Airline Timetables At Your Fingertips

[Brad Adrian]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.skyguideonline.com/download/pocketpc.cfm' target='_blank'>http://www.skyguideonline.com/downl...ad/pocketpc.cfm</a><br /><br /></div>If you do a lot of airline travel, here's another application you might want to take a look at: the <a href="http://www.skyguideonline.com/download/pocketpc.cfm">Executive Travel SkyGuide</a>.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/adrian/skyguide.jpg" /><br /><br /><i>"The Pocket PC Timetable is a static timetable application allowing the ability to store and view airline flight schedules on products supporting the Pocket PC platform (Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc.) Some of the features include: Lookups via City Pair or City/Airport Timetable and detailed flight drill down, as well as add to calendar. The City/Airport recognition is very user friendly recognizing 3 digit airport codes and partial city names, as well as a complete menu. The Timetable includes the full dynamic route building engine found on the Windows PC Electronic Timetable."</i><br /><br />Flight guides for the Pocket PC have been around for quite awhile, but they've typically been for individual airlines or required an active Internet connection for lookups. What seems interesting about this airline guide is that it downloads flight information directly onto the Pocket PC.<br /><br />Even though that makes it easier and quicker to use, it also makes this a HUGE application -- more than 6MB. I was really anxious to see how it works, but had to install it to my storage card because I didn't have sufficient RAM. Unfortunately, I never could get it to run from the storage card. So, I'll try it again with another Pocket PC with more available RAM.<br /><br />The SkyGuide Web site says that this software is currently free, but that it will eventually require a license. I couldn't find a mention of how much a license will cost (and guides like those from Zugat seem to be a bit pricey), but it's still worth a look.

[Darius Wey]

Hmmm...that's interesting. Do you know if it has worldwide support?

[Kati Compton]

Well, they say it will remain free for American Express Platinum cardholders.

But that's strange, given that if you go to the main site and look at the flight information info, they say they charge something like $65 for a subscription. Maybe you need the software PLUS the subscription?

[disconnected]

I sure wish that developers of large apps like this would realize that most people will want/need to install them to a storage card. Is there some technical reason that makes it a lot more difficult to program for that?

That's my main problem with Zagat. For years now, they've been saying that a new version will be coming that can be installed to a storage card; then, just a few weeks ago they sent me an email asking me to fill out a survey. One of the questions was about which new features would be important and one of the features was the ability to install to a storage card. I guess that means they still haven't decided to do it.

[Brad Adrian]

But that's strange, given that if you go to the main site and look at the flight information info, they say they charge something like $65 for a subscription.
I thought that the $65 was for their magazine, because it mentioned a certain number of "issues."

[Sven Johannsen]

It does seem that the currently listed subscription is for the print version. It also says subscribers to the print version will get a special deal on the electronic one. I expect they haven't finalized the pricing, or technicalities of a subscriber based electronic version.