Priceline this morning launched a new application called Price Maps, a hotel mapping service that lets you scroll over city maps that automatically locate and display hotels and prices. If you’re looking for a bargain on your next hotel, this might be an interesting new resource.
When Internet users think “travel” they think maps. As in MapQuest and Google Maps. Both sites together account for nearly 20 percent of travel-related Internet traffic, according to Hitwise.
Can a phone replace a map? That’s the implied promise two new cell phones — the upcoming Blackberry Bold and iPhone 2.0 — plus countless other gadgets with mapping and GPS functions.
