Avis - Introducing the Avis Reservation App for iPhone® and iPod Touch®

Email from Avis:

Dear Kohoutek,

As an Avis Preferred renter we know you have a need for speed. Which is why we're excited to introduce the Avis Reservation App for iPhone® and iPod Touch®. Besides creating a reservation, users can instantly access reduced rates just by providing an Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) number, Wizard number, and/or a coupon code.

Avis is the only car rental company to offer this fast and friendly feature, so download this FREE application today!

http://www.avis.com/car-rental/content/display.ac?contentId=avis-iphone-app-US_en-015260&ICID=preferred_email&IID=iphone&mpch=ads

This app has been around for awhile. It really needs an update to include viewing current reservations, future reservations and history.

This app has been around for awhile. It really needs an update to include viewing current reservations, future reservations and history.

And maybe a port to Blackberry, which is what us business travelers actually use.

Not me! I have used the iPhone app a few times over the last couple of months. No Crackberry for this business traveler!

And maybe a port to Blackberry, which is what us business travelers actually use.

I would say about 80% of the business travelers I know are using iphones now - they are so much better. Once I show the other 20% how much better the iphone is compared to the blackberry, they'll be switching too.

Have you tried an iphone?

I would say about 80% of the business travelers I know are using iphones now - they are so much better. Once I show the other 20% how much better the iphone is compared to the blackberry, they'll be switching too.

Have you tried an iphone?

Blackberry is the only phone allowed to hook up to our corporate email, unfortunately. The iphone cannot sync with the exchange server directly. OTA ports are blocked.

I won't debate/dispute which is better. Thats a matter of personal opinion.

And 80%? Really? Seems most people sitting next to me on a weekly basis traveling on airlines have a blackberry. Maybe its only USAirways travelers, though, right? ;)

We are kinda OT, but I thought the new Iphone firmware sync's up just fine with Exchange now?

Plus I have noticed something here in Europe that may not yet be happening in the US. Kids, who all have iPods, are in love with the Blackberry Bold. You can download games for it and play against each other over WiFi. Plus kids in Europe text like mad so they love the keyboard. Yet nearly every young professional male, and a fair amount of the professional females, in France have iPhones. I noticed the Blackberry more in Holland where it has been difficult to obtain iPhones.

We are kinda OT, but I thought the new Iphone firmware sync's up just fine with Exchange now?


Only if your company permits it. An exchange server just doesnt send email out to any random device that can properly sync.