Take Windows 8 to travel to make your trip easier

For the donkey friend, the greatest pleasure is not only in the journey of seeing and seeing, but also in the careful preparation of homework before the trip. The holidays will arrive, it's time to start planning. And in the winter, apps in Windows 8 and the Windows App Store make it easy to travel.

As a digital madman, how can travel without digital equipment company. After Windows 8 was released, the author excitedly upgraded the PC to the latest operating system and started a surface tablet computer with a friend's recommendation. Universal USB interface, to facilitate my export camera photos to organize and share. A comprehensive office suite and good Windows Application compatibility make it easy to handle urgent work during travel. Common Windows applications, enabling different Windows 8 devices to have a consistent feature and application experience. Moreover, WINDOWS8 's various devices can be based on the same Microsoft account, data and application synchronization, so that I travel even with a lightweight tablet, can also have Windows 8 comprehensive "combat effectiveness." Because of the consumption/Download records and operating system settings for Windows 8 applications, you can synchronize with a Microsoft account on different Windows 8 devices, so the first thing to do before you travel is to pick a trip-essential application on your PC, and then in Windows These applications are also downloaded synchronously on the 8 flat panel.

Windows 8 built-in weather applications can meet basic day-to-day usage requirements, but if you need more detailed weather information, you can choose the right application in the Windows store.

WIN8 Weather Forecast Computer knowledge

The application classification of Windows App Store is very clear, netizens looking for applications is not a difficult thing. Compared to the way Windows systems used to download software through Third-party platforms, "one-stop shopping" through the unified platform of Windows App Store, selecting apps is not only more convenient and interesting, but more importantly, there will be no more trouble downloading from third-party platforms to malware or adware. The Windows App Store has a lot of weather applications, both free and fee-based, and many fee applications offer a trial model to help users spend less money. In similar applications, "China weather" can be regarded as a Windows 8 platform for one of the application highlights.

Choose the weather in China, a very important factor is that he combined the Windows 8 new Windows user interface, not only the application running smoothly, content display more intuitive, users can also use the Windows 8 unique dynamic magnetic paste function, without opening the application of the premise, Preview the weather information directly on the start screen. In addition, in addition to the basic 1-week weather forecast function, China weather Pass can also help users check weather index, and then make adequate preparations for the trip.

Hotel Search

After paying attention to the destination weather, you can start collecting hotel information for your destination. The search feature for Windows 8 is very convenient. For example, when searching for a hotel application, you don't even need to go into the Windows App Store to search by category, but you can use the system's unique Super button (Charm) toolbar to integrate global search capabilities directly. In addition, in the use of "hotel" as a keyword retrieval, the system will automatically classify the search scope, such as the proposed user in the Windows store to search for the application of the hotel category. Of course, users can also invoke an already installed application to search the hotel directly.

Installation WIN8 Application

After fine selection, "Ctrip travel" has been used as a bag of things. In addition to the rich choice of hotel, the most attractive place is the hotel group purchase function provided by Ctrip travel. Group buying function under the list of popular group buying city, but also provide by the first letter of the classification of different areas of hotel information, the most important thing is the application of the classification index function can take care of prices, stars and other needs of different levels of users. And the application of rich user review information also let this application plus a lot of points. For the compare of the smart donkey before the trip, the hotel is not enough to rely on advertising, other donkey friends in the Word-of-mouth more important.

Windows 8 Map applications

Choose the hotel application, but also accidentally harvested the "gold map" application, this is because the map also provides hotel search services. Although previously there are plans to search for map applications, the application of the search in the hotel will be able to take down the map applications, but also reflects the power of Windows 8 search capabilities.

The gold map actually belongs to a combination of map Navigation Services integrated category lbs application. When traveling, in addition to the use of the Windows 8 tablet computer on the bus and driving line navigation, real-time traffic and location alerts, such as the basic map functions, but also to see the surrounding merchant information and weather content, and this is to consider a comprehensive application function is an important indicator. Although the application does not support offline maps for the time being, the good news is that my windows Phone phone supports WLAN hotspot sharing, which allows you to share 3G networks for Windows 8 flat-panel.

Once all the preparation for the application on the PC has been completed, you can just go to the "Your Apps" interface in the Windows App Store on your tablet and you'll see the previous PC-side Windows App Store's consumption/download record and choose to download the app to your tablet computer synchronously. A consistent user interface and user experience allows you to enjoy the fun of Windows 8 anytime, anywhere.

Now, on the verge of the journey, the Windows 8 tablet will be your new companion, helping me to check travel information, share interesting photos and record the dots on the road.