Thank you to everyone who has visited PassKit in the last week. All 100,000 of you! This has been even better response than even we first thought. We know that millions of consumers across the world and dying to get Passes into their Passbook app. Unfortunately without PassKit its complicated, time consuming and expensive. But […]
A sneak preview of Pass Designer
Well it’s been a long and arduous journey getting here but we have finally finished developing the online Pass Designer (we’ll share the challenges we encountered in another post). We are going to release a Beta shortly and then allow everyone access when iOS6 is announced. It is the only online Pass Designer and Pass Creator […]
New Passbook Pass Samples
We’ve just released 10 more samples Passes for your pleasure. Simple visit PassK.it/samples on your iOS6 Device. Or scan any of these QR codes with your iPhone or iPod Touch (you just need a scanning app that reads QR codes) Some of the passes have ‘dynamic’ fields which will allow you to enter your own […]
Ensuring we have the best branding for the future
We’re updating our logo, branding and image and want to hear from you. Like Apple, we believe in beautiful design, and want to connect with our users through imagery as well as through the beauty of our products. And we want to hear from you. Click here for the shortlist of Logos and please make […]
How to push a Passbook update to the lock screen
We’ve just published the following video tutorial to help you push Passbook updates to the lockscreen. Open Safari on your iPhone (running iOS6) Visit http://PassK.it/ Navigate to Samples Select Retail Cards Select Starbucks Fill in the details (Card Nick Name, Card Registered Name) Keep the default Card Number or replace with your own Enter your […]
Barcodes can now be modified through our API
Barcodes can now be modified through our API. View the source of our API Starter page at https://passk.it/api-starter.html … for details
API Keys have been sent out
API keys have been sent out. If you didn’t get yours, download a new Starbucks card from https://passk.it/samples/#starbucks
First use of PassKit Passes
Nick Murray, our Chief Architect, and his daughter go on an adventure; places where no man or girl have been before! They go to find out if Hong Kong International Airport and Thai Airways are ready for Apple’s Passbook.
PassKit site and samples are up
And we’re off!! The site and samples are up. Have a play and let us know of any problems.