Saturday, June 29, 2013 (14:00) | Gonny van der Zwaag
After planning the vacation, book a ticket and pack your suitcases is the time to really travel. If you choose a fly holiday, you’ll find in this episode of the Holiday Special iCulture useful apps to arrive. At the right gate time There are iPhone apps that alert you to delays, which the retail and catering services at airports show or send push notifications when flight status changes.
iCulture advises: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
General Airport apps show only departures, flight status and gate numbers. You leaving from Schiphol, it is useful to have some more information. The official Schiphol app provides the most complete information that you need as a regular traveler: information on arriving and departing flights, parking, shopping and maps of the arrival and departure halls. The app is suitable for travelers as well as fetch them and gives free push notifications for status changes. You’ll also find information on baggage, gate numbers and other useful info. Version 3.0 introduced a new side menu and a new interface for flight. Users complained that certain information is no longer displayed, such as aircraft type and encoding. This is information that is fun for plane spotters, but leisure travelers will not miss. Useful, for example, the fact that Schiphol app for departing flights shows how much time you have left to boarding and how much time you need to walk to the gate. You also get the weather situation at the place of destination to see, you can find out where the meeting point is located and can immediately book a taxi from the app. The only thing we would like to see is a notice once the bags appear on the baggage carousel. Then you can use information from this app look up the nearest place to smoke the fetch them to tell you. Trip adventures
Read more about the official Schiphol app
Download : Schiphol Amsterdam Airport (free, iPhone, iOS 5.0 +)
Schiphol App
The unofficial Schiphol app Evolution Host sees himself embroiled in a strong competition with the official Schiphol app. Though the Schiphol Airport there are hardly worry about worry about: they do have to download the official app that travelers anyway. It is the unofficial app that slightly more features will have to face in order not to praise from the market. And that’s he doing well: for example, by showing how late suitcases on the baggage carousel flops and which runway to use the aircraft. Nice to know, but for 90% of travelers is not necessary info. With the free app you can follow two flights per month. People who can often fly for € 1.79 (was € 2.69) follow unlimited flights and receive push notifications. For information about parking, t ax-free shopping and other facilities at the airport, you are however in the wrong place: this app is focused only on flights: departure times, flight numbers, any delay and push notification when something changes in flight status
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Read more about the unofficial app Schiphol Evolution Host
Download: Schiphol (free, in-app purchases, universal, iOS 6.0 +)
Flying for iPhone
Flying for iPhone is an app that is still in beta phase. You can install the app from the App Store and use air travel plans. Flying provides departure and arrival times, terminal information, gate and weather conditions. All practical information, but simultaneously Flying has another side: a social. In the message flow, follow the flights of friends. Are you both in the same city, you can speak to the app. Away You can earn stamps for performance, such as crossing the Atlantic or a certain number of air miles. This makes the app a bit more focused on the frequent fliers and less on the occasional vacationer. Not everyone works in a multinational company and is several times a week on the plane. The competition aspect is therefore not fun for everyone. The creators of Flying have pai d great attention to creating a beautiful, user-friendly app. They promise that they will add more features in the future
Flying We discussed earlier iPhoneclub
Download:.. Flying (free, iPhone, iOS 6.0 +)
Flight Board
Mobiata is known as the developer of the FlightTrack app that allows you to track you. flight With Flight Board they bring out an app for people who want to see. Signs with departure and arrival at the airport These signs also hang around at the airport, but with this app you can move into the taxi already looking at which gate you should be. Apple called Flight Board wanted to become App of the Week, so who iPhoneclub follows closely the app has already received free hands.
The interface of Flight Board is inspired by the signs that hang at Charles de Gaulle in Paris. Flight Board works worldwide: 3,000 airports get the arrival and departure of 1,400 airlines to see. The information is updated every five minutes, but can also manually refresh. With the press of a button you switch between the departure and arrival at a particular airport. The flight shared with friends and family via Twitter, Facebook and e-mail
Read our discussion of Flight Board
Download:. Flight Board (€ 3, 59, universal, iOS 5.0 +)
Gate Guru
It was recently reported that the developer of TripAdvisor vliegveldapp Gate Guru has taken over. The name fits nicely with an earlier acquisition: Seat Guru. While SeatGuru specializes in finding the best airline seat, Gate Guru focuses on information about airports. The nearest airport is at your fingertips with a click. You get weather information, maps, amenities and tips from travelers to see. Gate Guru is known for its information on bars, restaurants and shops. Looking for a good pizza, explains Gate Guru from where you should be and whether the restaurant is located before or after passport control. You sort the restaurants, shops and services by name, star rating or gate. At Schiphol Starbucks and the Food Court highly valued, whil e McDonalds and Multivlaai not be satisfying. In Services you include Wi-Fi, ATMs and hotels. Only the major airports are in there (Eindhoven, Maastricht and Rotterdam net), with the most complete information at U.S. airports.
