You can potentially expand your Gcab application to include everyone, not just cab companies. In our current energy crisis, people can share their ride to work with total strangers, or even people they loosely know, to share the cost of transportation.
I developed a Pay Your Way Hitchhiking cell phone concept, and the series of events that would make this possible. http://blog.360.yahoo.com/jamesbdunn?p=239 Basically, you have developed the basic tools to make this possible, except for the security feature needed to prevent abuse. Which I suspect the camera on the cell phone could implement the needed security. Essentially, the concept is that if you are wanting to go from A to B, you start the Gtransport application. You enter where you want to go either directly, from a favorites, or a lookup. Then you post how much you will pay for the trip and when you need to travel. The application posts your offer and participating users who want to share a ride, and participating cab drivers, see your offer. That's the rudiment, but the much more detailed version is posted at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/jamesbdunn?p=239 Which also includes security, how money is made by the software provider, ... with additional features like carrying packages without a passenger, supporting other industries, .... James On Apr 19, 9:45 pm, afonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.albertoandmiye.com/android On Apr 19, 9:45 pm, afonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, I'd like to share my submission with the group. It's > called GCab and it's an application that allows you tocallacabfrom > your Android powered phone. I've got several screenshots up and a > description of the program if you want to check it out. > > I'd love to hear what everyone thinks of the idea and any comments/ > suggestions you may have either here or on the site. > > http://www.albertoandmiye.com/android > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to android-challenge@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
