Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Millions Like USPS Mobile Apps

The Postal Service has expanded its suite of mobile applications, creating a free app for customers who have devices powered by Google’s Android operating system.

The USPS Mobile App previously was available only to customers using Apple devices. Launched in 2009, the Postal Service’s mobile applications are attracting an average of more than 2 million visitors each month. The app also consistently ranks as one of the top five most-popular free business apps on iTunes. The Postal Service also offers a web-based version of the service.

The new USPS Mobile app for Android is a downloadable application just for Android-based mobile phone users that gives customers an instant, on-the-go access to the most popular utilities. Unlike the iPhone, the Android application is available to multiple phones supplied by different manufacturers.

Like the Apple version, the USPS Mobile app for Android devices lets customers check the delivery status of a shipment with Track & Confirm, find ZIP Codes, use a GPS-based location service to find retail Post Offices and collection boxes, and save the addresses of postal facilities in their Android device’s address book. Still to come is a rate calculator for the Android app.

To download the app, customers can use their Android devices to go to https://market.android.com/details?id=com.usps&feature=search_result.

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