Hi-Tech Travelers Exploring Chicago for Free

Santa Clara, CA, June 26, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Chicago visitors have a new way to explore downtown on their favorite mobile devices. Geogad has released its latest multimedia tour covering the downtown area of Chicago from the Museum Campus through the Miracle Mile along Michigan Avenue ending at the John Hancock Center. Along the way, travelers learn about Chicago's earliest settlers and its multicultural roots to the latest, hi-tech additions to its public parks and museums. Geogad's Mobile Tour of Downtown Chicago is available in many formats across multiple delivery channels including the Internet, the mobile web and Google Android powered smartphones with built-in GPS capabilities.

Geogad's tour of Downtown Chicago lets travelers take advantage of the mobile devices that the already carry with them. For example, travelers can stream and view the tour on Geogad's main web site at http://www.geogad.com. If the traveler has a mobile phone with a built-in web browser, he can view the tour photos and listen to the spoken narration of the streamed audio files as he explores the city with Geogad's mobile web site at http://m.geogad.com. Travelers with Android based smartphones can use the built-in GPS system to dynamically get directions to the closest tour stops and explore by whatever tour route makes the most sense for them. For travelers without an active wireless connection, the Geogad Mobile Tour can be downloaded from the main Geogad web site and uploaded to their favorite iPod or mobile media player.

For both first-time visitors and long-time residents of Chicago, Geogad's Mobile Tour is packed with details of Chicago including its history and its present day life. For example, the tour begins at Museum Campus and explains the formation of these museums as part of the Columbia Exposition of 1893, when the world came to Chicago to see its White City, a sort of fairytale hi-tech land that existed for only a few months before it was no more. The tour moves through Chicago's favorite parks as it explains the City Beautiful movement and its architects that transformed Chicago to the sparkling city by the lake that it is today. The tour also describes the destruction and revitalization of the downtown from the Great Fire, Chicago's worst disaster and the center of its transformation. Travelers who take a few hours to walk the tour to its finish will be treated to some of the best views of the city and the lake from one of its most relaxing vantage points.

Whether travelers take Geogad's Mobile Tour of Downtown Chicago on their mobile phones, their mobile media player or their desktop computers, they will be getting their best travel bargain. This tour, as with all of Geogad's Mobile Tours are free with included advertisements. Just go to geogad.com and sign up for a free account to view and download the full tour. Travelers who are hesitant to create an account can first view a sample of the tour and then decide if they would like to sign up later to receive the full tour. Geogad is proud to add Chicago to its tour selection and looks forward to aiding travelers to this incredible city learn more about what makes it such a special place.

Pricing and Availability

The Geogad Mobile Tour for Downtown Chcago is available for free at the Geogad website including sponsored advertisements. The Geogad Mobile Tours are also available without advertisements at a U.S. list price of $9.99. The tours can be downloaded and purchased directly from the Geogad website at http://www.geogad.com.

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