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Have you ever gotten to the store to purchase an item and realized you left your gift card home?  Or how about forgetting your tickets on the kitchen counter? 

Now there is a way to keep these items organized and right at the touch of your fingers. For iOS, meet Passbook.  You can add items like retail coupons, movie tickets, boarding passes, loyalty cards and more directly to your Passbook through emails, websites and participating airlines.  The simply scan your iphone or ipod touch to access the information.  You can check balances on accounts, where seats are or when coupons expire.  Passbook will even keep you updated on late gate changes. 

Currently companies that support Passbook are limited, but companies are jumping onboard quickly. Not all of the companies shown on this Apple image are onboard with Passbook yet.  Free app.

Andriod’s version is called PassWallet.  User reviews indicate this is a great free app, but there are way too many ads.  Many folks are asking for a paid version to simply skip the ads.

These apps can use an enormous amount of your mobile data so be sure and check frequently.