Sunday, March 27, 2005

BusSched as an alternative to busTXT

I had seen BusSched before, but it seems to have been updated.

BusSched is a utility for Palm OS and Pocket PC based PDAs. It is designed to display Dublin Bus bus schedules.

This application has an interesting list of features, including the ability to enter how many minutes your stop is from the terminus, and have the timetable altered accordingly. The thing I like best about the site though, is the ability to create your own timetable. You can select the routes you use from a dropdown list and download only the databases for those routes.

With virtually every new mobile phone now supporting Java, I think this app is just crying out to be converted to j2me. Throw in the ability to download only data for routes you use (saving space on low-end handsets) and I think you've got some serious competition for busTXT.

2 Comments:

Blogger Daymobrew said...

As the author of BusSched I have been wanting to put BusSched on a mobile.
I began porting BusSched to Java last year but gave up as I struggled with the GUI layout manager stuff.
The source is GPL and therefore available. I'd love to work with someone to make this work.
I have just finished writing TrainSched for Windows (inspiration for BusSched), and will port it to Pocket PC soon.

1:05 PM  
Blogger Grant said...

Hmm, just wondering why I wasn't notified by email about this comment.

2:08 PM  

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