Category: Apps

Mobile apps are most appealing to Atlanta airport travelers

A recent mobile device study has revealed that these passengers are the most willing to use m-commerce services.

According to the results of a survey that was recently conducted in worldwide airports, the passengers traveling through the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta are those who are most willing to use mobile apps for travel purposes.

Among the tasks they were willing to complete via smartphone or tablet is ticket purchasing.

The survey was released by aviation technology consulting firm, SITA. It revealed that more than half (51 percent) of passengers in Atlanta had stated that they would be willing to use mobile apps on their devices in order to purchase tickets. This could open up new doors in m-commerce.

Passengers also stated that they would be willing to use the mobile apps for a number of other purposes.

Mobile Apps - AirportIn Atlanta, about 65 percent said that they would use their mobile devices for making flight changes. When compared to the global average of 47 percent, this was clearly a great deal higher. Furthermore, among the respondents in Atlanta, 60 percent stated that they would have been willing to use their smartphones and tablets to pay for seat upgrades and other forms of ancillary services. On the other hand, the global average willing to do the same was only 39 percent.

This represents a massive increase over the results that were brought in during the same survey last year. At that time, only 35 percent of Atlanta passengers said that they would be willing to use their gadgets for these purposes. This information is likely to be interesting to mobile app development companies as well as in the creation of future forms of mobile marketing strategy.

This latest annual survey was the eighth SITA/AIR Transport World Passenger IT Trends Survey. It was conducted with a participation of 2,489 passengers from 70 countries, who made their way through six of the busiest airport hubs around the world. They answered questions and gave their opinions regarding several digital and mobile apps usage topics. Aside from Atlanta, the airports also included Beijing Capital International, Abu Dhabi International, Frankfurt International, Chhatrapati Shivaji International (Mumbai), and GRU Sao Paulo International.

Mobile marketing network fitness partnership formed

The deal was just publicly confirmed between TapJoy and Nido Labs and its popular fitness apps.

A partnership has just been formed between the popular mobile marketing network, Tapjoy, and the creator of Alpha Trainer, Nido Labs, in order to provide consumers with an entirely new way to sign up for their own workout programs.

There is tremendous potential in this deal as Tapjoy already reaches up to 435 million people every month.

This, in combination with the fact that Nido Labs’s Alpha Trainer is among the highest grossing mobile fitness applications currently available, means that the mobile marketing network partnership is a powerful one. It will also mean that consumers will have a new opportunity to obtain an advanced 14 week long workout program that will be sent to them directly through their smartphones or tablets.

The purpose of the mobile marketing network partnership is to help users keep in budget while staying in shape.

Mobile Marketing Network - Fitness AppThis, according to the announcement that was made to inform the public of the new partnerships. Effective right away, the Alpha Trainer app’s Android version is now integrated into the model for the Tapjoy Mobile Value Exchange, in which consumers earn virtual rewards by engaging with the ads that they receive on their mobile devices. By doing so, they gain access to various different kinds of digital rewards. In this case, it means that they can use the massive database of more than 100,000 customized workout programs that are being labeled as professional quality.

The joint statement that was released by Tapjoy and Nido Labs, expressed that “This partnership follows a trend of content verticals embracing the rewarded advertising model and marks a shift in how fitness programs are made available to consumers”. This will also place Alpha Trainer among the first personal fitness and training applications that provides a value exchange and virtual rewards model that will allow its users to be able to obtain a 14 week workout program of a professional quality.

The mobile marketing network program is also working on establishing alternative payment methods so that customized programs can also be customized.