Comments on: Take Me To My Car: Great Concept, Bad Execution

By: inquirer

inquirer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:31:33 +0000

Does this app work state to state? East coast to west coast?

By: appaddict

appaddict — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:05:19 +0000

Any app is flawed. Yes, new versions will probably be better. I just don’t like when people bash free applications, especially when they are reasonably good. But let’s leave this, there are many different opinions.

By: Fred Krueger

Fred Krueger — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:09:35 +0000

actually, yes, i am a developer. but “you have to understand the limitations of technology” seems incredibly vague to me. The app in its current incarnation, i am sorry to say, is flawed. It will be replaced by other versions, other apps that just work.

This app does not “just work”

By: appaddict

appaddict — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:30:26 +0000

Too bad, people are very ignorant about technology, in general. First of all, it usually takes about a minute or less. Second of all, find me a compact GPS device that locks your position to within 100 meters in less than 30 seconds, I’ll buy them all, believe me! I developed GPS software in the past, so I know what I”m talking about. You have to understand the limitations of technology.

Finally, I personally know the developer of this. The new version will tell users explicitly the accuracy which will minimize the loading time and leave it up to the users to decide which accuracy satisfies them. AND hello, there are step by step directions in this app! Look more carefully.

P.S. It’s free, stop complaining. DId you develop anything yourself?

By: Fred Krueger

Fred Krueger — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:36:12 +0000

I challenge anybody to travel as a passenger to an average mall with this car and locate their parking place uniquely using the app.

Yes, you can zoom in but that is besides the point. The fact is, the stated use of the application — finding your car — is a misnomer. Waiting 2 minutes for a highly innacurate GPS map — without step by step directions — does not make for a good app,

I stand by my review.

By: appaddict

appaddict — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:04:22 +0000

Well, you don’t really know how to use the app. I have this app installed. You can easily zoom in by pinching in. So I don’t know what you mean by “inability to drill down to small scales such as the actual parking spot you left your car on.” As to slow response time, yeah, it’s not perfect, but it’s just as fast as google maps. The interface could be improved by showing accuracy radius, but what da heck, I can live without it! The GPS in reality does take at least 1-1.5 minutes to get a good accuracy.

By: annehezra21

annehezra21 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:30:17 +0000

this same thing can be done by dropping a pin in the maps application. not worth paying for