for August 18, 2008
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Hot Topic: The New Kids On The Block - Automaptics
There
is nothing new under the sun and Automaptics, a small, focused, Irvine
California startup is about to prove it. Their product is given away to
airlines and passengers, is advertising funded and lets users find the best
restaurants, night life and services for arrival destination throughout the
US. Got your attention? Automaptics is an advertising supported IFE content
service that features localized points of interests coded in software and
delivered to airlines for their IFE. Mike Reiss, a long-time IFEer told
IFExpress; "We are in discussions with several of the airlines, IFE
manufacturers, Broadband Suppliers and Content companies. To date we have
received very positive feedback and are very excited to be demonstrating our
product at the WAEA in Long Beach (Booth 959)." As you can see from the demo
screen (advertisers shown as example placement only), passengers will glean
a lot of "what to do" information from the Automaptics database, and if
nothing else, using the system is usually a precursor to the passenger
sign-up other content and communication services on the plane. While not a
new idea, the availability of new services and hardware might make this a
product who's time has come. "We extend with the airline brand and mobile
based information information retrieval systems and we revenue share with
the AIRLINE and IFE PROVIDERS because our products provide great visibility
brand and local advertisers...", noted Arman Asfar, Founder and CEO.
Presently, they are designing for the Thales platform but we see them on
other IFE and connectivity services soon .We think this would even work in
an airline lounge especially since they have they have an SMS service that
works in conjunction with their database. If you are looking for a new
product for your IFE system or you have a lot of loose cash to invest, you
might try these folks! We particularly like their product tag line, "From
the seat to the street..." If you are interested in this clever service,
contact Arman at 949 500-5855 in California for more information.
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