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blackberry APP Travel

[WHAT]

  1. ] an app for monitoring flights, booking hotels, rental cars, limos, monitoring the weather of your current and destination locations,

[WHY]

  1. FLIGHTS] automatically "catches" flight confirmation emails sent to you from travel providers
  2. ] for any confirmed flights it then automatically monitors the flights status
  3. ] it notifies you of any changes to flight status, gate changes, cancellations, ...
  4. * uses same flight tracking database that the airlines use, when the airlines know about a change, you will
  5. HOTELS] if no hotel is booked, you can book a hotel directly from within the app
  6. * hotel booking is using expedia network,
  7. CARS] you can book rental cars using expedia
  8. - also book limos
  9. WEATHER] contextual, displays for your current location, and your destination locations
  10. CURRENCY] converter
  11. CLOCKS] - world clocks
  12. OTHER]
  13. ] itineray view ] hotel view ] social view (shows linkedIn connections at the destination location), ] local search (yelp) - restaurants, nightlife, shopping
  14. ] can monitor multiple email accounts (for incoming flight confirmations), ADD non primary email addresses in settings
  15. ] can automatically synch travel details(flights, cars, hotels, ) to your calendar, ENABLE in settings
  16. ] get alerts when there are cheaper options available for your next planned trip
  17. ] Money Saver : Do you ever wonder if the hotel room you booked is really a good deal? With our new Price Alert service, we'll let you know if there's a better price for that hotel room, a comparable hotel for a cheaper price, or if there's a much better hotel for slightly more
  18. ] itineraries can be shared out over BBM, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter.
  19. ] trip status, flight status update SHARING via social networks
  20. ] Search for Alternate Flights rocks. Plus all the trip info in one place. http://crackberry.com/users/tenkawa Oh my precious. This app has saved my butt a couple times before when traveling.
  21. ] blackberry id - automatically login 
  22. ?] also has WEB interface, can view on your PC?

[WHERE]

  1. ] http://crackberry.com/app/blackberry-travel-blackberry-10

[WHEN]

  1. ] 2014-06-06
    1. ] version 3.2.2.22 - changes include ...
  2. ] 2013-01-31
    1. ] travel for blackberry 10 -
  3. ] 2011-mm-dd
    1. ] app intially launched for bb os

[EXAMPLE]

[HOW-TO]

  1. ] automatically synch travel details to your calendar
  2. ] add additional email accounts to monitor for flight confirmations
  3. ]

[REFERENCE]

  1. ] blackberry travel in blackberry appword
    1. ] description reviews download
  2. ] bb10-os-overview
    1. [what] A new mobile operating system (OS) from Blackberry(BBRY] [why] new user interface (UI)[where]NEW bb 10 smart phones [when] 2013-01-31(phones),
  3. ] interview with app program manager
    1. ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ_Bj73h-70 - this is the original bb os app, making its debut at mobile world congress in 2011
  4. ] ALTERNATIVES
    1. ] Skyscanner - native BB 10

[PROBLEMS]

  1. ] calendar integration
    1. ] calendar integration is finicky
  2. ] only supported in
    1. ] USA, Canada, GB, ... ????
  3. ] currency settings - http://crackberry.com/users/advil-yum
    1. ] One caveat as a Canadian user, though. Maybe sure your currency is correct before you book anything through it! I booked hotels in US funds, then subsequently had to cancel the trip, and the credit card conversion fees got me both ways..
  4. ]

[NEEDS/WANT]

  1. ] additional sources for bookings -
    1. ] if only we could assign the prefered source for flight/ hotel bookings ie: 101odyssey.dreamtripslife.com, skyscanner.com, booking.com... etc
    2. ] http://crackberry.com/users/isayican
  2. ] link to carriers check in page
    1. ] Do you know if they made it so you can link to the carrier's checkin for a flight page from the app? Previously, you couldn't, and they even made the confirmation code a non-copypaste field, so when you had to checkin online, you would have to remember and type that data.
    2. ] http://crackberry.com/users/zerobelow

[TROUBLESHOOTING]

  1. ]

 

[COMPETITORS]


app by downloads , top ranked by platform, aug 4, 11

[ANDROID]

Expedia
Kayak
TripAdvisor
Orbitz
Priceline
Hotels.com
SkySkanner
Cheapoair
travelocity
hotwire
travelzoo
Tripit
cheaptickets.com
poynt
hipmunk
hotelTonight

[IOS]

expedia*
hotels.com*
RIDES = Lyft, uber
TripAdvisor*
ACCOMODATION = AirBnb
HotelTonight
Kayak*
Priceline
Travelocity
flight tonight 
booking.com
trivago
orbitz
hotwire
tripcase

+] AIRLINEs
+] ACCOMODATIONS
+] RIDES 
+] OTHER




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NAME: APP-Blackberry-Travel

DESCRIPTION: a native BB 10 app for tracking your travel itinerary, scans your email for flight info and updates your calendar with details, monitors your flights and notifies you of any changes, integrated with expedia for booking hotels,

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