Cool Gorilla iPhone talking phrasebook

Here's one for you globetrotting iPhone fans out there. The Cool Gorilla Talking Phrasebook is a nifty little iPhone site that offers a foreign language phrasebook in five European languages (French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish). It presents you with cascading menus in various categories (travel, food & drink, etc.) to find the phrase you need. Then not only does it display the phrase ("Sprechen Sie Englisch?"), it also embeds an MP3 of a native speaker saying the phrase in the other language (at least so it sounded to me; I only tested the German one).

In any case, this looks like it could be really convenient for travelers. Let me offer a word of warning, however. You'll probably only want to use this via wifi, as there's a story making the rounds about AT&T's outrageous international roaming fees.

Thanks, Joe!