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Here’s one for frequent fliers. WorldMate Live has been updated to enable travel providers to update their client’s itineraries directly on their devices, over-the-air. This keeps travelers’ itineraries in sync with bookings made by agents, even while they are on the move. The service upgrade also expands the list of supported travel providers to over 100 of the top industry players, including Amadeus, American Express, BCD, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, and most major airlines, hotel chains and car rental agencies.
Additional improvements to the service include the ability of the traveler to change the itinerary on the device, adding or updating meetings, flights, hotels and more. The service now enables the traveler to lookup addresses of new meetings, making sure they are correct and viewing them on a map. In addition, the WorldMate Live Outlook add-in has been upgraded to support Microsoft Outlook 2007.
As always, WorldMate Live remains a “freemium” service, with most components and services provided to end users for free. Premium services — including flight alerts, flight status and schedules, travel directory and customer support — are available via subscription at $9.95 per month or $99.95 per year.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
