Here is a useful tip if you are planning to travel overseas for work or pleasure. The iPhone's built-in Stocks application can, of course, be used to track stocks. But you can also use the application to track currency conversation rates.
In the Stocks application, type on the info button in the bottom right corner, then on the next screen tap the + in the top left corner. A search field will come up, and instead of entering a stock symbol in that field, type usdeur=x and then click the Search button at the bottom right of the screen (or just wait a few seconds). You will see an entry come up called USD to EUR, as shown in the below picture. Tap that entry to add it to your list of Stocks. Now, the Stock application will always show you how many Euros you can get for $1, including a chart to see how the exchange rates have changed over time (up to the past two years). I see, for example, that just a few months ago I would get .62 Euros for my dollar, but it has recently gone as high as .80 Euros per dollar and is currently at .78.
You can do the same thing with other currencies. For example, usdrub=x will give you the U.S. dollar to Russian Ruble exchange rate. Here are a few examples of the three letter abbreviations that you can use:
- USD - US Dollar
- EUR - Euro
- GBP - UK Pound
- JPY - Japanese Yen
- CAD - Canadian Dollar
- AUD - Australian Dollar
- CHF - Swiss Franc
To see a list of all 154 currencies that can be converted -- something I also refer to as a list of a whole bunch of currency that I didn't even know existed -- click on the "Continue Reading" link below. And thanks to Mac OS X Hints for an old post that brought this to my attention.
The Stocks application uses the Yahoo! Currency Converter, available here. Thus, it appears that any of the following currencies can be converted by using the following three letter codes. Please let me know if you are the first person to try them all out.
- Albanian Lek: ALL
- Algerian Dinar: DZD
- Aluminium Ounces: XAL
- Argentine Peso: ARS
- Aruba Florin: AWG
- Australian Dollar: AUD
- Bahamian Dollar: BSD
- Bahraini Dinar: BHD
- Bangladesh Taka: BDT
- Barbados Dollar: BBD
- Belarus Ruble: BYR
- Belize Dollar: BZD
- Bermuda Dollar: BMD
- Bhutan Ngultrum: BTN
- Bolivian Boliviano: BOB
- Botswana Pula: BWP
- Brazilian Real: BRL
- British Pound: GBP
- Brunei Dollar: BND
- Bulgarian Lev: BGN
- Burundi Franc: BIF
- Cambodia Riel: KHR
- Canadian Dollar: CAD
- Cape Verde Escudo: CVE
- Cayman Islands Dollar: KYD
- CFA Franc: BCEAO: XOF
- CFA Franc: BEAC: XAF
- Chilean Peso: CLP
- Chinese Yuan: CNY
- Colombian Peso: COP
- Comoros Franc: KMF
- Copper Pounds: XCP
- Costa Rica Colon: CRC
- Croatian Kuna: HRK
- Cuban Peso: CUP
- Cyprus Pound: CYP
- Czech Koruna: CZK
- Danish Krone: DKK
- Dijibouti Franc: DJF
- Dominican Peso: DOP
- East Caribbean Dollar: XCD
- Ecuador Sucre: ECS
- Egyptian Pound: EGP
- El Salvador Colon: SVC
- Eritrea Nakfa: ERN
- Estonian Kroon: EEK
- Ethiopian Birr: ETB
- Euro: EUR
- Falkland Islands Pound: FKP
- Fiji Dollar: FJD
- Gambian Dalasi: GMD
- Ghanian Cedi: GHC
- Gibraltar Pound: GIP
- Gold Ounces: XAU
- Guatemala Quetzal: GTQ
- Guinea Franc: GNF
- Guyana Dollar: GYD
- Haiti Gourde: HTG
- Honduras Lempira: HNL
- Hong Kong Dollar: HKD
- Hungarian Forint: HUF
- Iceland Krona: ISK
- Indian Rupee: INR
- Indonesian Rupiah: IDR
- Iran Rial: IRR
- Iraqi Dinar: IQD
- Israeli Shekel: ILS
- Jamaican Dollar: JMD
- Japanese Yen: JPY
- Jordanian Dinar: JOD
- Kazakhstan Tenge: KZT
- Kenyan Shilling: KES
- Korean Won: KRW
- Kuwaiti Dinar: KWD
- Lao Kip: LAK
- Latvian Lat: LVL
- Lebanese Pound: LBP
- Lesotho Loti: LSL
- Liberian Dollar: LRD
- Libyan Dinar: LYD
- Lithuanian Lita: LTL
- Macau Pataca: MOP
- Macedonian Denar: MKD
- Malawi Kwacha: MWK
- Malaysian Ringgit: MYR
- Maldives Rufiyaa: MVR
- Maltese Lira: MTL
- Mauritania Ougulya: MRO
- Mauritius Rupee: MUR
- Mexican Peso: MXN
- Moldovan Leu: MDL
- Mongolian Tugrik: MNT
- Moroccan Dirham: MAD
- Myanmar Kyat: MMK
- Namibian Dollar: NAD
- Nepalese Rupee: NPR
- Neth Antilles Guilder: ANG
- New Turkish Lira: TRY
- New Zealand Dollar: NZD
- Nicaragua Cordoba: NIO
- Nigerian Naira: NGN
- North Korean Won: KPW
- Norwegian Krone: NOK
- Omani Rial: OMR
- Pacific Franc: XPF
- Pakistani Rupee: PKR
- Palladium Ounces: XPD
- Panama Balboa: PAB
- Papua New Guinea Kina: PGK
- Paraguayan Guarani: PYG
- Peruvian Nuevo Sol: PEN
- Philippine Peso: PHP
- Platinum Ounces: XPT
- Polish Zloty: PLN
- Qatar Rial: QAR
- Romanian New Leu: RON
- Russian Rouble: RUB
- Rwanda Franc: RWF
- Samoa Tala: WST
- Sao Tome Dobra: STD
- Saudi Arabian Riyal: SAR
- Seychelles Rupee: SCR
- Sierra Leone Leone: SLL
- Silver Ounces: XAG
- Singapore Dollar: SGD
- Slovak Koruna: SKK
- Slovenian Tolar: SIT
- Solomon Islands Dollar: SBD
- Somali Shilling: SOS
- South African Rand: ZAR
- Sri Lanka Rupee: LKR
- St Helena Pound: SHP
- Sudanese Dinar: SDD
- Swaziland Lilageni: SZL
- Swedish Krona: SEK
- Swiss Franc: CHF
- Syrian Pound: SYP
- Taiwan Dollar: TWD
- Tanzanian Shilling: TZS
- Thai Baht: THB
- Tonga Pa'anga: TOP
- Trinidad & Tobago Dollar: TTD
- Tunisian Dinar: TND
- U.S. Dollar: USD
- UAE Dirham: AED
- Ugandan Shilling: UGX
- Ukraine Hryvnia: UAH
- Uruguayan New Peso: UYU
- Vanuatu Vatu: VUV
- Venezuelan Bolivar: VEB
- Vietnam Dong: VND
- Yemen Riyal: YER
- Zambian Kwacha: ZMK
- Zimbabwe Dollar: ZWD
