Do you ever wonder if Steve Jobs could have iMagined the depth of his iCreations? Just when the world has become accustomed to the iMac, the iPhone, the iPod, the iPad and the iWorld, along comes the iConcierge.
This creation is the work of Norwegian Cruise Line, for use on its Epic, the flagship of the fleet until the arrival of the first of its two Breakaway Class ships next year.
By using the free smart-phone app called iConcierge, passengers on the Epic will be able to interact with guest information and service systems throughout the cruise, and communicate with other smart-phone users (voice and text) on the same cruise.
So, even on a ship as big as the Epic, none of them will get lost.
How likely is it that iConcierge, or a reasonable facsimile, will spread? These two “communicators” hope that it will work in small areas that don’t float on the ocean.
A few years ago, we accidentally became separated on the streets of Florence, Italy. It’s a long story how long that accident lasted, without an iConcierge and a GPS, but with one-way streets and a language barrier. The short version is that one of us (the navigator) stood on a street corner for about four hours waiting for her driver, who was going in circles looking for the street corner.
It probably wouldn’t have happened to Steve Jobs.
DAILY DEAL:
Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas
12 nights
May 24, 2012
Bayonne, NJ (return): Bermuda, St. Maarten, San Juan, Labadee, Bermuda
Inside: $958
Cost per day: $80
www.royalcaribbean.com