Comments on: Plenty of iPods at the iHotel California

Guests can use their iPhones, iPods to check in and manage their hotel stays.

[mattallard]

My name is Matt Allard and am the founder of runtriz.
I just wanted to answer a few of the questions that were in the article, and also let you know if you have any other questions feel free to contact me at www.runtriz.com
The $10 charge is not passed on to the guest, it is a monthly fee that the hotel incurs to offer this service to their guests.
Also the reason why you cant find it on the app store is because it is a web app that is easily accessed through the browser, therefore there is no install process for the guest, no update process, and no app store approval process.
Also this allows us to release it for the Blackberry Storm, the G1, and any other touch screen device, it is platform independent and we are not tied to Apple.

[wlau]

As a frequent traveler, I really question the usefulness of this app. It sounds cool and has a bit of sex appeal but i will to bet it stops at just that. No matter how cool the front end is, the backoffice stuff such as maid service are done by human. This is no different than the services you can call up on hotel's TV or some automated phone system except it's mobile. It's not gonna solve any problem or speed up your service when the hotel is short-staffed (in 98% of the cases). Next thing you know is that those English as Second Language maids are going to push around the cart holding a iPhone or iPod...

[oooh5615]

talk about the upper limit for stupid...