Bestselling iPhone Flight Tracker Integrates TripIt Travel Itineraries

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, February 4, 2009 -- iPhone software developer Appropos Mobile and online trip planning service TripIt today announced FlightTrack Pro, the next generation of the bestselling flight tracker for iPhone and iPod touch. Travelers simply forward their airline confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com, and FlightTrack Pro automatically provides real-time flight cancellations, delays, gate changes, route maps, 10-day weather forecasts and more. FlightTrack Pro is the first application to synchronize TripIt itineraries to its service on iPhone and iPod touch.

“Ever since releasing FlightTrack, travelers have asked us for an easy way to manage flight itineraries,” said Ben Kazez, founder, Appropos Mobile. “Our partnership with TripIt enables travelers to track all their flights, without re-entering their flight details.”

FlightTrack Pro’s seamless itinerary synchronization is powered by the TripIt API, which is the travel industry’s first open API (Application Programming Interface) for sharing travel itinerary information among travel websites, travel suppliers, travel agents and related travel services.

“We’ve had interest from the developer community ever since we launched TripIt.” commented Scott Hintz, co-founder and VP Business Development at TripIt. “So we’re excited to see the most popular iPhone flight tracker already using the TripIt API to make it easy for travelers to bring their itineraries to life.”

Appropos Mobile’s FlightTrack application topped the iPhone Travel bestseller list for eight weeks and remains the most popular flight tracker for iPhone and iPod touch, providing live route maps, delays, gate changes and more. Seamless TripIt itinerary synchronization in FlightTrack Pro brings flight tracking to a whole new level of convenience. FlightTrack Pro is available today on the iPhone App Store for $9.99 (US). More at www.approposmobile.com.

About Appropos Mobile

Appropos Mobile creates innovative consumer software for the iPhone and iPod touch, with an emphasis on elegant user interface design. Since its founding in December 2008, Appropos Mobile products have been featured on CNNMoney.com, TechCrunch, iLounge, AppleInsider, iPodObserver, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and others. In January Apple featured FlightTrack in a series of full-page ads in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. More at www.approposmobile.com.

About TripIt

TripIt helps people organize their travel plans no matter where they book—including on more than 350 websites. Travelers just forward their travel confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com and automatically get a master itinerary with all their plans, plus daily weather, local maps, city guides and more. It’s easy to share and collaborate on TripIt itineraries with friends and colleagues. TripIt is growing quickly and has raised $6.1 million from investors, including O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, European Founders Fund and Sabre Holdings. TripIt has also received honors from Mashable, PhoCusWright, TechCrunch, Travel + Leisure and other top travel and Web 2.0 organizations. More at www.tripit.com.

Press Contacts:

Ben Kazez
Manager, Appropos Mobile
press@approposmobile.com
763-656-9410

Peter Harrison
VP Marketing, TripIt
press@tripit.com
415-738-2359

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