Lady Geek's guide to festival apps
We might not be able to provide either backstage passes or swankier toilet facilities, but Lady Geek’s guide to festival apps should at least ensure you last the weekend unscathed!
Battery Life Extender (Ovi, free)
As the festival takes its toll on your own enfeebled body, make sure your phone stays fit and perky, boosting its standby time by 30%.
Download the Ovi Battery Life Extender here.
Tent Finder (iPhone, free)
Ensure your way back to your tent by GPS-stamping its location...though bear in mind this won’t work if it gets carried away in flash floods or taken swimming in puddles of mud!
Download the Tent Finder app here.
iFest (iPhone, £0.59) or iFest Lite (Free)
The ultimate festival package from official line-ups, venue maps and news and weather reports. Covering the main UK festivals from Glasto, Bestival, V Festival, Leeds/Reading, Oxygen, Creamfields etc. With this app you won’t miss a trick.
Download iFest for iPhone here.
Beluga (Android and iPhone, free)
Festivals always entail random moments from swimming in mud to bumping into Kate Moss and sod’s law they happen when you’re alone with no one to share the experience. That’s where Beluga provides instant group messaging and photo sharing in a flash.
Download the Beluga here.
GlastoNAV (Android, iPhone, Symbian, Java, free)
Orange smartphone users can benefit from visual information on everything around you, GPS tent finder, and also full festival details of all the acts, times and entertainment taking place over the course of the festival.
Download the GlastoNAV here.
Torch (iPhone 4, 0.59)
So you’ve finally located your tent, but it’s pitch black. Praised for it’s bright LED light, Torch app will not only help you to avoid tripping over the tangled guy ropes but will shed light over your stash of alcohol you’ve hidden in your sleeping bag.
Download the Torch for iPhone4 here.
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