New Mobile Computing Platforms Tipped to Fuel the Use of Travel Applications

godking
20 March 2009 1:07am

The advent of two viable mobile computing platforms (the iPhone and BlackBerry Storm) is being tipped to have a catalytic effect upon the use of mobile travel applications.

The mobile applications are taking advantage of the convergence of mobile computing usability with easy to access information or travel content over a 3G network. In the UK, budget hotel chain Travelodge is planning to introduce a mobile booking application for the iPhone.

As per the information available, the application, free to download to the iPhone, will use GPS technology to locate the traveler and show the nearest property to them. Already companies like hotels.com have worked on applications for iPhone and iPod touch.

Such free applications offer a richer mobile experience for researching and booking lodging and have been built using Apple’s iPhone Software Development Kit. The hotels.com application enables people to search, view and book lodging directly and iPhone users can also speak with a hotels.com specialist for additional assistance.

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