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Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 03:23 pm
List of Passbook supported apps appears in iOS 6 App Store
With the public release of iOS 6, Apple has also brought its Passbook section of the App Store online, giving for the first time a list of new companies that will support the new service.Though a handful of applications are listed on the App Store as being Passbook compatible, downloading and installing them does not currently make the companies' respective store cards, tickets and other services appear in the Passbook application in iOS 6.
Launching Passbook in iOS 6 will inform users that the software is "the simplest way to get all your passes in one place." A summary of what Passbook can do is provided, and a link to the App Store is featured at the bottom of the screen.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the full list of highlighted Passbook applications on the App Store includes:
- Fandango Movies — Times & Tickets
- Live Nation
- Lufthansa
- MLB.com At Bat
- Sephora to Go
- Ticketmaster
- Walgreens
The relatively short length of the list is noteworthy, because a number of the applications highlighted by Apple in its public demonstrations are not immediately available.
Other companies that have been shown with Passbook include Delta Airlines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Amtrak, W Hotels, Starwood Hotels, Starbucks, Target, and Apple's own retail stores. The Apple Retail application was last updated on Sept. 5, but does not yet support Passbook.
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I don't get it. I have the latest version of Fandango installed, and I have Passbook, but all I see is the same Passbook opening screen listed above telling me to go to the App Store.
Where's the integration?
I don't get it. I have the latest version of Fandango installed, and I have Passbook, but all I see is the same Passbook opening screen listed above telling me to go to the App Store.
Where's the integration?
I'm assuming when you next buy a ticket using Fandango it will appear in Passbook.
When I open passbook I see the open screen above. When I tap "App Store" I see message "can't connect to iTunes store" jQuery1810727014557930197_1348083914609? Anyone else....
When I try to open the iTunes link in passbook it opens the store but says its not available. Reboot hasn't helped. Wtf?
Is it required the use of a compatible Passbook app? I thought that we would buy our tickets on the internet, and then we would receive an e-mail with the ticket, which would open in Passbook, no need for more apps. What am I missing?
You have to go into the Fandango app, find a ticket you have purchased, and choose -> add to -> passbook. Then that instance of that ticket will appear in the passbook app.
You have to go into the Fandango app, find a ticket you have purchased, and choose -> add to -> passbook. Then that instance of that ticket will appear in the passbook app.
Ahh, I thought this stuff was automatic. What's the point if I have to go into the app anyway to send it over to Passbook?
Because passbook isn't the place to buy the tickets and cards its the place to store all of them for you. Once the store cards or coupons are in passbook then they update automatically.
I honestly can't figure out how Passbook works. Seems very confusing, especially to average consumers who don't know ANYTHING about it. The app is so basic, you click it and it says 'this will store your tickets etc', then a button that says 'app store' - and it loads a completely random list of apps. What?
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Passbook really ought to come to the iPad, as well.
So what happens when you have more cards than can be seen? It just scrolls, right? So on the iPad just keep one column, have that scroll, but either show more data at a glance and have multiple cards be able to be pulled out to the side at once.