Wonder how the app will take into account detours due to roads that turn one-way overnight and an increase in the meter fare due to traffic jams. If anything, this can only result in more disputes between auto drivers and passengers.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kotian, H P" <hpkot...@rbi.org.in> To: <AccessIndia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:18 PM Subject: [AI] 'Tuk Tuk meter' app to calculate auto fares launched... Hello This posting did not make to the list hence, I am copying it below. Harish Kotian. 'Tuk Tuk meter' app to calculate auto fares launched... 12 JAN, 2011, 03.53PM IST,PTI Download app: http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/travel_and_local/tuk-tuk-meter_qiwz.html The application enables the commuter to calculate the distance travelled using GPS and calculate the fare due. It runs on smart phones with Android, Blackberry or Symbian operating systems. Kerala-based based MindHelix Technologies, today launched 'Tuk Tuk meter', claimed to be India's first GPS based multi-platform Auto fare calculator that runs through smart phones. The application can be started on getting into the autorickshaw and the meter in the phone will run alongside the meter in the rickshaw. It can also double-check the distance travelled as shown in the auto's meter and the GPS distance calculated by the application, Thomas Antony, Chief Technology Officer, said. According to Christian Emmanuel George, Co-founder and CEO of MindHelix Technologies, the application enables the commuter to calculate the distance travelled using GPS and calculate the fare due. The application runs on smart phones with Android, Blackberry or Symbian operating systems without any need for calculating manual distance or fare entry, he told reporters. It also does not require internet connection or the service provider, due to which it can function even in remote areas, George said. The application has a Start/Stop button and can be customised for any location by entering the fare details in the settings page. The auto fare calculator would bring relief to commuters who in many cases are fleeced by autorickshaw drivers. "MindHelix will be the market leader in creating Mobile Games and Applciation for the emerging markets like China nd India. "We have nine applications in different stages of development, including games for iPons, other travel related applications and corporate communication tools. The company is also in talks for getting suitable partners to achieve the targets," he said. The company was formed last month by an engineer and two engineering students. MindHelix focuses on Mobile application development and has a section for the development of internet applications and desktop software. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/tuk-tuk-meter-run-through-smart-phones-launched/articleshow/7268429.cms An app that calculates fare would prove a boon to millions of commuters who travel by auto, where fare meters are seldom operational. ________________________________ Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.
