Posts Tagged speed traps
Win a Canon PowerShot When You Use “My Trips” on Your iPhone
Posted by Stefanie in Events, Trapster Life, iPhone on July 13th, 2009
Heading out on the open road this summer? Visiting family, friends, or even just site seeing? I don’t know about you, but I’ve been itching to visit the World’s Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City, Kansas. Either way, we want to go along for the ride! Share your trip with everyone using Trapster’s My Trips feature and you could win a free Canon PowerShot camera.
We will select two lucky Trapster users who share the coolest, funnest, most interesting trip using Trapster’s My Trips on their iPhone. With My Trips you can add trip points, upload photos, and share your adventure with family and friends in real time. Extra bonus points for sharing your trip on Twitter and/or Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
3.0.1 iPhone Update: Push Notification and More
The wait is over! Today iTunes posted Trapster’s 3.0.1 update. We’re bouncing with excitement here at Trapster because of all the new features you’re sure to love. The update not only includes Push Notification, but also added was an easier rating systems and a page that shows the recently reported traps in your area.
We gave you a heads up about some of these features in our earlier blog post “Trapster for iPhone 3.0: Experience the Difference.” But now that they are fully implemented we couldn’t help tell you about them again. Read the rest of this entry »
Meetup with Shawne Merriman #LightsOut56 Tonight
SDTweetup is hosting a social media event featuring San Diego Charger Shawne Merriman at Stingaree tonight, June 25th at 7:30pm.
We are super excited! Not only are we the drink sponsor for the evening, but we can’t wait to watch the Ustream broadcast hosted by our very own @jbruin. The live broadcast from Stingaree will stream on Shawne Merriman’s Ustream Channel starting at 8pm PST.
Some event details we snagged from Jenn’s SDTweetup site: Read the rest of this entry »
3 Fantastic Trapster Features for Android
Posted by Sean P. Farrell in Android, How-to on June 25th, 2009
This week I have been playing with the “new kid on the block”, the Android version of Trapster. While running Trapster on the G1, I began to realize… this is going to give all the other phone users “Android Envy.”
With exclusive features like the Trapmap compass and our virtual radar paired with display options such as satellite view & traffic view, it might be time to turn in your cool shiny smart phone and grab one of the new devices sporting the open source OS of the future: Android. Read the rest of this entry »
Trapster for iPhone 3.0: Experience the Difference
On Monday, June 8th at the World Wide Developer Conference, Apple announced its release of the iPhone OS 3.0. From leaked media to insider information, the announcement didn’t come as that big of a surprise. However, the excitement is still hard to contain.
Not only did Apple announce the new 3.0 OS, but they also revealed the new iPhone 3G S phone. The best part is that we don’t have to wait in suspense all summer for them. The iPhone OS 3.0 will be available for download this Wednesday, June 17th. While the new iPhone 3G S will ship and be available for purchase at the Apple stores on Friday, June19th.
Without skipping a beat, Apple once again has started the next wave of cutting edge technology for the mobile world. iPhone OS 3.0 Read the rest of this entry »
How-To Get Driving Directions With Speed Trap Locations
We know that when heading out on the open road you have many different resources for getting your driving directions. From Expedia.com to Google Maps, the internet is flooded with map services that all seem to do the same thing but in different ways. However, we can say with certainty that no other website gives you driving directions like Trapster.com.
Because not only are you getting turn-by-turn directions, an easy print feature, and estimates for time and distance, but we also give you every speed trap, red light camera, and police hiding spots along the way.
Here is a quick tutorial on how to get driving directions on Trapster.com.
How-To Understand Trap Types and Confidence Levels in Trapster
Posted by Sean P. Farrell in How-to, Traps on June 11th, 2009
Part of getting the most out of Trapster is understanding the different trap types and confidence levels that we use on the web and in the mobile applications. We’ve created a system that uses various icons and colors to denote different trap types, ie. red light cameras, and their associated user confidence level, so that you can visually add and identify the right traps.
Given that Trapster’s application is only as good as the data that our community members (that’s you) provide us, we think its important to dissect all the different trap types. At the end of the day we want you to feel confident that you’re adding the right trap to the right location, or getting the most accurate speed trap notifications. Read the rest of this entry »
The Best of Trapster’s Blog (So Far)
We started the Trapster blog only a few months ago and have so many useful posts. Just think of all the great stuff yet to come.
Below is broken down into three categories. The best How-To’s, Trapster News, and Trapster Life. We’re sure you’ll enjoy this little recap.
If you have any suggestions or comments, as always, we would love to hear them.
The Best “How-To’s”
We created lots of How-to posts for the iPhone, Blackberry, and our own Trapster.com website. Trapster has so many features that may not be obvious that we wanted to share them with you.
How-To Setup Route Based Text Message (SMS) Alerts
Here is a step-by-step guide and video to setting up route based text message (SMS) alerts to your mobile phone. This is especially useful if you don’t have a smart phone
How-To Use the “My Trips” Feature on Your iPhone
Heading out on the open road? Going to visit Granny for the weekend in another state? Or just taking off to a friends house 30 minutes away? Whatever the reason or destination, Trapster’s “My Trips” feature for the iPhone application can come in handy for road trips.
