myTaxi and GooTaxi
Do you avoid taking a taxi because you're sick of paying for the ride and the call ? If you have a smartphone that should no longer be a problem. And it is that the evolution of these devices allows us to carry out the same actions as with the classic mobilesbut in a more efficient way, such as ordering a taxi Two applications reflect this concept very well, myTaxy and GooTaxi, although following in its wake others have emerged such as JoinUp Taxi, but with a different mission.These are tools that help us to order a taxi in a comfortable way, without having to call by phone, all through Internet, and taking advantage of the virtues of current terminals.
myTaxi
This is the most direct application to establish contact with a taxi driver, as well as being the most complete Through a simple aspect visual, invites us to select our destination point, automatically knowing where we are thanks to the terminal's GPS , although we can also change the pick-up location. With a couple of screen taps a taxi driver picks up our request and sets off Easy, isn't it? All this without having to pick up the phone and, best of all, without charging us for travel prior to our collection But there is more. And it is that myTaxi allows us to follow on the screen the route of the vehicle that is going to pick us up to know where or how long it will arrive.
What is really striking about this application is that, once the journey has been made, we are given the opportunity to rate the service of said taxi driverto let other users know about it. All this being able to select it as favorite in case we liked it. And it is that myTaxi puts us in direct contact with the driver, being able to inform if he is going we will arrive late at the pick-up place, in addition to knowing your data, to be able to the calculation of what the journey is going to cost and many more. A service that has just arrived in the city of Madrid after several months of operation in Barcelona All you have to do is download the app completely free for Android or iPhone via Google Play or App StoreTaxi drivers, for their part, have to purchase the version for drivers and partner with this company, to which they must pay only 0.99 each way Undoubtedly a more direct and practical business model
GooTaxi
This application works on a similar concept and, despite not having such a direct service between client and taxi driver, it is great help when wewe want to request a taxi and we don't know where we are In this case, users launch the pickup request from the same location where they are, or with the possibility of choose another point using the map After that, you just have to send various data such as name and phone number so that the taxi company will contact you contact us in case an error occurs with our request.With this, the taxi sets off
Where this application stands out is in the possibility of planning with enough detail the race that we want to do. Thus, from the mobile we can request a vehicle adapted for the disabled, establish the number of passengers that they are going to go or use our account of subscriber All this, again, without spending money on the application , using any wireless connection to Internet Also, GooTaxi is alsocompletely free and currently operates in more Spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Toledo, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Jaén, Córdoba, Seville and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). It can be downloaded for Android via Google Play, for iPhone via App Store and for terminals with Windows Phone 7 at the Windows Phone Store
