Comments on: Idea for an Android/iPhone app: Call Me a Cab

By: wahib

wahib — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:14:24 +0000

Hi. do these apps allow taxi drivers calling the customer without knowing his mobile number using GPS ?

By: goodone

goodone — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:38:09 +0000

This is definitely a good idea. I was thinking about this and did some search and came across your posting. My concept was something similar. If i was calling a cab, i dont care which cab company is providing me the service.All I care is how soon will the cabbi be there. So, the concept is, I press a button and in a very less time i get a popup message saying how long it will take for the cab to get there and what is the cab company and the cab number.
now the question is how?
So, the assumption i’m making here is the cabbies own a smart phone (iphone or anaroid). This is not a big over head. So, on the press of the button , send messages to all cabs that are free in the vicity of the long/lat. Again the assumption is there will be a way for the cabbie to update their status (free or busy). The message will contain location of the passenger. The first cabbie to accept will send the cab number and estimatedd time will be calculated automatically. The passenger will receive a response/acknowledgement with the can number/other attributes and the estimated time.
So, essentially no talking , just on a button click.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:57:44 +0000

There is a new iPhone app recently released called Taxi Magic:

http://taximagic.com/

It does one-click booking of a cab in 25 cities. Alas, that service is still “coming soon” to Boston so I can’t vouch for it, but it sounds neat. In the meantime it has the simple list of cab companies near your location.

Phil

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:34:30 +0000

Nice idea, google can start showing Buenos Aires streets in Google Maps.

By: Rob C

Rob C — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:42:33 +0000

The Samsung Instinct has the returned results with the miles(distance) underneath them.

You can then click on the result and:

a. map it out and get the returned pinpoint
b. get directions
c. share/send to someone via text message and/or email
d. save the result

The best feature of it that I love the most is the little ‘car icon’ that you just tap on, which automatically gets the address, opens the GPS, and then plots your course.

By: Mike Szgety

Mike Szgety — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:49:46 +0000

dan your shameless self promotion worked – i tried ridecharge tonight booking a ride to dinner with LA Yellow. it slick, and it does all this stuff – but they need to do an app for the iphone, looks like they have blackberry/wm done and they’ve focused on taxi receipts, which is a problem for business travelers. they look fairly young, but their PR/News looks good. thanks for the mentione.

By: david bowman

david bowman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:08:11 +0000

An “Am I Speeding App”?

Somebody already came up with that, and it doesn’t even require a smartphone.

It’s called a ROAD SIGN.

By: Money Blue Book

Money Blue Book — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:21:34 +0000

How about a “call me a tow truck” as well…. one never seems to around when your car breaks down.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:22:09 +0000

First,sorry for the bad English.We speak french here in Montreal, Canada. Here we already have a system like that, you just have to dial *taxi on your cell phone or whatever you are using, and with the GPS inside it will connect you to the nearest taxi

By: Harith

Harith — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:27:55 +0000

Matt,

Sorry for posting off-topic.

Any comment to my today post on Sphinn Matt Cutts Reports Dave Naylor For Spamming Twitter! .

Thanks.