For those of you with plenty of dough and an insatiable lust for these 10-inch tablets, however, here’s some additional info on the custom app the Plaza Hotel has installed on each of networked wonder pads:
Replacing an older touch panel, the new app allows guests to control lights in the room, change their heat and air conditioning systems, order room service, make restaurant reservations, request wake up calls, communicate with the concierge, and even print boarding passes. According to the general manager of the hotel, their previous system, “wasn’t sophisticated enough for what we wanted to do” and they ” chose the iPad because it is a great piece of equipment that is here to stay and won’t disappear tomorrow.” – BGR
See the new app in action here in the hotel’s demo video:
Intelity’s ICE Touch Premiers at The Plaza Hotel from Intelity on Vimeo.
Can’t wait to try it out. It’s really inexpensive to stay there, right? [Luxist via BGR]
glennc
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 2:20 PMit is not the devices that i hate…
Nads
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 3:18 PMMeow…. catty!
guykb
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 5:00 PMNo, I think the $47 hamburger would be enough for me to give it a miss…
Splintex
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 8:51 PMThe iPad is running a touchpanel app to integrate to an existing AMX Control system (www.amx.com) I would guess that it is the TPControl app.
As an ex-amx employee I can say that the iPad is at a much more friendly price point that some of the panel offerings, but with the drawback of not being a dedicated control system interface.
Germaine
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 9:01 PMWonder how many of these iPads have been used on the toilet? Sure you wash your hands, but do you wash the iPad?
Hazel
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 8:07 PMGreat to see hotels embracing technology and improving which can only be a good thing for the guests that stay there.
Hazel