TravelSync
A mobile phone application for road traffic news. The user is presented with information based on the UK road system (e.g. the current problems on the A10). The user can determine which roads they are interested in, to avoid unnecessary information being sent to the mobile.
TravelSync uses a custom server in order to optimise the ´óÏó´«Ã½ feed and reduce network traffic. This is to reduce the cost of bandwidth and improve network performance when using mobile devices.
The client is simple to use and designed to be as portable as Java/J2ME (MIDP1) will allow. The next steps include taking advantage of MIDP2 features.
I built the application because I wanted a cheap, quick and reliable means of accessing traffic news whilst on the move. In car navigation systems are too expensive, the radio is too infrequent and unreliable.
Given more resource....
1) Build a more sophisticated user interface using (e.g) speech.
2) Develop a 'push' facility so the mobile automatically receives updates.
3) Integrate GPS for traffic news base on location.
4) Develop the capability for other queries (e.g. What's up in Cambridge?) [Perhaps a simple interface back to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Mobile here]
5) Anything else that comes from user feedback
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