TubeTweet on your iPhone gives you live tube service updates from fellow commuters alongside official Transport For London tweets.
Think of it as crowd-sourced tube service updates, with a touch of personality.
Select your line of interest or intended commute.
View official TFL status tweets as well as agregated tweets from fellow commuters.
View geo-tagged tube tweets on Google maps.
Tube status updates are ok, but it never seems to be quite instant enough.. Combining it with Twitter gives that up to the second detail im looking for...
- Danny Hearndannyhearn.meTubeTweet is not only useful, but also looks fantastic since it's optimised for the iPhone 4's beautiful retina display.
- Chris SharpTubeTweet.mobiTubeTweet is an iPhone application that aggregates tweets in London for each TFL tube line, pulling in both official and commuter tweets based on specific keywords and geo data, some tweets can also be viewed on google maps.
Often you dont find out until its too late that your intended line is suspended, held or closed. Yet commuters are often tweeting warnings and other tube transport related commentary to their followers and friends. TweetTube aggregates that information and displays it in an easy to use interface.
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Tube line overlay on the map screen (as soon as Goggle's API supports this).
Points/Rewards for sending TubeTweets with injected #hashtags.
Sentiment readings, are commuters happy or annoyed on your intended line?
WIFI underground may be rolled out in time for the 2012 Olympics in London, if it does TubeTweet would become an even more valuable mobile app.
Chris & Charlie met via the Sencha forums and teamed-up to produce TubeTweet in time for the Sencha Mobile App contest. Chris is based in London while Charlie is in Austin, Texas.
Hat tip' to Danny Hearn for the original seed idea.
Flick us an email about anything, we're nice.
info@tubetweet.mobi
