Nokia has also opted for applications at the Mobile World Congressof Barcelona this year. Along with the new version of Nokia Drive, and the news and book reader known as Nokia Reading , has introduced Nokia Transport A complete tool for the commuter in need know the route by public transport to your destination Something that mobile users already enjoyed Nokia with operating system Symbian, but now receiving the Nokia Lumiarange in Windows Phone 7, with a few more features.
It is a fairly simple application that stands out for its way of displaying the data on screen, in addition to its possibilities, which are not limited exclusively to offering information on public transport in the city And it is that, in addition tocalculate a route with transfers, it is possible to know the sections that the user has to complete on foot to reach the destination point. All this with a visual aspect that fits perfectly into the Microsoft operating system, although with a somewhat more sober style than the rest of Nokia applications presented during the fair.
As soon as you start Nokia Transport, the terminal automatically detects the position of the user thanks to technology GPSThus, two bars are displayed on the main screen: one with the current situation, From (from), and another with el destination point, To (towards). As we said, the point of origin is detected automatically, so it is only necessary to write the destination address This application has a drop-down of suggestions and already selected destinations, so it is not necessary to write more than a few letters to see possible points. With this, all that remains is to wait for Nokia Transfer to collate the data through Internet and display the different solutions for the route
Within a few seconds, a graphic appears on the screen showing the different alternatives that the user has to reach his destination. It is a temporal diagram with ten-minute intervals that shows chronologically the possible routes Just by sliding your finger across the screen you can see the different possibilities further away in time Clicking on any of them develops a linear map with all the necessary information to carry out said trip. The good thing about Nokia Transport is that it shows the walking time to the public transport stopthat have to be caught, and the same up to the point of destination, offering very approximate and complete data In addition, it is possible to see at all times the different sections shown on a map, with indications on the walking routes to know where to walk
Also offered on full time in which the user is expected to arrive and transshipments What you need to do A very useful piece of information to show if you are going to arrive on time or not. A point in favor of this application is the possibility of taking a table with the information of a route to the main screen of the terminal defaultThis is really useful when the user saves a destination like home or work Thus, automatically, the application locates the user , and offers you different alternatives to reach that destination from your current position, displaying thein the main screen box next bus, subway or train departures in the direction of the predefined destination.
The Nokia Transport app is expected to be functional for 500 cities around the world Currently offers information on some 270 cities, of which 86 already have information on times and routes detailed However, the application is still under development, more specifically, in testing phase or beta phase But the most daring users you can try it by registering and downloading it completely free from the app development page for Nokia, known as Nokia Beta LabsIt is not yet known when it will be published in the Windows Phone Marketplace, but looking at the current level of the application, it is possible that no wait too long
