If you're in an airplane more than once a year (or has to give a ride to someone who does), you need to check out FlightTrack. As its name implies, it, well, tracks flights. But that's just the beginning.
If you're traveling, you can add your own itinerary of flights and keep track of everything in one place. Worried about delays? Select the airport from your itinerary, and you get delay and weather information. See the projected route on top of Google Maps.
But where FlightTrack really shines is for those on the ground waiting on their airborne loved ones. Flight status -- including altitude and airspeed for you numbers types -- are available in the app or on a home screen widget, and changes in arrival time and gate information are pushed out automatically and appear as notifications.
Need more? An upgrade to FlightTrack Pro ($4.99) gives you the ability to tie into TripIt.com. Once you get your e-mail confirmation from an airline or online travel booking site, just forward it to plans@tripit.com, and it'll automatically be fed into FlightTrack Pro. No muss, no fuss.
You can download FlightTrack from the Android Market, or use the QR code above. More screen shots after the break.
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I can't find it in the market: I'm running a HTC Hero with Android 1.5 - any advice on whether this is a 2.0 only application?
I can only find the $4.99 version
This app would be great if it had a free version, instead of the pro version costing as much as the base version. Fail, imo.
I actually e-mailed them about this last week, as I found that confusing. The basic version is $4.99, and the Pro version is an additional $4.99. In other words, you need to buy the basic version in order to get the Pro version to work. Or, in more other words, the basic version is $4.99, and the Pro version is $9.98.
4.99? No thanks!
Travel is something we do whether we like to or not. The issue is not the traveling itself, but organizing it. There are many great websites for making itineraries and other plans, but these leave out one major part is the flight.FlightTrackâs coolest feature is definitely the Map View. This allows you to see where a flight is during its flight; and it works very well.
I actually e-mailed them about this last week,instead of the pro version costing as much as the base version. Fail, imo.
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