Sometimes the best laid plans come unstuck. Heavy traffic on the way to the airport, airline strikes or volcanic ash can all lead to last minute accommodation emergencies. If you need to book a room at short notice then the HotelCalculator developed by Polidea for StayPoland is a must have application.

HotelCalculator allows you to search for, compare prices and book hundreds of hotels around the world. You can find the best value accommodation and check all the details about getting there and the amenities offered.

Polidea was very proud to work with leading travel and reservation company StayPoland to produce this essential hotel comparison and booking app.

Mr Michal Wlodarski, VP of StayPoland commented Working with Polidea was straightforward and highly productive. They engaged with the product and helped us create something both aesthetically pleasing and very usable. We look forward to working with them for version 2.

HotelCalculator is available from iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/hotelcalculator/id380745764?mt=8

On Wednesday July 14th Polidea was selected by the Fox News as an example of a company which was not just surviving but thriving despite the difficult worldwide economic conditions. Fox were interested in companies who had shown entrepreneurial courage to take advantage of opportunities which inevitably present themselves in turbulent times. We were delighted to host Fox Correspondent Amy Kellogg and her news crew. The focus of the visit was to discuss how Polidea applies Software Engineering know-how with Innovation to cultivate and grow our business, enabling us to successfully compete for and win International projects.

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On Feb 23rd Polidea signed an agreement with the Polish Agency of the Regional Development officially launching the development of augmented reality platform and associated applications, that will be subsidized within the European Fund for Regional Development programme.

The project was officially kick started in February, however Polidea employees have been working in the past months on building the universal software platform that will allow rapid development of various augmented reality applications for most of the mobile devices that are currently supported by Polidea. One of them will be a local information browser, allowing tourists and citizens to get and upload local information about attractions and businesses located in Polish cities. While this application will be created and marketed by Polidea, other companies will be able to license the augmented reality platform and create their own mobile products, focusing on other areas of information delivery.

Polidea management team will participate in the principal GSM and mobile IT industry event – the Mobile World Congress, taking place in Barcelona from 15th to 18th February 2010. If you would like to arrange a meeting with us at the congress, please contact Jakub Lipiński, Polidea CEO, .

Polidea today announced that Jarosław Potiuk has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. Potiuk will provide technology vision and leadership for company development teams and he will coordinate work carried out for strategic clients. One of his responsibilities will be also refinement of Polidea dedicated mobile software development methodology.

“Jarek is exactly the right technology manager for us” said Polidea CEO Jakub Lipiński. “He represents a very unique mix of skills, combining strong engineering background with very refined managerial skills and with good strategic insight. Especially that last quality is something very rarely found in the market today. He is also a geek, but in a very positive sense of the word, and this should allow him to quickly blend with the rest of our team”.

“I look forward to the blending” said Potiuk. “I have been able to collaborate with some of Polidea staff previously, including Jakub Lipiński, while organizing student workshops at the Warsaw University of Technology, sponsored by the company and also while at SkyCash, and that allowed me to observe that indeed, we all seem to share the same view of the software development process and the evolution of mobile market. Besides, Polidea is just a great place for a focused technology leader, clearly being at the forefront of the mobile development business in this part of Europe.”

“I am very pleased that we managed to convince Jarek to join us, as 2010 is going to be a very busy period for Polidea. We have several high profile and high technology projects in the pipeline, such as new Augmented Reality framework, and now, with the new CTO on board, I can rest assured that we can deliver them on schedule” added Jakub Lipiński.

Potiuk brings to Polidea more than 10 years of ICT management experience. Previously he was a CTO at SkyCash, responsible for successful implementation of one of the most advanced mobile payment platforms available worldwide and was working for Google as a Tech Team Leader and Manager helping to grow its first Polish R&D center in Krakow. A graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, he had been also a multinational development teams technical manager and Head of Technology while at Computaris and development Systems Manager in global Center of Expertise at Procter & Gamble.