Katie Marsal
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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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.
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?