By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
One of my recent finds at the iPhone App store was the Red Rocket TTC app. A must-have for commuting iPhone owners, the $1.99 (at the Apple App store on your iPhone or iTunes). The developer describes the application in the following way.
"Red Rocket puts the TTC in your pocket. It's a perfect companion to the Toronto public transit system. Find out when your bus is leaving. Plan a route with the streetcar-subway map. See routes and stops with Google Maps. Waiting for the streetcar? Use GPS to find departure times for your stop. Stay up to date with service advisories and transit news on the latest happenings in Toronto and the GTA."
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Offering up real time information on route schedules, TTC advisories and Google Maps integration, the Red Rocket app can access information even without Wi-Fi or 3G connection. The application is intuitive and quick to access information, commuters can also save their favourite routes for future reference. The best part of this application is that it uses the full range of the iPhone 3G's features such as GPS, 3G or EDGE connectivity and does something really useful with them.
We managed to find information on streetcar routes, projected arrival times and use the included subway map quite easily. Red Rocket is ideal for those times when you need to suddenly get to somewhere you may not be familiar with. We think it is a great example of a localized application that makes the iPhone 3G a truly valuable tool. For the $1.99 price, its a great deal. Much better than a lot of the junk that we've run across in the App store.
If you use the TTC on a regular basis, have an iPhone and need to cover a lot of ground, the Red Rocket is a must have app. It will help you keep on track and give you as close to real time information on your next ride. Kudos to developer George Talusan for this truly useful tool.
