If you’re considering a move across country or across the world, downloading these apps for your phone will make packing, planning and transitioning to a new country easier and less stressful. Get ready for a move-in celebration because these apps will shift your move into high gear.

Moving Gist

I love this app because it breaks down the moving process and offers you to-do lists based on your move date. It’s almost like having a personal assistant – it won’t bring you a morning latté, but it will make sure you’re buying boxes or hiring a moving company at the right time. Five stars for knowing what to do and when to do it. App site

Moving Van

Can’t find your bowls? No problem with the Moving Van app. This tool will help you inventory each of your boxes by tagging a picture to the box number. Your box inventory list will also help you determine where each box goes once it reaches its destination – very clever! App site

myLanguage Translator Pro

When moving to a new country, you have a few options for communicating with natives – you can learn sign language, hire a translator or buy an app for $4.99. If you decide to go the app route, myLanguage Translator Pro is a good option because it not only translates phrases real-time, it also detects dialect by region and will help you learn the language in no time flat. App site

With these tools in-hand and a good moving company by your side, you should be able to handle a long-distance move with ease, grace and style. Enjoy the journey ahead!

Jess Powell, northAmerican Van Lines Moving Company

“Finally, the Perfect Phone”

“The BEST much rumored cell phone by Apple lives up to its expectations!”

“Cool device that will end all other devices”

With reviews like this for a phone that hasn’t even been released it seems like Apple have a winner.
If the call quality is good and the screen isn’t to easily scratched, then this will probably be Apple’s biggest product ever and will surpass i-Pod mania and take a large chunk of the cell phone market away from the big players within the industry!

Hope to see the Apple iPhone in South Africa soon.

iPhone 360-Degree Photo Gallery

NOKIA

Nokia N90
A “Twist & Shoot” camera phone changes from video to still camera in an instant. The images are 2-megapixel with surprisingly good quality – probably thanks to Carl-Zeiss optics. A good range of other features includes an excellent speakerphone.

Nokia 6682
Apart from its bulkiness the Nokia 6682 is great. The full set of great features include an outstanding built-in speakerphone, good display, Bluetooth and of course a megapixel camera.

Nokia N93
This is a powerful phone integrates quality multimedia capabilities into cell phone format. Once again a bit on the cumbersome side but convergence junkies will love it.

SONY ERICSSON

Sony Ericsson K790a
An awesome range of features plus great performance, the Sony Ericsson K790a is viewed by many as the best camera phone currently on the market. It comes with digital camera, digital player and FM radio

Sony Ericsson W810i
This was Sony Ericsson’s third Walkman phone for the U.S. market. Features include Cingular Wireless, digital camera, digital player and FM radio.

LG

LG CU500
One of the fastest phones around with rapid downloads, this phone also has impressive video streaming speeds. An impressive array of features, great picture and audio quality all wrapped up in a slim, appealing design. Expect Cingular Wireless, digital camera and digital player

LG V8300
A well-designed and high-performing EV-DO phone for Verizon Wireless, with digital camera and a digital player.

SAMSUNG

Samsung a950
Numerous features include an above-average battery life, speakerphone, broadband, Video on Demand, a megapixel digital camera and Bluetooth.

First unveiled at CeBIT in March this year, the Samsung SCH-B600 is a full 5 mm thinner than its predecessor the 7MP SCH-V770. It is also 10g lighter in weight.

Boasting a full range of features including a 3x optical and a 5x digital zoom, this nifty gadget can also be connected directly to a TV display, allowing shared images and video.

In addition, the SCH-B600 has auto focus and flash, manual white balance, manual focus and burst mode – in other words when it comes to digital photography it has the whole shebang!

Furthermore, its capabilities extend to saving media on MMCmicro cards, streaming TV through its Satellite DMB antennae, and shooting video at 15-30fps and QVGA resolution.

And at the equivalent of £500, you will not be surprised to hear that the must-have MP3 player is incorporated too.

Don’t expect Santa to pop one in your stocking this Christmas though – rather add ‘ticket to Korea’ to your wish list and go shopping for one yourself – that’s the quickest option to get your hands on this hot little number.