3dot5 releases World Flights – HD 1.0 the global, fully featured, user friendly flight tracking application for iPad at a reasonable price. Designed by a professional traveler.
So what are my ten favorite apps for business… well here you go:
I love Evernote as it enables me to work seamlessly from either my MacBook, my iPad or my iPhone 4. It has become my unique tool for capturing my notes, writing papers and brainstorming.
I also use World Flights, not only because I designed it, but mainly because I designed it to fill my specific needs as one on the World’s most frequent flyers (one round the world trip per month with at least 6 stop overs and all the small trips in between). World Flights enables me to track the status of my flights using many different search approaches depending on my situation at any given moment. For $1.99 it is the best value for money flight tracker on the AppStore.
IFindHotels is also a very good mobile search engine to find and book the best deals for almost any given hotel worldwide. It quickly became a must have for my ever changing plans.
I use Truphone to minimize roaming costs while on wifi networked around the world and to call my foreign customers. Truphone Anywhere is also a wonderful way to call abroad while not connected to wifi.
QuickOffice let’s me store and edit Word and Excel documents (even though working with spreadsheets is a little tedious) and has become a must have to quickly react to changes in contracts or other documents.
Convert is another must have to quickly convert anything into anything, from currencies to measurements and temperatures, the calculator-like look and feel and functionality is a real winner.
I also use iBooks to not only store and read my books but also store my PDFs and since the iPad, I am storing all my presentations as PDF on iBooks for impromptu coffee table presentations.
Things is also my favorite task manager, like Evernote it let me seamlessly work from either my Mac, my iPhone or my iPad.
Of course after a long business day or during a small break having a few games is also part of the whole experience my favorites are by far the superb Angry Birds and Bejeweled 2 (mainly for Bejeweled Blitz which is a great way to spend a spare minute).
Written on my iPad using Evernote somewhere in the skies between Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia.
What’s new in Version 1.1:
- Refined user interface;
- Search by Route;
- Favourite Airports and Routes;
- iOS 4 Ready.
Objectives
The objectives of the World Flights application are to provide all necessary departure and arrival information to commercial flights passengers as well as to those dropping off or picking up commercial flights passengers around the World by:
- Providing accurate and up to date information about commercial flights to and from any airport or based on any given route;
- Identifying the nearest airport to a given location;
- Allowing users to save their most used airports and routes as favourites for quick access; and
- Displaying flight tracking information on a map.
Application Screenshots
Updated Flights Lists![]() |
Flight Details![]() |
Find Nearest Airport![]() |
Search by Route![]() |
Search by Route or Airline![]() |
Favourite Routes![]() |
Favourite Airports![]() |
Airport Information![]() |
World Flights is approaching 10,000 download on the AppStore!!!
To keep this up, I am giving away an iPad with every 10,000 download of World Flights from the AppStore. To be in the draw, simply download World Flights from the AppStore and forward a copy of your iTunes receipt to iPadWF@3dot5.net. A draw will be held every time an increment of 10,000 download is reached and the lucky winner will receive an Apple iPad!!!
As the EVP of Global sales for Aldous Limited, I travel around the World at least once a month and have a compiled a list of the top 5 travel apps for iPhones and iPad.
1. World Flights
Live departure and arrival information for every single flight in any given airport in the World. Fast, easy, intuitive and very low price: the best flight tracking application on the Appstore.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/world-flights/id374168766?mt=8
2. HotelPal
Hotel directory with maps, pricing and availability live info for most hotels across the World, again a must have for any last minute booking or finding the perfect location for your stay.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id324473924?mt=8
3. Convert
Currency, distance, weights, measurements, temperature converter and more. Do not feel lost in any country and know instantaneously what is what.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/convert-the-unit-calculator/id325758140?mt=8
4. TripIt
Keep track of your flights booking, hotel and rental car reservations. A great complement to World Flights and HotelPad.
http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/tripit-travel-organizer/id311035142?mt=8
5. Pageonce Personal Assistant
One app to keep track of your bank accounts, frequent flyers points, social networks and anything else you can think of while on the road.
http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/personal-assistant/id285056092?mt=8













