Shakespeare's birthplace gets wireless tour

[Steve]

Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of legendary playwright and enemy of all school children, William Shakespeare, has introduced a PDA powered tourist guide.

Utilising wireless hotspots around the town, PDAs, which can be rented for £8 according to BBC News, provide maps of the area, guides to tourist areas within the town and also give users Internet access.

BT is installing wireless hotspots in various locations around the town, including cafés, tourist attractions and shops. Chris Clark, Chief Exec of BT Broadband told the BBC:

Now all the world's a wi-fi stage as far as this town is concerned. We are sure that the many tourists who like to visit Stratford from across the globe will appreciate how much easier it will be to hit the literary hotspots using the latest technology as your guide

This sounds like a fantastic idea, but giving a random person a PDA for just 8 quid? I hope they have severely crippled functionality, or something to prevent tourists from half-inching them. Read the full story at BBC News.

[Dougal]

I heard about something way more technical then this a cpl of months ago on (of all channels) FTN (Its a freeview version of Bravo).

It had a glasses style HUD and you could use it as personal google for wherever you where standing.

[Silence]

Well, seeing as I live in stratford I think this could be quite interesting! Hopefully the wifi access won't be restricted to the PDAs, i have my laptop and PSP prepped ready for a nice hot day in the park