Trapster on BlackBerry: A Complete Guide
With millions of BlackBerry users driving the streets without properly being warned of oncoming speed traps, we thought we would make it easy for you by creating a step-by-step guide on how to install and use Trapster on on your trusty pocket pal.
How-To Customize Trapster’s Display on Your iPhone
Here is a quick and easy “how-to customize your Trapster map display” guide on your iPhone.
The Best in Trapster News
Between Nokia launching the Ovi store to our 2.4 iPhone release, Trapster has had some great news this past month. Are you in the loop?
We are excited to announce Nokia has launched Ovi, their app store, which is now open and packed with apps, widgets, ringtones, videos and more. Much to our delight, Trapster was featured on the Ovi Store homepage and the Ovi Blog .
iPhone v2.4 is Here, Auto-Post Traps to Facebook and Twitter!
Trapster integrates with Facebook and Twitter. Other languages are also available now.
Trapster Reaches 200k Blackberry Users
Trapster has reached 200k installed Blackberry users worldwide. Woohoo!
The Best in Trapster Life
Trapster is always hard at work. However, when the time calls, we know how to have fun. Check out some of Trapster latest escapades and a fun interview with the English voice of Trapster.
Meet the Voice of Trapster!
Check out our interview with Diane Merritt, the voice actor for the English version of Trapster. We were curious how one gets into voice acting, her day-to-day activities, and the different type of projects she does.
Peace and Long Life from TechCrunch and Trapster [Star Trek Screening]
Trapster attends the TechCrunch Star Trek screening and gives everyone popcorn!
Trapster at the Where 2.0 Conference
Pete & Jay head to the Where 2.0 Conference.
Don’t forget, if you have an idea for a blog posts or suggestions, send them our way.
How-To Customize Trapster’s Display on Your iPhone
Have you ever bought a new cell phone, pulled it out of the box along with the charger, and tossed everything else aside not even thinking of the papers and booklets that are tucked within that shiny neat packaging? I can honestly say I have never once opened a cell phone user guide. My philosophy has always been to just figure it out as I go. It’s more of a subconscious decision I must of made with myself years ago that just stuck.
Therefore, I’m always shocked when I learn something new about my cell or come across a new feature. I will admit, sometimes I feel like an idiot when I make that big “OOOOOOOH” noise as I realize I could of made my life ten times easier or saved myself a gang of time.
Which was the root of the problem to begin with… time. Finding the time to sit down and read a cell phone user guide. Let alone building enough motivation to even think about doing it.
And this brings me to why we think you might like this little ditty. Here is a quick and easy “how-to customize your Trapster map display” guide on your iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »
iPhone v2.4 is Here, Auto-Post Traps to Facebook and Twitter!
We don’t want to scare you, but we’ve been watching your behaviors on social sites like Twitter and Facebook. What we noticed is that there are a lot of people using social media and status updates to alert their friends and contacts of speed traps. Tweets like “speed trap on the 40 east, watch out” are pretty common occurrences.
We think it’s great that people are trying to alert their friends via social media, but wouldn’t it be better if there was more context in those tweets? What about exact location? What about a map view? That’s where we knew we could help.
By allowing users to auto-post their traps and trips to Twitter and Facebook, we thought we could make this natural behavior safer, faster, and more effective. Enter the iPhone app version 2.4, now available in the iTunes app store [iTunes link].
Multiple Languages
First off, we added language support for Spanish, French, and German. With over 40 percent of Trapster’s audience being outside the US, we’re excited to now cater to these three language users of the iPhone application. The application will automatically launch with the appropriate fully-translated version, based on the phone’s language settings. Score!
Listen to a sample:
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Post Traps and Trips to Facebook
Trapster has the ability to now auto-post new traps and trips to Facebook straight from your iPhone. Wall posts will include trap or trip information, map view, a link to to the actual trap or trip, and it supports comments and likes. To link your Facebook account just follow these simple steps:
1. Run Trapster on your iPhone and select Facebook from the Options menu.
2. Select Connect with Facebook to setup your account.
3. Set My Traps and/or My Trips to ON.
4. Traps and Trips are posted to your Facebook Wall
Post Traps and Trips to Twitter
And who can forget to mention our Twitter integration? We can’t! Now you can alert your Twitter friends in real-time via the iPhone app.
Trapster safely integrates with Twitter for real-time sharing without requiring users to hand over their login credentials. Tweets include geocode data and a link to view the trap or trip on a map.
How do you setup Twitter on your iPhone? We’re glad you asked.
1. Open Trapster on your iPhone and select Twitter from the Options menu.
2. Select Sign in with Twitter, you will be automatically directed to the web to safely login to your Twitter account.
4. Tweets appear in your Twitter stream
Once logged in, any trap you report or trip you record will automatically be tweeted and include a link to view the exact location on a map!
Let’s say your driving along and you see a live police trap. You’re running Trapster (of course) so you enter the trap into the system. Your trap will automatically be tweeted. How cool is that? In an instant, you have just notified your friends on Twitter of a live police trap.
Trapster iPhone 2.4 demo 2 from Trapster on Vimeo.
The excitement and buzz in the office about this new iPhone release has kept us on the edge of our seats. However, it could be delirium from the lack of sleep due to our hard, round-the-clock, work to bring you these awesome new features. So dig in and let us know your thoughts!
