Comments on: One Bus Away Launches Native iPhone App

By: michal

michal — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:34:40 +0000

so is there an app for the palm pre? the website version is just not the same.If not, someone mentioned using the iphone app not on an iphone, anyone have any luck with that? is this a sophisticated techy trick or anyone try it out?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:54:17 +0000

Seattle Bus still not good.
Seattle Metro Didn’t look worthwhile.
Seattle Bus Map Version 2.0 makes it a real app, nice maps and moving buses.
One Bus Away – Can’t beat free. !

By: Ben Childs

Ben Childs — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:20:58 +0000

I’m working on a WebOS version of this app. Hope to have it available next week :).

I have some screenshots on my blog: http://bchilds.com/blog/2009/10/04/onebusaway-for-the-palm-pre

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:14:23 +0000

Just downloaded on your recommendation…thank you!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:41:22 +0000

I think I’m going to get an iPhone now. You should be charging Apple for this – it’s the sort of thing that gets them customers! (Obviously that’s not how iPhone apps work.)

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:14:10 +0000

All we can do is cross our fingers about a WebOS version! I think the hard part will be expannd the app to include ST and Snohomish Country:(.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:39:39 +0000

So I wanted an iPhone but didn’t want to switch from Verizon…..so got the Blackberry Storm. Will anything like this ever happen for Blackberry?????

By: Eytan

Eytan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:28:57 +0000

We had so much crap before….

Seattle Bus, the 1st one. Came out at $20 (yeah, $20) then went to $15. Then 10.. Then $5 (once the competition heated up, last updated July 2008 (yeah, exactly). Sucked (and still does)

Then there was Seattle Metro, at a more reasonable price. UI ugly. They tried. Even did an update or two. But sucked., Way sucked. No maps. No route maps. Another crappy pay program. Last updated? July 2009! Yay. Version is even a large version (3.1). But missed a bunch of stops. No maps. And although it costs money and was cheap, also stoped being very useful because the data was presented poorly and the information was very hard to figure out…

Then we had the cool concept app Seattle Bus Map. Cool idea. Looks like it would look cool. And it has a map!!! but was never updated, crashed all the time, is a whopping $10!!!!!

And now, a blessing. Well done, well engineered. FREE! (not that we need free, but if you charge, it should freakin’ work!) And FULLY functional. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Yes, where can I donate?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:53:01 +0000

Man. Now I want an iPhone more than ever.

Ballmer is not going to be happy.

By: pjp

pjp — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:08:01 +0000

I’ll second that? Why are you not charging for this? Even using the One Bus Away web site beats many of the pricier iPhone apps. I’d gladly pay for it.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:59:48 +0000

Indeed! I’d love to see Android and WebOS versions. I’m no coder but I understand that WebOS is fairly easy to develop for. In the meantime, the iPhone version of the site works really well on my non-iPhone device.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:37:02 +0000

Do you plan to create apps for other phones? I have a Palm Pre. I just wish Snohomish Country agencies had something like this:(…

By: David

David — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:31:47 +0000

This app is great! What would make this app more awesome would be if we could set timed alarms on bus stops. For example, if a bus is within 5 minutes of a bus stop, an alarm fires and tells me to get over there before I miss the bus.

By: Andrew Whitaker

Andrew Whitaker — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:29:50 +0000

Brian: do you guys have a tip jar? People charge money for vastly inferior products.

By: John Jensen

John Jensen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:28:11 +0000

D’oh. Thanks.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:54:13 +0000

Heh, I think you mean “peace of mind”.

By: Brian Ferris

Brian Ferris — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:47:37 +0000

I’m still working to get real-time arrival data for Link and the SLU Streetcar, though their static schedule data should be usable with the iPhone client (Link data will go live this weekend with the latest service revision from Metro).

By: Schroeder

Schroeder — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:39:56 +0000

Does this work for Link and the streetcar as well?

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By: octopus

octopus — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:38:16 +0000

Just installed it and it rocks!