim as our generic mp3 packages. So, get the absolutely best value in digital tourism right now! Click here to see our selection of app walking tours on The App Store.

If you don’t have an iPod Touch or iPhone, don’t forget that you can buy our walking tours as generic mp3 packages for any device through www.walki-talki.com.

It’s time to end the recession doldrums. The world awaits. It’s time to hit the road. Let walki-talki.com (and your iPhone) guide you.

It’s a done deal. Our fabulous walking tour of the most dazzling, must-see destinations in Edinburgh is on sale on The App Store.

Learn about Braveheart, Castlehill, Sir Walter Scott and the nuances of Scottish cuisine that gave us deep fried Snickers bars, all from a totally self-contained and convenient app on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Follow the route to Grassmarket, visit the gravesite of the most loyal canine in the history of the world, find the best shopping in town and get acquainted with the rich Scottish intellectual history. Scotland’s contributions to economics, physics, chemistry, literature and philosophy are immeasurable, and this fantastic walking tour of the great city that cultivated all this culture will give you a full appreciation of these contributions.

And, if this sounds like an overstated aggrandizement of Scottland and Edinburgh, one only need to look to the last two British Prime Ministers to gain an appreciation of how influential Edinburgh remains as a vibrant world capital: Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh and Gordon Brown graduated from the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh also hosts one of the largest and most prestigious art festivals in the world every August: the Edinburgh International Art Festival and the attached Fringe Festival. And, if you have any doubts at all about the greatness of Scottland.

And, of course, Sean Connery is Scottish.

So, if you’re going to Edinburgh, August is the best time. Taking the walki-talki.com walking tour of Edinburgh can be done anytime. Buy it for iPhone OS  from The App Store, or for any device from our online store.

2010 is upon us, and with its arrival walki-talki.com enters its fourth year of business. We remain one of the surviving pioneers of digital audio walking tours, and we proceed as the company with the deepest device penetration: walki-talki.com is the only company to sell its tours as plain mp3 files for any device and as apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

The generic mp3 packages can be purchased from our online store, and you can find our iPhone app collection on The App Store.

We also remain among the best reviewed digital tour companies on the web, and we have plans to expand our catalog to some of the less known but most desirable locales in Europe. And, if another mobile platform becomes as popular as the iPhone OS platform, we may expand our presence to it, as well. It is way too early to pick the next winner, however.

2010 may prove to be the year in which digital tourism finally breaks out of obscurity and becomes a travel mainstay, and the year in which walki-talki becomes one of its major players. Whatever happens, I would simply like to wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2010, a year in which everyone will have the opportunity, the resources and the freedom to travel to far away places.

We are very happy to announce that Rome: The Ancient City has been released for the iPhone and iPod touch. This fascinating walk takes you on a tour the heart of ancient Rome, as was seen 2000 years ago in Julius Ceasar’s time.

Rome: The Ancient City is available in the App Store now for just $9.99.

In addition to adding yet another city to our iPhone catalog, this is the first city to be released with version 1.1 of our player software. The rest of our published iPhone catalog has also been upgraded and submitted to Apple and is pending approval. Version 1.1 has several improvements:

• Addition of a volume slider especially for iPod touch users. Since most our staff are iPhone users, we overlooked the fact that the iPod touch has no volume controls other than what the app puts on the screen. (Sorry!) This oversight has been corrected.
• Zooming support. The map can now be zoomed in and out either by pinching or double tap/two finger double tap, just like the built in maps.
• Better resume support. Several bugs were fixed so that the app now does a far better job of remembering where tracks were if playback is paused for any reason.

Now that 1.1 is out the door, we are beginning to plan for the next release. We would love to hear any feedback or suggestions that people might have.

walki-talki.com is proud to announce that its self guided mp3 audio walking tour of Berlin is now available as an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch (OS 3.0 or higher required) through The App Store.

Checkpoint Charlie on the iPhone walking tour App of Berlin

This wonderful walking tour of Berlin introduces you to the key historical sites of Berlin, from the origins of the city, to the remarkable history of culture, suppression, repression and rebirth recounted in sites like the Bundestag/Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie and Gendermenmarkt. Best of all, with this new app package for the iPhone and iPod Touch (OS 3.0 or higher required) there is no hassle of printing a paper map to take along. (That option is, of course, always available.) Our self-contained app has an interactive map that shows you the path to follow, to skip tracks if you so desire, and to see a picture of the landmark at each site so that you can be certain of your whereabouts. All of this is on your device with no need to connect to any network for information.

This app is pure walking bliss, and our Berlin tour happens to be the longest tour that we offer in terms of time. You walk a great distance to visit a great many sites and to learn history unrivaled in its complexity and importance. It is a lot to take in, and you can do it all now from the comfort of your iPhone or iPod Touch, at your own leisurely pace. Take two hours to do the tour, or take six hours. Just make sure your battery doesn’t run out.

The Walki-Talki.com self guided mp3 audio walking tour of Paris’ Montmartre neighborhood is now available as an iPhone app

I’m happy to announce that our Paris: Montmartre tour is now available on the App Store. Just like the London tour, the map is included in the app so that you don’t need to print a map or even have a network connection to walk this walk.

We are hard at work preparing even more walks for the iPhone, so stay tuned for the next release!

The walki-talki.com self guided mp3 audio walking tour of London is now available as an iPhone app

I’m happy to report that our London tour is now available as an iPhone app. The app version of the tour features a dynamic map, so no more printing maps! In fact, locals just might ask you, the tourist, for directions.

We designed the app with a self contained map. Therefore no network connection is needed while you are walking, so there won’t be any unpleasant surprises when you come home and get your phone bill.

London is available now in the App Store. Our other destinations will be available in the App Store soon. We are very excited about the possibilities that the iPhone opens for our tours. Stay tuned for more updates …

I am happy to report that our site has been successfully migrated to a new server. All remaining bugs have been zapped, and normal sales have resumed. Therefore, you can shop walki-talki.com with confidence. And, don’t forget that we have made a total commitment to our customers. If you encounter any problems at all, use our contact form or click on the “skype me” button on the bottom of every page on our store to contact us. All questions will be answered, and all problems will be resolved. 

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