Amtrak Goes Mobile with Amtrak.mobi

Amtrak has launched Amtrak.mobi, a new mobile domain for Amtrak.com users. The .mobi domain is designed to facilitate made-for-mobile Internet content and services that can be accessed on practically any mobile phone. The new Amtrak.mobi site is optimized for smaller screens, and provides easy access to the train reservation and information systems of Amtrak.com using most web-enabled mobile devices including cell phones and PDAs.

This makes Amtrak.mobi the first travel site in the United States to offer customers the ability to purchase a ticket using a mobile device. In addition, users may access their booking profile and view up-to-date train status information. The site complements Amtrak Mobile, the mobile web-accessing system that Amtrak launched last summer. Like Amtrak Mobile, information viewed through Amtrak.mobi is available in both English and Spanish.

dotMobi is backed by leading mobile operators, network & device manufacturers, and internet content providers, including Ericsson, GSM Association, Hutchison 3, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, TIM, Visa and Vodafone. dotMobi is also a sponsor of W3C’s Mobile Web Initiative.