Coolgorilla launches iPod Phrase Books

Late last year, Coolgorilla launched a rather wicked iPhone Translator service with Lastminute.com (here’s the link for your iPhone — worth adding to the bookmarks).

Well, today they’re launching Talking iPod Phrase Books, completely free of charge, thanks to Brent and the team at Lastminute who’re sponsoring the offering. Although this isn’t strictly mobile news, it’s pretty neat all the same so I wanted to document it. The iPod Phrase Books are actually really complex podcasts that contain around 800 words and phrases that will transform your iPod into a portable, talking translator.

It’s not available for iPhone as yet (the Translator service above only gives text, not audio), but it’s worth adding to your iPod if you’re heading to a place where they speak French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish.

How does it work exactly? Well, a separate podcast for each language delivers the necessary sound files whilst another download installs a familiar phrase book menu system onto your iPod to give quick and easy access to the hundreds of audio translations. More info and downloads at the iPod Phrase Book website.