Tuesday, September 8, 2009

For the frequent traveler, a few helpful iPhone apps

In the past, I have posted a couple things which help me from a technology standpoint on business trips. I just wanted to pass along a few iPhone apps which I have found helpful:

iSky Parking - very useful for the airport parking garage. That way you don't have to take a ticket in the blue section and write level 4, section P. iSky Parking allows you to take a picture of your location, enter in the spot information, or you can set alerts if you park at a meter so you know when it is about to expire, thus saving you money on a ticket. Very good app.

Mobile Receipt - I just downloaded this application over the weekend from Mitek systems. It allows you to take a photo of your receipts as well as enter information about what day, amount, category. It stores the information by month. So your receipts are very well organized. It also has a search facility which allows you to quickly find receipts by date, category, or notes. I am very excited to use this application. I hate keeping track of parking, hotel, rental car, meal, ok every type of receipt.

Camera Genius - this helps for the Mobile Receipt app which I just mentioned. The Camera Genius allows you to zoom in on objects when taking a picture.

Kayak - has an app which you can quickly find flights for multiple carriers pretty quickly. It also give you the airline phone numbers in case you don't have it on you when you need to change something to your current itinerary.

Chipotle - Lastly if you are a fan of Chipotle this app allows you to quickly find the closest Chipotle resturant using the GPS from your phone. It also gives you the option of entering in your order (somenthing I have not tried yet) so your order is ready when you get there.

Please let me know if these where helpful. I also appreciate knowing which applications you find useful during your travels.

3 comments:

  1. Good suggestions Cory. You should take a picture of your Chipotle receipt next time you're looking for your car at the airport

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  2. Thank you for the post. I had to laugh at your comment. I will keep all of these in mind next time such a situation happens.

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  3. Cory,

    Thanks again for your kind words about Mobile Receipt. I hope its working out just as you imagined. Please contact us wiht any questions. We're following you on Twitter @miteksystems

    -Josh for Mitek

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