If you’ve upgraded to today’s release of iOS 4.0 you may have noticed that TaxiPal crashes on startup. We’ve already submitted an update to fix this and a few other compatibility issues to Apple and hope to have it approved soon. Stay tuned.
Edit: and the update is live on the AppStore. Welcome back iOS 4 users.
TaxiPal currently covers 1400 European cities with its Local Taxis directory service. As of today, TaxiPal has helped people in 24 countries to reach local taxi companies and get a ride home, to a hotel or to a business meeting. We work hard to add more cities to our coverage so that travellers won’t be stranded without a taxi anywhere.
BBC’s “Widgets of the week” show covered TaxiPal in their March 26th show and gave it a very good review. You can view the recording on BBC’s website.
We are very happy about the positive feedback as this is still a beginning; some of the really neat features are not public yet, so stay tuned!
We have some great news to Android phone users! Now you can download and install TaxiPal version 1.0 from the Android Market (link works only on Android phones, or use the Market app on your phone). Android OS versions 1.6 and up are supported.
As with the iPhone version you can currently use the Local Taxis feature (covering over 1400 cities in Europe) to access information about taxi companies servicing your current location. And soon you will be able to order taxis also without a phone call as we are rolling out the Direct Order feature in various countries shortly.
We are very happy to announce that TaxiPal received the Mobile Premier Award in Innovation to the Best Early Stage Startup from the MobileMonday Community. The event took place during the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, in the Petit Palau of Palau de la Musica on February 15, 2010.
A big thank you to all of our supporters and fans and also to the hard-working team in Tallinn, Estonia!
We are very happy to announce that TaxiPal for the iPhone has been approved for the App Store by Apple.
Our Catalog Service currently covers all of the European Union and Norway with over 2000 taxi companies. Our Quick Order and Direct Order features are being rolled out in those markets as well.
The TaxiPal application for the iPhone application can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store. The current version is in English language only, multi-lingual version will follow shortly.
Thank you to all who participated in our Mobile Premier Awards and TechCrunch Mobile 2010 event campaigns. The winner will be randomly chosen from all entries received on Monday, February 22nd. The winner will be contacted directly on February 23rd.
The prize draw “free taxi rides for a month” is subject to the following conditions: a) the prize value is based on the average monthly taxi usage for the amount up to EUR 200, b) the taxi rides must take place within European Union before June 15th 2010, and c) the winner’s taxi rides of one month will be reimbursed based on the taxi receipts sent to us by July 15th, 2010.
The public launch of TaxiPal, the first multi-lingual taxi ordering and brokering mobile service, is almost here!
We are currently in the process of attaining approval for the app from Apple and bar any unforeseen circumstances we hope to have the app available for everyone very soon. Other platforms will follow shortly thereafter.
Stay tuned or follow @TaxiPal for the latest updates.
A couple of days ago the beta version of TaxiPal for Android reached the beta testing phase. Our registered beta-testers received the download link and have been trying it out. The overall feedback is positive with some good constructive suggestions on how to make it even better. TaxiPal team would like to thank everyone for their support.
