Literature Review -The iPhone iPanic Button !
Posted by: nmtp01lam on: November 6, 2009
Now people with the fear of flying can be at ease, with the new application for the apple iPhone called the iPanic button. Virgin Atlantic did a research and found that it has a 98% success rate in helping people with the fear of flying to overcome it. A quote from the Virgin Atlantic Airways was “The idea is not bad anything that can make your mind busy during those awkward moments of liftoff would probably be helpful, and an iPhone app seems like a perfect way to do just that.
Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, claims “the application will put many travelers at ease and enable them to prepare for their flight. Flying without Fear was developed with the help of Mental Workout; a company specialized in software that helps people resolve stress issues. The application is also available on the Apple Application Store (http://www.apple.com/downloads)
Statement from the article (http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5A20VG20091103) says that the application is design to help people overcome fear, from weird noises of the aircraft or losing control of the aircraft. It would be a good application for those who are afraid of flying.
From the iPanic button created by Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, it soon further expanded and more functions are added into it. For example from the article (http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,26207925-5014239,00.html?from=public_rss) it now enable users to record pre text message and send it to friends and family. It also make the phone ring in hope to scared the attacker away.
