iPhone Applications for Travel
06 Nov | Author: Ivan Komarov | Category: Flight Trackers, Mobilization in TravelPeople say iPhone has changed the mobile ecosystem — its mobile Internet is so convenient that finally the Internet has been accepted on small devices.
What’s more, applications are cool as well. I have decided to review apps in iTunes store in terms of their applicability for travel.
Please add you favorites as comments!
BA Flights
Information about arrivals and departures of British Airways flights. Flight updates. Flight schedules, flight booking from ba.com
Size: 0.4 MB
Cost: FREE
Language: English
Average rating: ***
Truphone – low-cost VoIP calls
Cheap international calls. Calls to cell phones in the US, Canada, China 6c/3p per min. Calls to landline phones in 40 countries 6c/3p per minute; to cell phones — 30c/15p per min.
Size: 1.1 MB
Cost: FREE
Language: English
Average rating: ***
TravelocityTravelTools
Flight schedules including gate numbers and boarding time, security wait time, “Hotel Near Me” — hotel booking.
Size: 0.4 MB
Cost: FREE
Language: English
Average rating: **
Flight Status
Flight status information for 1143 airlines and 4246 airports worldwide. Information includes the gate number and the luggage transporter number.
Size: 0.4 MB
Cost: $4.99
Language: English
Average rating: ***
Seller: Krishna Vegensa (Copyright TouchMeme)
FAAwait
Information about flight delays throughout the US airports (but you can’t inquiry a particular flight).
Size: 0.3 MB
Cost: $0.99
Language: English
Average rating: *** 1/2
Seller: Bryan Figler (Copyright Tactical Logic LLC)
There is also a good presentation of Travel applications from New York Times.
Tags: Flight Tracker, iPhone


November 6th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
[...] Truphone – low-cost VoIP calls. Cheap international calls. Calls to cell phones in the US, Canada, China 6c/3p per min Read more [...]
November 7th, 2008 at 12:08 am
What about Showtimes or Munch? Those apps are perfect for someone who is traveling and doesn’t know where a restaurant or movie theater is.
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
I just found out that in World Travel section at Apple website here
http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-your-life/world-travel.html
4 out of Top 6 iphone applications are related to flight tracking!