Comments on: The iPhone app to put the fear of God into a Madrid Taxi Driver

By: candy

candy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:29:00 +0000

sweet day,so cool,so calm,so bright!

By: silvino

silvino — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:17:39 +0000

is there anything like this for a laptop?
cause i have a gps system in my laptop and i travel a lot with it

By: Austin Barrington

Austin Barrington — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:28:35 +0000

I’ve released “CabFare”. It will calculate fares based on GPS coordinates also, depending on the information you enter. It is not country specific, but the few words are in English and units are in miles.

By: Of Taxis and Tuk-Tuks « The Blog of Kevin Dolgin

Of Taxis and Tuk-Tuks « The Blog of Kevin Dolgin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:03:41 +0000

[...] TechCrunch, Jose Antonio Gallego Vazquez gives advice specific to Madrid, Spain, while at Associated Content, Jeffrey Hanes offers five handy foreign-taxi-savvy tips, and [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:58 +0000

I live in Madrid and am American. I have only run into a problem once where the cab driver knew I was foreign (even though I speak Spanish, the accent gives it away) and he thought he could rip me off. He took me the LONGEST way possible to my house and tried to charge me DOUBLE the normal fare. I explained this to him, paid him what it should have cost me and got out. He knew he was wrong and didn’t even try to argue with me. He took the money and left. You HAVE to be tough with them.

By: Dejo de colaborar en TechCrunch Europa

Dejo de colaborar en TechCrunch Europa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:27:42 +0000

[...] hecho es que escribí un par de artículos, sobre una aplicación de iPhone para evitar timos por parte de taxistas en Madrid que encontré por casualidad, y que es una [...]

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:15:00 +0000

If you’ll permit a little open source framework pimpage, that app was built using http://www.phonegap.com.

By: Gerardo

Gerardo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:30:20 +0000

Fair enough.

Something else Taxi Madrid for iPhone does and worldtaximeter doesn’t:

* charge for using it; worldtaximeter is free

By: chris

chris — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:28:28 +0000

so if you’re cab driver is ripping you off–what do you do? I am going to both Madrid and barcelona this summer–I’d like to try these free!

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:04:12 +0000

Few things Taxi Madrid for iPhone do and worldtaximeter don’t:
* It uses GPS/wifi/cell to localize your actual address
* It uses a review system for companies
* It will be able to order & tracking taxi order online

Soz anyway for answering every comment… !

By: Gerardo

Gerardo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:23:51 +0000

Sorry for the self promotion, but I had to jump at this.

A Taxi Fares Calculator is exactly what worldtaximeter is. Ok, it’s a web based app, but it includes a mobile-friendly version.

It has been around for more than a year now, and it covers a few cities, including Madrid and Barcelona (and London).

We’ve been trying to find time to develop an iPhone and an Android app for ages now, but being it a side-project doesn’t help. Shame on us anyway that we didn’t do it yet!

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:32:30 +0000

Sincerely, I won’t trust a “world support” app to calculate local fares.
Taxi Madrid is just this, an app optimized for traveling Madrid on taxi with official fares model support and local companies review system. That’s vertical specialized vs horizontal generic app.

By: *safe solvent™

*safe solvent™ — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:24:49 +0000

this app looks like a good idea, however i found this app http://www.edovia.com/rockettaxi/ quite a bit more interesting as it’s not a region-specific tool so you can use it while you travel!

it’s got currency options to view in many different countries and uses a built-in map API with 3.0 firmware to view the trip-distance.

take a look!

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:02:21 +0000

I can see almost all promotional coupons are given… So I’m giving some more anybody who asked me via Twitter at @veilkrand

Cheers!

By: jason

jason — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:36:38 +0000

il take one

By: john

john — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:25:26 +0000

thanks god for this iPhone app

no taxi will ripped me off in madrid

By: Paul Joyce

Paul Joyce — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:23:29 +0000

Sounds like a cracking app, particularly useful for non-natives. The social features sound similar to http://www.cabchap.com.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:13:56 +0000

BB support is in roadmap

By: Yago

Yago — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:09:50 +0000

Interesting!

Plans for an app for Blackberry?

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:43:58 +0000

I have to say in defense of taxi drivers from Madrid that they improved service a lot in last few years, and they are usually honest.
The most dangerous trip maybe is the airport to center route. Just check out it with the app!

By: @jimwolffman

@jimwolffman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:21:09 +0000

Brilliant.

But explaining in Spanish to your Madrid taxi driver that he’s ripped you off because your iPhone says so might be a bit tricky.

Perhaps there’s an app for that too..

By: Hersi

Hersi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:50:20 +0000

Very interesting. Something that is well overdue. I’d love to test it too.

By: Carla

Carla — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:14:24 +0000

Would love to test out this app – and revisit Madrid a year later to see whether the honesty of taxi drivers has changed. Istanbul’s another city I’d like a version for…