By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Book your flight via your Mobile with BA
British Airways has rolled out check-in via your Mobile for those people with InterWeb access. The serivce apparently allows users to get up-to-date flight arrival/departure info, as well as select seats, and check yo’self in within 24 hrs of departure.
This leads on nicely from the iPhone app – in fact, I think the iPhone app now needs a retro-fit to do the whole booking thing – I for one would use it!
BA’s web presence for booking has pretty much always worked well in my experience, and as a regular user we gotta welcom any ways to make the check-in process more streamlined
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and
infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
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