Kayak Saves The Day!

I never quite “got” Kayak.com before. Sure, it aggregates travel deals, sure it searches multiple providers, and sure it has a pretty cool name…

But I was never a fan of how their site launches a bajillion pop-ups when providing comparative searches…Feels so 1990′s.

I wasn’t expecting much when I downloaded the Kayak iPhone app. I thought maybe it might help me compare flight costs if I ever found myself in a position where I’d otherwise be stranded. Cause when you fly only the finest airline company, Southwest, you will NEVER run the risk of being stranded, ever…

Anyway, there I was at Hobby Houston Airport when the rather snarky (Woot! I just confidently worked “snarky” into a sentence and do not feel compelled to surrender my man card!) Southwest person came on the PA and announced that my plane was going to be delayed, scratch that, that my plane was broken. Worse, that because it was already at the terminal (close to all the tools, parts, and mechanics) it could not be fixed.

Umm, what?

So my plane is broken, there’s a traffic jam impeding their ability to move the thing, and I’m less than enthused at the prospect of sleeping at Midway(there was no way I was making my connection)

The Southwest ticket Nazi, seemingly excited about pissing off 100+ people announced that our plane would not be coming for us after all. Basically, we were screwed, but we were welcome to wait around and see if the plane magically fixed itself…

Enter, Kayak for iPhone. Since Hobby is stuck in 1970, without any WiFi to speak of, I was pleasantly surprised to see AT&T’s 3G working just fine – I launched Kayak, and between the dead simple navigational interface (the iPad version is even more awesome!) and fast connection, within 45 seconds I had uber cheap tickets on US Air out of Bush Intercontinental.

Getting to Bush is another story for another post…

Thank you, Kayak.com!!

iOS 4.2 Hits iTunes, Finally…

Well, it was a painfully – and quite honestly, needlessly – long wait for the iOS4.2 update for the iPad.

Folders, Multi-tasking, and Airprint, oh my!

The wait is over! As of 6PM (Eastern) the update is officially available in iTunes (provided you update to v.10.1)

My impressions will be forthcoming…

How I Went From 12 Pages Of Apps To Two, Without Deleting Anything…

So it’s been a week since I downloaded iOS4 to my iPhone 3GS. I have to admit, I’m really diggin’ it.

My install went off without a hitch, and I thoroughly enjoy some of the updates.

In the interest of full disclosure, I’m not an “Apple Fanboy” (Truth be told, if I had to choose a moniker, I’d prefer “Google Geek”) but I truly appreciate the innovation of Apple products equally as much as I do Google.

With that said, it’s an iPhone that I carry around with me and it’s become an integral part of my day (as any of my Facebook friends who comment on my uber activity online can attest) so I was quite excited to try out iOS4 last week.

Of all the updates, by far my favorite is the ability to create folders – weak, I know.

If I press and hold an app, and then drag it on top of another app, a folder is automatically created. Thus far I’ve been pretty impressed with the iPhone’s ability to name the folder appropriately (“Education”, “Productivity”, “News”, etc) although, I’m able to change this to anything I want.

Personally, I’m liking the fact that I literally went from 12 pages of app’s, to 2. And shockingly, navigating the folders is very simple -

So let’s hear from you – what’s your favorite upgrade with iOS4?