Taxi Fare Calculator

[taxiroute]

Hi,

About 2 years ago I launched a taxi fare calculator website for the UK. It's doing quite well and is hitting over £10m of enquiries a year at the moment.

But, as everyone keeps pointing out, not many people are sitting in front of their laptop when they are looking for a taxi. They keep asking "where is the mobile version?"

So, with my limited skills in c#.net I have developed a Windows Phone 7 version which is almost ready to go live. It's based on an SOAP/XML webservice which is up and running.

I am looking for a developer who might be interested in writing an Android version of the app and be paid on a % of the sales of the app.

I hope people might see that this is a worthwhile app and not a "fart machine" and might like to get involved.

Please take a few minutes to take a look at a video demo of the app I have written. Basically I just want an android version of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBUJ1HxpgAs

Anybody interested?

Thanks

Trev

[ianbaldy]

Hey Trev

Sounds interesting - what is your timeline, if it is not ASAP? I have developed a few in-house android apps, and a couple of iPhone apps, but nothing too exciting. However, I am pretty sure I could provide an Android clone.

[taxiroute]

Hi Ian,

to be honest my timelines are as exactly as you describe - "ASAP"

im not sure of your background but if you would like to look at the source code for the wp7 (in c#.net) as well as the API (SOAP/XML) please pm me and we can have a chat?

Trev

[marchold]

If it does not work out with the other guy I might be interested. goblets@gmail.com

[poornaprajna]

Let me know if you are still looking for someone to develop the android app, it should be easy enough with an existing SOAP service exposed.

[taxiroute]

unfortunately, the first developer I found has dropped out of the project due to other commitments.

anyone else interested?

[maslovvladimir]

May be I can help You?
Look at my projects:https://market.android.com/details?id=maslov.mcalc

Vladimir

[taxiroute]

you appear to be a perfect fit. you obviously have extensive knowledge in android development plus you appear to specialise in calculators, which taxiroute is.

done any mapping?

trev

[maslovvladimir]

No, but use net services.

[ohgary]

hmm, taxi. those are the little yellow cars that businessmen use right?

[nicholasarmwood]

You can e-mail me at john@techndu.com. Our team could do something with. I'll forward your correspondence & idea to them and let them and the Boss give it a look.

[kleptomac]

If you are looking for an android app for the same...check out Fare Meter on android market. There is also a free version called Auto Fare Meter. The Fare Meter not only calculate fares but also allows you to calculate them without actually travelling. Also, you can add your own cities and different services for each city. Check out the complete article here: http://www.kleptomac.com/a-whole-new-android-app-to-calculate-fares.htm

[Prashanthnag]

Hello

could you please let us know if this project is still available for us to work on ?

Thanks
Prashanth Nag

[Alexanderbooth]

This sounds like an excellent app, but how is it possible do all taxi meters use the same money to travel ratio, the cost varies so much, for the same journey, I thought they just use all different settings to get more money, I didnt think there was a standard amount that is charged

[wyteslayer]

Hi. Me and my group wants to ask you if we could develop the mobile version of your application.. pls2x.. we are very interested in your application. we will be using it as our topic for our thesis. Hope you would agree with us.. :)

[ajanito]

Last year, I went to Hong Kong and used this clever app. it helped me estimate the fare for each taxi trip. Very useful indeed.

[juliet2011]

Quite interesting. But just a bit troublesome.

[LadyLoves]

Need help promoting this app in the US? I can help you get it into every android/iPhone in major cities across the US. Shoot me a message if interested.