The update for the iPhone version of the app is now available for free from the iTunes store. The Android version of the app also has the update. To learn more about the app, see this previous post.
The Go Metro app finally landed in the iTunes store and is now available for free download for iPhones. The app is also available for iPads. The app has also been available for Android smartphones in the Android Play store since late last month. Here’s our post from last month [continue reading]
[UPDATE] The Android app update is available for download NOW (!) from Google Play. As many of you know, the new Go Metro smartphone app recently debuted in the Android store — here’s a Source post about the app’s many fine features. Since then, we’ve received some great feedback and have [continue reading]
[UPDATE] We’re still working on the final technical revisions with the Apple Store’s Tech / QA group. Its a day-to-day process, but we hope to have this resolved soon. Thanks for your enthusiasm and we can’t wait to get you the app. — Lan-Chi Lam (Metro Web & Mobile Manager) [continue reading]
Lan-Chi Lam is the Interactive Design and Strategy Manager at Metro. She will be writing occasional posts to update readers about Metro’s use of technology to communicate with our customers. Mobile Web As of December 2011, 30 percent of all web traffic visiting metro.net came from a mobile device (smart [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Angeleno apocalypse: Carmageddon (Time) The weekly magazine muses about the impact of next weekend’s 405 shutdown on our collective psyches and trots [continue reading]
Back in March we told you about Metro’s Developer Challenge – an invitation to developers to create apps using Metro’s open transit data for a chance to win some big cash prizes. Well, a few months have passed, the clever developers have worked their magic and Metro’s judges have chosen [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=3765322] So far, with 157 votes as of 10am, our mobile device survey shows that, at least amongst our readers, there are just about as many Android users as there are iPhone users. Metro’s initial iPhone offering met with mixed-reviews but it looks like the numbers may reveal that [continue reading]
[polldaddy poll=3765322] As Metro beefs up its mobile resources it makes sense to take a look at how transit customers are accessing the mobile web. Metro recently released an iPhone app, and the stats show that the iPhone is the number one mobile device used to access Metro.net – but [continue reading]
