#passwallet

Esta semana os presentamos una app muy práctica que descubrimos este verano. PassWallet es la versión para Android, BlackBerry y Windows Phone del famoso PassBook, que ya incorporan de serie los iPhone. Esta aplicación, que hemos probado de momento en Android, nos permite guardar entradas para espectáculos, cine y conciertos, además de billetes de transporte y cupones de distintas empresas. Al comprar por Internet, nos ofrecerán la opción de guardar en este formato, que se importa fácilmente con un smartphone.

Con PassWallet se puede hacer una copia de seguridad de las entradas y billetes para sincronizarlos con Drive o Dropbox. Así, perderlos será todavía más difícil. Ya hemos hecho un par de pruebas con billetes de Renfe y entradas para un festival con resultados dispares. En el primer caso viajamos sin problema pero el festival solo tenía una cola de acceso preparada para entradas con móvil y tuvimos que imprimirlas igualmente. Nos cuentan que Ticketea fue la primera empresa en implantar este sistema en España y ya está disponible en cines Kinépolis y compañías aéreas como Lufthansa.

En definitiva, se trata de una aplicación que cumple con la filosofía que muchas otras deberían perseguir: hacernos la vida más sencilla. Ojalá dentro de poco tiempo el uso de esta app sea lo habitual y no una novedad que se quede en el olvido.

Lo mejor: intuitiva, rápida, ahorro de tiempo y papel.

Good article from CultofMac, one interesting feature: the ability to add unsupported passes, cards, And tickets inside Passbook

"Yeah, we get it: Passbook is awesome. It’s also woefully under-populated with only a handful or three of official apps.

But look, Passbook files aren’t even that special. They’re just specially formatted computer files with a .pkpass extension. What’s neat about that is that anyone can create one of these files, and then send them to you in email, or have you download them from the web. That way, you can take advantage of Passbook system without being limited to the official Passbook apps on your iPhone."

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As you know, Passbook passes are not natively supported on Android and PassThai team was wondering if the "Pass localization alert" feature existing on Passbook Passes exist also in Android PassWallet

The answer is: YES IT DOES and it is very new...  PassWallet has been updated to v1.16 to get Notification bar support.

Found an article from GainLoyalty.com dated 26 Mar 2013.

"The recent update to the Android PassWallet app has introduced support for location awareness.

So now if a Passcard contains the latitude and longitude of a site, then, just like PassBook on the iPhone, PassWallet will alert the user when they are near to your site. A small yellow icon is displayed in the top-left hand corner of the screen even while the screen is locked, and expanding the top notification bar reveals the card that has flagged up its location."

"So with both Maps and alerting users when they are nearby, PassWallet is becoming a great way for customers to store their loyalty cards on an Android phone."

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“Passbook is an app that all marketers should absolutely have on their radar. (...) Well, as a rule, email marketers tend to send and share coupons and savings with their email lists"

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“Apple’s recent launch of Passbook will likely contribute to an increase of in-app mobile coupons as well. Passbook’s strong tie-in with location could help retailers ramp up their mobile initiatives this season. In fact, Yankee Group’s data finds that 43 percent of retailers plan to use location-based data to send out relevant, local offers over the next two years.Additionally, many retailers are eyeing Passbook for its loyalty program integration.”

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Do you know how to use Passbook app on your iPhone?

即將於明天(2013/2/21)開始的2013台北電信暨智慧生活展，展出的玉山銀行採用了「pokPass益酷卡」服務發行電子票卡，舉辦「免費兌換限量可樂」活動！

欲下載免費可樂兌換券，iOS手機在玉山好讚行事曆app中取得，加入內建的Passbook app；Android手機則在玉山行動銀行app中領取，此外Android手機需先安裝Passwallet app方可使用。

在玉山雲端生活家展區中設立的可樂販賣機，民眾只要將下載至手機中的可樂電子兌換券於感應區出示，掃描資料後會連結網路進行雲端驗證，資料驗證後會回傳通知販賣機掉出一罐可樂以供領取。

本次可樂電子兌換券應用了「pokPass益酷卡」獨有的集點以及核銷功能，一張兌換券只能使用一次，領取過的電子兌換券會從雲端接收更新資料，顯示將由「未兌換」變成「已兌換」。

2013台北電信暨智慧生活展

2/21（四）～2/24（日）為期四天，即將開始！

本次展覽的入場券結合了「pokpass益酷卡」，不需列印，只要下載安裝至手機，於入場時出示卡片就可以囉！

應用「pokpass益酷卡」發行的入場券，可以有效讓想觀展的民眾掌握正確的展覽資訊，例如日期時間、地點等。展覽開幕當天，會有推播訊息主動提醒展覽活動開始。當中最特別的是，「pokpass益酷卡」發行的入場券可以讓民眾靠近活動地點的時候，跳出推播提醒附近的活動；到了活動地點會自動跳出入場券讓人方便出示使用。

下載安裝方法： ＊iphone需iOS6.0以上使用內建之Passbook ＊搭載Android系統手機需安裝Passwallet app

1.填寫基本資料及Emai 2.下載pass 3.(iOS)加入passbook/(Android)打開pass即加入passwallet