masabi, chiltern railways & atos scoop rail business award A concerted effort from Chiltern Railways, Atos and Masabi saw the companies claim victory at the recent Rail Business Awards 2012 in the Information Technology Excellence category. The accolade was awarded for the trio’s work in delivering the first ever live mTicketing system for [...]
how to make a windows phone 7 app in 5 minutes With a future release of the UK rail ticketing app for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) coming up, we wanted to familiarise ourselves with how to provide pre-release versions to clients for feedback. In addition, we wanted to find out in advance how to submit [...]
top mobile travel tip from first transpennine express First TransPennine Express have just released a new video showcasing their various way in which passengers can get information about train journeys. The first top piece of advice they give is to download the FTExpress mobile app to get train times and buy tickets on your phone. [...]
Buy Rail Tickets on Everyday Mobile Phones and Smartphones with First TransPennine Express Apps No more queuing at stations with ticket machines in your pocket for Nokia, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and other popular phones. A local train company is launching a brand new application to quickly and easily help passengers plan journeys [...]
Imagine the year is 2001… Relatively speaking, it’s a bit of a Stone Age as far as mobile technology is concerned. It is time when colour screens on mobiles were rare, only 43% of us were texting each other, and we were all just discovering a really useful search engine called Google. We’re planning a [...]
The Chiltern Railways app was given a starring role in last night’s episode of the Gadget Show on Channel 5. In the show’s regular challenge segment, two of the presenters raced each other to a destination using public transport. One used the latest technology to make her journey quicker and easier, while the other was [...]
Now supports everyday handsets and high-end smartphones including: Blackberry, Nokia, Android, Sony Ericsson and Samsung LONDON, UK – 3rd March 2011 – Masabi, the developer of mobile ticketing technology for the transport sector, today announced that the mobile rail ticket purchase application it developed for thetrainline.com, now supports most high-end smartphones and everyday handsets. Mobile [...]
Masabi has a fully integrated Android app launching early next year, with a UI carefully crafted to fit the current best interface guidelines for the platform, adapting to different device form factors (just as we do with our MIDP apps) and integrating into the OS and other apps using carefully designed intents, content providers etc. [...]
Since its publication on the Nokia Ovi Store on Thursday, the timetabling and ticketing app developed by Masabi has attracted a number of extremely positive reviews from both technology journalists and app users in general. A quick glance at the Ovi Store page for “Trainline Tickets” sees the app rated four out of five stars [...]
Our train ticket app for thetrainline.com is now available for download from Nokia’s Ovi Store! To get the app, go to the Ovi Store and search for “thetrainline“, “train tickets” or simply “train“. The app will be in the top results. The Store also includes a complete list of compatible Nokia handsets. Here’s a link [...]