Download : Gate Guru (free, iPhone, iOS 6.0 +)
airport Other apps
- Schiphol + HD (€ 0.89) – Arrival and departure times in universal app. Also sends push notifications.
- Airports by Travel Nerd (free) – Airport Information in easy app, can also be used offline
- WorldMate (free) – A comprehensive travel application that allows you to plan a complete trip, including flights, car hire and hotel. Also shows flight schedules, flight status, weather, itineraries and more.
- Schiphol Parking (free) – Displays the parking at the airport, coupled with real-time information about arriving and departing flights
- Schiphol Safety & Security Pocket (free) – Pocket for personnel working at the airport, official app, created by the Schiphol Airport
- Schiphol Airport Guide (Free) – Unofficial app with flights, trip planner, forecast and overview of restaurants and other amenities
- Eindhoven Airport (free) – All current flights to and from Eindhoven AirPort, which include Ryanair, Transavia, and Arkefly Corendon leave
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Opening Photo:. Redjunasun via Flickr CC
KLM has a 3D simulation game for
Pieter Elbers, chief operation officer of KLM, presented the game in Hangar 14 at Schiphol, where a real Boeing 747 served as a backdrop. He said that KLM 3.9 million followers on Facebook and has actively wants to communicate with consumers. Martijn van der Zee, senior vice president of E-Commerce Air France KLM, explained that even further: “We found out through our social media messages out that people want to be, want to join, really involved” says Van der Zee. The title of the game was ultimately determined by the consumer. “You notice to consumers that they do not like to be approached, unilaterally they really want a relationship with you. This game is beaten a bridge between the real world and the virtual world. “Because 70% of KLM’s customers come from abroad, it pays even more widely to develop a real game says Van der Zee.
Aviation Empire has a big advantage over similar simgames: there has to be earned with no money. Although there are in-app purchases, for example, to launch a spacecraft is to play without something to give the game completely. Also it has no limitations in commercial games is often the case, as to wait for certain developments. When the play sessions of the 150 testers were viewed showed how long they played. Unlike many other simgames, which play sessions of fifteen minutes the rule rather than the exception, the testers were playing.
The wildly popular video calling app Skype has received a major update for the iPhone and in a separate application for iPad. The application continues on along introduced the ability for other users to send video. Posts Those are video messages so independent of each call. Earlier it was still being tested with that function. Now the plunge: from the update you can send free and unlimited video messages
Preparing for the holidays is for a careless some stuff in a bag and throw the other an elaborate ritual in which no slipper, hat or tie may be missing. Besides the luggage contents play in the well-prepared traveler even things like visas, insurance and medical measures such as vaccinations. To educate all this smoothly iCulture discusses Holiday Special the best apps for iPhone and iPad
Packing Pro may not be translated into Dutch are, the app does provide an excellent way to keep your task list and packing list to manage. Put items from a collection of more than 800 items on the list and hit the categories in handy if the list is long and complex. The many extras include a gift for the power-user : iCloud support, several people and bags and the ability to export and import csv files, so for example you can fill them quickly on the dekstop and Adjusting ( via iTunes File Sharing ). There is even an option to adjust the layout with themes, colors and fonts.
Travel List looks nice and clear and does not bother with a busy interface and all collapsible menus and settings. Do you have entered a new journey, then you get the opportunity to plan your trip, set alerts, and start packing. In the latter part you can add items by selecting them off. Various categories like Clothing , Footwear , Personal Care and Gadgets The name gives away the fact that this app is not for Dutch is located. First, select multiple components, such as Batteries and Adapter Plug in subsection Gadgets and add them at once to the list. Down the long list of components, you create a new category, and then to come up. Items for that same category Once you have chosen different items, then t hose packing list on your right, where you can tap the number of copies to enter them. There is also a feature to hide. Multiple selected items Travel List by his appearance and his obvious effect a good app for when you want to keep the packing process small, simple and effective but unfortunately not English.
Packing list is a Dutch app that is less extensive than GetPacked and Packing Pro, but that it remains manageable. Choose from more than 120 items from six categories and put them in a list that you create yourself. Would you have a starting point, you can use the default list of more than 100 important things there and remove items from itself. The presentation of useful categories as Basic Stuff, Travel with children, Toiletries and What you really need is working fine. Tap an item in the list, then it turns black “Pack”-block in a green “Packed” block and the black text gray. Do yourself a category, you also choose an appropriate icon. All these visual trickery making Packing list a convenient and uncluttered app.
The app Suitcases – packing checklist keep packing organized through a tight layout with colored suitcases. Although For Hawaii and For School-Age Kids pretty pointless start options for the average traveler, the predefined lists Common List and knocking Business TripAdvisor better. In the next screen, uncheck categories that immediately disappear from sight or if necessary re-emerge if you have forgotten what you have checked. Is there anything not in the list, then tap the bottom right briefcase and add new items from a long list. The self-creation for new cases with a tan is useful to take things a certain way to organize, but the chart on the list itself is less clear than in other packaging applications.