iphone timetable
 

does anyone know if UA plans on developing a timetable application for the iphone? i know you can get it for the blackberry, treo, and other smartphone devices. i would love it if they made one for the iphone.

Let's get one for the Mac first! :)

amen to that-nothing like being the redheaded step-child :(

I have just gotten accustomed to being treated that way - Fusion/Parallels helps, but native OS X would be nice.

ahhh, agreed. with the new apps being allowed for the iphone though, i'm hoping they can come through.

but i'm not holding my breathe.

Agreed - Although they use the same engine as the *A Global timetable.

Now as the timetable app seems to be mostly a Flash object, it shouldn't hard to code up an app.

Now a portable app (ala the Windows Mobile app) I accept will be a lot more of a challenge.

Still a royal pain though :( (and no a PDF timetable doesn't cut it :p)

Since I was on the site, I felt inclined to post:

http://www.staralliance.com/en/travellers/index.html

Albeit a bit cheesy, the picture shows a hand with an iPhone and the Star Alliance timetable.

Agree with others that say this should be done to accommodate the offline capability of the phone, but how this still takes time for IT resources to be involved with the development of the application.

-jeremy

It may be forthcoming. If their are designing an app and have it done, it would be announced with the iPhone 2.0 launch in the upcoming week and the opening of the iPhone app store.

BillJ

Do any airlines in the US give any Mac love? I know of a few widgets that are out there featuring the UA schedule, but a native OSX app would ROCK!
Does the airline industry not realize that Mac's are currently the fastest selling/fastest growing PC sector?

BTW - Anyone excited about the MobileMe launch this week? Push e-mail and CALENDAR UPDATES!!! No more synching necessary, plus, it will synch with Outlook. My favorite part is that it will be accessible via the web. NICE!
(And yes, I realize Friday is the 3G iPhone launch. :P I am locked in to Verizon with my work phone, so no iPhone for me...for now :D)

don't know about apps but there is always the palm conduit (for those of us that still use one ;))

I'm sorry...P-A-L-M? The Palm coconut, what? :p Get with the 90's man! :D

Ah. Stone age palmtops - or too cheap to buy a new one :p

Says he who has a Psion Series 5 somewhere.

Admittedly, I would like a iPhone version as i'm in the queue for one on Friday morning....

yeah but it still works so (unlike the bomb ;)) if it ain't broke...... ;)

nope-just been out of work for 2 1/2 years and a new toy is not in the budget

The Blackberry timetable is an absolute joke.

This is probably the only area where I miss my Treo -- the availability of applications and their functionality are excellent.

I actually still have a Palm, currently work (and thus am making some money) as a consultant and have a degree in Software Engineering (no, not Computer Science).

Plus, I am happy that I currently have three Timetables as off-line applications: United, Star Alliance and AA...all which work flawlessly.

Now, the Palm is on it's last lifeline...but that's just because I use it all the time!

An upgrade isn't too far away for me - but I've got a Palm and happy for it! :)

-jeremy

I'm not hatin' on all the Palm-ers. :p I still have a T-Mobile Pocket PC (1st generation) from 2002. It still boots up and all. I don't think they have any sort of software for it either. It may even be GPRS, believe or not. It's in mint condition, as I never had a use for it (it was an award I won for selling the most in my store at the time).

No.. If I was really making a comment I'd be talking about lack of support for Apple Newtons :p (and yes I do have one at base - I boot it up once and again just to remind myself how bad writing is).

I've been running the *A timetable on different Windows Mobile devices for some time, and I'm just a sucker for the "Add to Calender" function thats in it ^ (which they can't even do in the desktop software I should add)

Admittedly (so everyone is happy) a single offline database of the *A/UA/LH flights, then plug in your own search engine via a open source software..

That would be nice. However, I'm just getting a call from Flying Pig airways... :D

... and it seems BA (yes - British Airways) has beaten everyone to the punch and released an iPhone application :eek:

See: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=843475

Now if BA can write an app... anyone can :p

While, like everyone else, i'm waiting for the mac version of the schedule, and an iPhone version, here's a link that provides some hope. You can run all your last century palm apps on an iPhone! (including one would suspect, the Palm Star Alliance tool)


http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/23/p...hat-iiic-at-h/

I'm still checking everyday for a iphone/ non internet based application. Surprised we haven't seen in yet.