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TripAdvisor scored a preload deal with Samsung for Galaxy S4. The world’s largest travel site won’t only have its app pre-installed on Sammy’s super-phone, but its content will find ways to few widgets and other parts of the TouchWIZ UI. Here’s what the upcoming Galaxy S4 owners will get thanks to this partnership:
- Travel Widget – includes TripAdvisor images of popular travel destinations and attractions around the world. Users can touch the on-screen star icon to save places to their “Saves” list on TripAdvisor, or tap the image to see details in the TripAdvisor app, which include reviews, opinions, photos and contact information.
- Lock Screen Slideshow – so you can see some awesome photos while your phone is locked.
- City Information in Samsung Story Album – allows you to add “more enriched city information” into the Story Album.
In addition, this special version of the TripAdvisor application also comes with support for Single Sign-On with a Samsung ID, has the ability to load details of hotels and flights into the phone’s native calendar app, and can quickly add contact information for a hotel or attraction to the phone’s Contacts list.
In other words, this is something frequent travelers will appreciate… a lot.
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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.
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