Google’s Google Translate service, now has a version with an extremely iPhone-friendly user interface. On Thursday the company launched a new version of its Translate service that lets anyone convert their native tongue into one of the other 23 available languages. The service has been reworked mainly to appeal to travelers who don’t want to carry around phrase books and have their mobile phones with them anyway. iPhone owners can access the enhanced Google Translate at this address – and it’s all free of charge, just like in the case of the desktop version of the website. Just hit up translate.google.com in mobile Safari; check the screenshot to see it in action. However, the new iPhone optimized service might cost a few bucks for those who do not have an unlimited data plan with their mobile carrier. Hutchison says the general number of translations is anywhere between 200-400 per 1MB of data, which is quite a few considering data can cost you at least $0.005 per KB while abroad (depending your carrier).
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