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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 »
What Are All Those Buttons?! Customize Trapster on Your iPhone
Have you ever been in a situation where you need to change your settings on a device or application as soon as possible, yet you have no idea what to do? Maybe it’s just me but it always seem that whenever I need to change my setting on a device, it’s at the most inopportune time. And for the life of me, I usually have no idea how to do it. Most likely because I’ve never done it before. So I spend a large chunk of time trying to figure out what means what.
Let’s take Trapster on the iPhone for example. I’m driving up to Los Angeles one evening and hit wall-to-wall traffic. Definitely not an uncommon or unexpected event. However, tucked between my dashboard and front windshield, Trapster is warning me about red light cameras. Well, I’m clearly on the freeway without a red light camera in site. Unless, you’re counting the miles of brake lights ahead of me. Lucky for me I work at Trapster and know exactly how to remedy the situation but this got me thinking. What if our users don’t know what to do? Thus, my idea to write about all the different settings available in Trapster on the iPhone. 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 »
Trapster Now Available on Android
We are proud to announce that Trapster has just released its first app for the Android platform.
We have been busy here at the Trapster office working all the kinks out of our Android app. Lots of testing and driving has gone into this exciting release and we can’t wait to get your feedback.
What is Android?
What is Android? Android brings Internet-style innovation and openness to mobile phones.
One of the coolest things about the Android is that it was built from the ground-up to enable developers to create compelling mobile applications and be truly open source. The Android website does a great job of explaining what “open source” means. 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.
Teaser: Trapster for iPhone 3.0
If you’re following us on Twitter then you know that we’ve been sharing screenshots from our soon to be released iPhone app for the new 3.0 software (check out Gizmodo’s guide to get up to speed on the new software). Of course, we’re keeping all the great features of the iPhone 2.4 release, like Facebook and Twitter integration, but we’re tacking on a few extra goodies.
We’re pretty excited about the new release, which you should see made available on the date the new software launches (June 17th). So to prepare for the news next week, we thought we’d share a few more screenshots and hint at some of the cool updates to come. We think you’ll love the new app just as much as we do, and we’re excited for the upcoming big reveal. 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 Get Driving Directions on Your iPhone
Lost, my friends think it’s my middle name. So most people are not surprised to learn that I think computer generated driving directions to be the best invention to ever come about. I live and breathe Google Map’s driving directions.
But most of you guys don’t know that the Trapster iPhone app utilizes Google Maps and can provide the same driving directions we know and love while we’re running the app for speed trap alerts. Essentially it’s a one-stop-shop, which I find to be fabulous, because now I can run Trapster to avoid unnecessary tickets and get directions to any destination my heart desires.
If you’re not familiar with the driving directions feature on Trapster, you’re missing out on some great stuff. We all know the iPhone’s biggest flaw is only being able to run one app at a time. So to have an app that serves multiple functions is key. That’s why we built Trapster to include the trap info you need, the driving directions you love, and the ability to record road trips, search (who doesn’t need a taco shop at 2am?), and view traffic.
For this post I’ll explain the driving directions feature. Read the rest of this entry »
