Colombia Mobile Info: mobile cell tourist guide

Download Colombia Mobile Info before you visit us and from just about anywhere

Colombia Mobile Info is a tourist guide for cell phones that you may now obtain easily and consult whenever you wish to.

Before you download Colombia Mobile Info Tourist Guide, you may want to take a look at it on your computer at the following link: Simulador Colombia Mobile Info.

For the actual downloading of the Colombia Mobile Info Tourist Guide to your cell, you may select any of the following:

Mobile Internet

• Cost: Internet mobile connection (depends on operator)
• Download: http://m.colombia.travel
• Compatibility: All (GPRS connection activated; you must have Internet access).

The following allows you to download from anywhere in the world by connecting to the Internet through your cell phone (not valid for i-mode). It is only necessary to insert the following address in your cell’s navigator: http://m.colombia.travel and select your language and cell model, which will gradually appear on the screen. Once the download is complete, the guide will be stored in the applications, games, or images, etc. file, depending on your cell model.

If the download does not take place, it may be that your phone does not recognize JavaMe language.

From a computer to a cell phone

• Cost: Free
• Download: Nokia / Sony Ericsson / Blackberry / HTC / Sharp / Others.
• Compatibility: All (JavaME)

It is possible to download the Colombia Mobile Info JavaME file directly to your computer by selecting the appropriate links, depending on the phone model. Once downloaded, you may send it to your phone through a data cable (consult your cell’s instructions) or via Bluetooth. If following the download to your cell you are unable to open the guide, it could be due to the non-recognition of JavaMe language.

Bluetooth

• Cost: Free
• Download: Bluetooth Information Points at the Bogotá Tourism Office
• Compatibility: Verify beforehand that your cell model is compatible with the emitter:

1. All or almost all compatible models: Nokia / Motorola / Sony-Ericsson
2. Several compatible models: Siemens / Pocket PC (PDA) / LG (some models have dialing and/or mobility buttons)
3. None or almost none compatible models: Samsung / Sharp / Blackberry / HTC

Once you have Colombia Mobile Info in your cell, send it to your friends.

Activate your cell’s Bluetooth, in visible mode, at any Bluetooth Information Point. Wait a few seconds (up to one minute) and you will be offered the download of Colombia Mobile Info to your cell.

If your cell phone is not Bluetooth compatible, you may download the guide properly by using any of the any of the other means provided.

It it is not offered…

• Verify that Bluetooth is activated and in a visible mode.
• Request it by sending any kind of content (an image, a contact from your agenda… ) to the Bluetooth emitter.

If offered, accept the message, and its content will download properly. The application will be stored in the applications, games, or images, etc. file, depending on your cell model.

Pass it on

• Cost: For sender, SMS text message (that is, the cost of sending an SMS message); for recipient, an Internet mobile connection (depends on operator)
• Download: From the main menu of Colombia Mobile Info
• Compatibility: All (GPRS connection activated activado; Internet Access)

Once you have downloaded Colombia Mobile Info to your cell, you may send it to your friends from the “Pass it on” option in the Main Menu. For the person who performs “Pass it on”, the cost is that of a normal text message. The cost for the recipient is established by the Internet connection operator.

SMS Premium

In Spain

Sometime between December 2009 and January 2010, a New Law regulating SMS Premium services will come into effect and the present numbering (5195) will be deactivated. We will inform you in advance and as soon as possible of the new numbering.

• Cost: 0,15 € (+ VAT) + Connection to mobile internet (depends on contract with operator).
• Download: send an SMS message with the word CO to 5195.
• Compatibility: with all (GPRS connection activated: you must have access to mobile internet).

In Colombia

• Cost: 3.800 COP (+ VAT) + Connection to mobile internet (depends on contract with operator).
• Download: send an SMS message with the word CO to 7766.
• Compatibility: with all (GPRS connection activated: you must have access to mobile internet).

Send an SMS message with the Word CO to number 5195 (Spain) or the Word CO to 7766 (Colombia); you will receive another SMS message with a direct link for downloading the guide. Access the link, select language and cell phone model, and proceed to download the guide. The guide will be stored in the applications, games, file,… depending on your cell phone model.