I got a mail from a Luis Torrecilla - a very nice designer who did a great redesign a friend of mine is very into this whole BTLE thing and location beacon / context aware thing could be interesting for Passbook - but nothing ready yet One year later - just before the 30C3 - I came to work a bit on this app again - for 2 reasons: I saw that the implementation is quite easy ( just a zip container with json and images ) - The first version was build very quick & was working for me ( got entry to 29C3 ) - In the following year I have not worked on this app much as I had no real use-cases but there where a lot of users downloading the app and I fixed processing of some passes that where send to me ( some passes contain really broken json. I stumbled upon Passbook files when i received my ticket for the 29c3 - I liked the Idea - but there was no Android App which was working for me. The app is offline usable once you downloaded the pass!
The most important content is the BarCode ( QR, AZTEC & PDF417which authorizes you most of the time - but it also has other interesting content like a description - often a time ( that you now can add to your calendar ) - often also locations ( to give you directions ) - just try It out! when you receive them via email or get an Download-option.
There are so called espass or pkpass files - you can open them with this app - e.g. boarding-pass for your next flight, a coupon for a nice hot beverage on the destination, a movie ticket, a membership card - there are a lot of possibilities.īasically it is a replacement for a piece of paper or plastic you would normally have to carry with you - so lets save some trees and reduce waste!Īlso this app is Free-Software - Free not only as in "Free Beer" - but more as in Richard Stallmans Concept of Free and Open Software for a better World. This app is a viewer for passes - a pass could be a e.g.
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