Travelnapp - Review - Baggett Virs1976

I'thou certain I wouldn't be the but commuter to admit that after a few drinks at piece of work sometimes my sense of location (on trains between stations) would be slightly inaccurate, by near 20 or so miles. I would continuously autumn to sleep then wake up subsequently a few minutes thinking I'thou somewhere I'1000 not. Luckily, when I used to commute to London, my station (Shoeburyness) is at the end of the c2c line and the security guards used to wake me should I exist out of it.

Unfortunately, not everyone shares the same luxury as myself and whether under the influence of an adult beverage or not, slumber can often be the cause of missing a desired finish. This is a real pain should you exist on a long altitude line - for example London Kings Cantankerous to Glasgow in Scotland and the distance between stops is massive. So what can your Windows Telephone 7 do to aid you out? Allow me to introduce Travelnapp past Mendzapp.

Read on by the break for the full walkthrough and review of Travelnapp.

Developed by James Mundy, Travelnapp does exactly what it says on the can (and works anywhere in the world where GPS is available). Information technology allows ane to fall asleep while traveling and and then alerts the user through an alarm and vibration when a GPS ready location is close by.

In brusk, taking our journeying to Scotland as an example, one could set Grantham station as the location where you'd similar to become off the train. The app continuously calculates speed, distance to destination and estimate time left. When y'all are at a certain altitude away from the marker you've set, the alert volition then kicking in, waking yous upwardly. Simple idea, just ingenious all the same. Highlighted features:

Highly customizable in regards to map styles, distance units and alert distance.
Eye catching nonetheless uncomplicated design and layout.
Relies on GPS signal so will notwithstanding runway y'all even in areas with no cell coverage.
Optimized to avoid draining your bombardment.
Works under locked screen.
Will work at any destination worldwide where admission to GPS satellites is available.
Journeying statistics and route plotted.
Has the ability to automatically stop your music and notify you of destination arrival.

The functionality of the app is so unproblematic that it doesn't require explaining at all. You lot set a GPS location on an interactive map and allow the app to exercise the rest. The not bad matter nigh selecting a specific location is that due to the background being a railway line, one would expect the app to cater for commuters on main intercity lines just y'all can literally pin the marker anywhere, even in the middle of an open field should you so wish it. This makes the app useful for auto and passenger vehicle journeys too.

With the location ready, whenever the app picks up that yous're within a set radius information technology will audio the alarm. The default radius is one and a one-half (1.v) miles, which can be altered in the settings. The beauty of Travenapp is that it doesn't use or rely on the 3G connection, which tin be extremely unstable when being shot at a destination in a tin tin at 100mph, not to mention the tight plans some people are on for information usage. When you've made your pick on the map, the information pane is loaded which displays to the user:

current fourth dimension (24h)
alarm radius (default is 1.5miles)
distance to destination
estimated time of arrival (ETA)
average speed (mph)
GPS signal status
a big button to test the alert (check volume levels etc.)

Accompanying the info pane is a map showing the user's current location (green) and the alarm set location (red). Nice little touches include the developer has made it possible to lock and unlock this map so the user doesn't navigate the map instead of swiping the pivot, which can get irritating. Also, later on y'all've punched in a destination, on the app home screen you lot tin can swipe to the left to view the previous location for easy repetition.

The app is available for costless so at that place are adverts present, but one footer ad per-page won't be intrusive with the user experience since you simply set-upwardly and sleep. The settings section allows the user to:

change the map style (basic or aerial)
choose between miles or kilometers
let location and music interruption permission
alter the alert radius/distance

What do I love most about Travelnapp? The simplicity, the idea behind the development and the ease-of-use. What don't I like? I'k not as well addicted of the UI, could apply some working on, but other than that I would strongly recommend this app to any traveler. Bank check out our visual run through in the video below.

You can download Travelnapp (Zune link) from the Marketplace for absolutely nothing at all.

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