Samsung has just announced its new Wallet mobile payment app at the Mobile World Congress and... and it looks a hell of a lot like Apple's Passbook. Read More >>
Google Now, arguably the best thing about owning an Android phone right now, has just gotten a boost in the war with Apple's Passbook. It'll now search your email for flight confirmations and grab your boarding passes, plus fire flight notifications at you. Currently it only supports certain airlines, but it's expanding rapidly. Awesome. [Google via Android Community] Read More >>
Featured comment by Cnr_22:
"Call me old-fashioned (I'm 21 btw) but I'm still amazed at the fact I search for a postcode on my computer, head out and Google now has a card ready a..." More »
Google Now is awesome, and the best bit is that it's getting even smarter, fast. Google's just rolled out a Now update that basically makes it Passbook for Android. It'll automatically pull boarding passes and tickets straight from your Gmail and slap the QR codes right up front for scanning at the gate. Read More >>
Featured comment by electroweb:
"I take your point, but for example today's weather and details of your flight booking are still relevant whether you've got a decent signal or not.
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Virgin's become the first UK airline to add Passbook integration to online check-in, allowing you to send your boarding card straight to your iOS device, rather than doing that old-fashioned thing of printing out a boarding pass. All hail the onwards march of progress -- even if it does have an god-awful QR code for a face. Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"Auto-updating of flight info and gate is quite nice though.
Especially at London airports where the gates are assigned close to departure." More »
As one of the billboard features of Apple iOS 6, Passbook has proven way more useful than we initially anticipated, but what's really going to make this a killer feature in the future is having all of the world's airlines on board. A few months after launch, Passbook is making some progress towards that ticketing utopia. Read More >>
Featured comment by paultomes:
"Aeroflot now issue Passbook Boarding Passes and look great. They also link to their app on the back of the Pass." More »
Apple fans running iOS 6 might soon be able to cruise through check-in in a very futuristic fashion indeed, thanks to British Airways planning to offer support for Apple's Passbook electric ticketing system. Read More >>
Featured comment by paultomes:
"We are delighted by this news and something that is much needed; for convenience, customer engagement and the continued drive for going green.
Ind..." More »
Apple's Passbook feature has found itself a couple of big new corporate fans in the UK, with the Odeon cinema chain and Harvester restaurant franchise adopting the mobile ticketing app. Read More >>
Love it or loathe it, now that Apple's launched a non-NFC-packing digital wallet for the iPhone, companies everywhere will jump to support it. Thankfully, if you're an Android user, you too can get in on the screen-based ticketing fun with a cheeky little app called PassWallet. Read More >>
Featured comment by elevenses:
"Not so pussycat!
Mercedes Benz own around 85% of all car patents, and licence most of them out to other manufacturers for free in the interests of ..." More »
We've already seen Passbook, Apple's new mobile wallet solution that pulls all of your loyalty cards and tickets into one spot. It will debut in iOS 6, and now the company has earned a new patent for NFC travel check-ins, which is essentially the travel portion of what we know exists. Read More >>
Featured comment by passfu:
"I can see Passbook is quite handy for restaurants coupons. Not sure about the scenarios requiring high security...
This is a video of a successful ..." More »
The next great iPhone software is still in beta right now, but we're already excited about digitising some of the crap in our wallets via Passbook — and for frequent travelers, it'll be a godsend. Check out the future: Read More >>
While Apple announced the launch of Passbook for iOS 6 a couple of weeks ago, even those using the developer release of the operating system can't really try it out properly — as information to use with the app just isn't out there yet. Now, however, Redmond Pie has shown us how to start trying it out.
Featured comment by oypass:
"And if you live in London and use public transport, there is Oyster Pass which shows Oyster card balance in Passbook. Get it free at oypass.com" More »
Passbook is a new mobile wallet from Apple that will debut in iOS. Right now it's not about payments, it's about ticket aggregation, but it's a sign of things to come. Currently, it allows you to combine your tickets and loyalty cards into one convenient place. It's intuitive, and pretty spectacular. Read More >>
Featured comment by proper:
"I can see it will be very convenient for a normal customer, with the needs to carry the emails/printed vouchers around. I tried some passes on passfu...." More »