To address your implied security concern. You can potentially expand the 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; including security features. http://blog.360.yahoo.com/jamesbdunn?p=239 Basically, Gcab has 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 May 19, 3:34 pm, ajd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > News Title: "Mill Avenue bank robber may have escaped in taxi" > > From:http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/19/20080519tr-robbery.... > > The Bank of America in downtown Tempe was robbed Monday and a suspect > escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. > > Tempe Police Sgt. Cindy Davies said no one was hurt when at about > 10:54 a.m. a suspect told a teller at the bank at 699 S. Mill Ave. > that he had a gun and demanded money. > > "He said he had a weapon but nobody saw one," Davies said. "Nobody was > hurt and at this point we don't know what he got away with. The > robbery is being investigated now in conjunction with the FBI." > > Davies said witnesses describe the suspect as a Black male in his mid > to late 30's, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and about 190 pounds. He was > reported wearing a dark blue t-shirt, denim jeans and a baseball cap. > > Davies said the suspect "possibly was seen leaving in a taxi cab." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
