In
its annual Developer Day, held at the Mobile World Congress, Samsung has announced a ticket and coupon management app
called Samsung Wallet, which is said to be quite similar to the Apple’s
Passbook app.
Samsung
Wallet will allow users to store and manage event tickets, boarding passes,
membership cards and coupons in one place. The South Korean manufacturer has
also released an Application Programming Interface for its newly launched
Wallet allowing partnering service providers to integrate their applications
with the Wallet.
According
to reports, the API is open to selected partners at the moment and will be made
public in May 2013.
Samsung
Wallet is all set to come out with time and location based push notifications,
which is quite similar to the one on Apple’s Passbook. The feature promotes the
coupons and tickets of its partners through push notifications. The app offers
you real-time updates on membership card points and any changes in the boarding
passes.
Samsung
also announced partners including Walgreens, Belly, Major League Baseball
Advanced Media, Expedia, Booking.com, Hotels.com, and Lufthansa.
Samsung
is all set to launch its new Galaxy SIV smartphone on March 14 in New York. It
looks like Samsung Wallet will be one of the phone's major features, and it
will be interesting to see how the application stands against its rival
Passbook app from Apple.
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