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smartphone apps for pax

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  • Bunta_FujiwaraBunta_Fujiwara Albany, NYRegistered User regular
    Ah, I see. Thanks.

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  • hollabaqhollabaq Registered User new member
    Twiminy wrote: »
    Uber might be worth looking into. I've never used it myself as the service isn't available in my area, but I've heard decent things. Uber is an app that you use to basically summon a driver to you using your GPS and you pay via the app using an associated credit card. Has variable fares depending on your car's speed and how long it's taking (Stuck in traffic? The rate lowers)
    Kind of like a taxi but the cars are supposed to be nicer? No tipping either, if you're into that.

    Uber's alright, but expensive. I would use it if you can't find a yellow cab only

  • N13N13 Registered User regular
    hollabaq wrote: »
    Uber's alright, but expensive. I would use it if you can't find a yellow cab only
    You can use Uber to get a taxi, for an extra $1 over the taxi fare and an automatic 20% tip. I don't know if this is speedier or more reliable than just calling for a taxi directly.

    https://www.uber.com/cities/boston#cities

  • SmallLadySmallLady Registered User regular
    PAX East 2013 is live in Guidebook

    If you find any errors or bugs, post them here and we'll point them out to the right people.

    Thanks!


    "we're just doing what smalllady told us to do" - @Heels
  • wildbohrwildbohr Fredericton, NBRegistered User regular
    zerzhul - tks for fielding questions :)

    Just a quick update on Pocket PAX, I have the new schedule integrated and I am finishing up some bugs I found. I need to finish my final pass at testing and the plan is to submit to the marketplace tomorrow. Normally it takes 7 days for an update to be approved, I am hoping it's sooner.

    Going forward the plan is have the app work more like the built in auto update, and just be able to push new "bundles" when the conference info is ready. Going to shoot for that for Prime/Aus time frame this year.

  • craigumscraigums Registered User regular
    I am loving GroupMe as a way to communicate, I have a decent one with random PAX people and its a lot of fun.

    It sends mass texts / chats to everyone and will work as an App or via SMS (perfect for those coming from Canada and not wanting to pay internation rates)

  • craigumscraigums Registered User regular
    SmallLady wrote: »
    PAX East 2013 is live in Guidebook

    If you find any errors or bugs, post them here and we'll point them out to the right people.


    Thanks!


    I noticed in the list of booths it does not list The Behemoth however they are on the Map.

    :) other that that IT IS AWESOME!

  • digitarddigitard I walked up hill BOTH ways AZRegistered User regular
    I noticed the same thing for Boston Paintball. They're listed on the map, but not on the Exhibitors page (which they'll have their shooting booth + a new iOS Paintball game on display).

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  • N13N13 Registered User regular
    Does anyone play Ingress?

  • wildbohrwildbohr Fredericton, NBRegistered User regular
    Pocket PAX was submitted to the marketplace for certification last night. When I hear something back I'll let everyone know.

  • KilonumKilonum [E] Somewhere near BostonRegistered User regular
    Just noticed a goof in Guidebook, has Storytime running until 11:30PM. (I have my tablet set to 24 hour clock and it's showing Storytime as until 23:30)

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  • KuozarKuozar Registered User regular
    N13 wrote: »
    Does anyone play Ingress?

    I play Ingress. What faction are you?

  • TrionTrion Registered User regular
    N13 wrote: »
    Does anyone play Ingress?

    I've been wanting to play Ingress for a while, but it seems I need an invitation. Do you know how I can get one?

  • N13N13 Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    Kuozar wrote: »
    I play Ingress. What faction are you?
    I don't play (yet). It seemed like something that might be fun at PAX. Do you think it's worth its own thread?

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  • KuozarKuozar Registered User regular
    N13 wrote: »
    Kuozar wrote: »
    I play Ingress. What faction are you?
    I don't play (yet). It seemed like something that might be fun at PAX. Do you think it's worth its own thread?

    If we could find enough people it'd be a fun little excusion from the con.

    Trion wrote: »
    N13 wrote: »
    Does anyone play Ingress?



    I've been wanting to play Ingress for a while, but it seems I need an invitation. Do you know how I can get one?

    They are in closed beta right now. You need to apply for a code from their website to get in. That's the only way I know how to get in.

  • TrionTrion Registered User regular
    edited March 2013
    Kuozar wrote: »
    I've been wanting to play Ingress for a while, but it seems I need an invitation. Do you know how I can get one?

    They are in closed beta right now. You need to apply for a code from their website to get in. That's the only way I know how to get in.

    Yeah, I applied a couple of months back and never heard anything. Bummer.

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  • wildbohrwildbohr Fredericton, NBRegistered User regular
    edited March 2013
    I just received word that Pocket PAX v1.5 has passed certification! It's still rolling out to the marketplace but it's live in the Canadian marketplace as we speak. http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appId=8fb1d9dd-4eb7-4e17-8fc8-2fb48f42d83c

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  • jacalatajacalata Registered User regular
    oh wow, didn't realise I should have been on here keeping everyone in the loop about the Pax Digital Assistant app. I think I probably lost a few reputation points when my update for Prime last year didn't make it to marketplace on time*, but that's no reason to stop working on it :) An update for Pax Digital Assistant is undergoing certification now - it'll contain the 2012 maps as samples, but now that the 2013 ones are available I'll create an update that contains them which should follow shortly after.

    *That sucked and I sincerely apologise to anyone who was planning to use it. I hope you found wildbohr's alternate app and got to use that!


    Check out my PAX schedule assistant for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e. Feel free to send me feedback or requests at any time!
  • wildbohrwildbohr Fredericton, NBRegistered User regular
    Jac turn around on processing certs is definitely faster now. I submitted my update Thurs and it was approved today. You should have no problems getting your update in the store before pax.

  • jacalatajacalata Registered User regular
    yea, that's what I've heard - thanks. Last time was unfortunate - I submitted the day before that certificate mess that took the entire publishing system down.


    Check out my PAX schedule assistant for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e. Feel free to send me feedback or requests at any time!
  • ToddEvfToddEvf Insanity Chamber Studio, SCRegistered User regular
    if you are impatient to get the update notification for Pocket PAX, you can always manually update through the marketplace. That's what I did earlier today

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  • DolarrahDolarrah New JerseyRegistered User regular
    Just downloaded, awesome job, thanks.

  • jacalatajacalata Registered User regular
    And my app is also successfully published, for those who want to bask in having more choices than an iphone user :) You can download it at http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e


    Check out my PAX schedule assistant for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e. Feel free to send me feedback or requests at any time!
  • CoanCoan TorontoRegistered User regular
    jacalata wrote: »
    And my app is also successfully published, for those who want to bask in having more choices than an iphone user :) You can download it at http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

    For a second there, I was thinking "well, I do already have pocket pax installed"..but then I remembered I have more space free on this phone than my Focus came with and installed it anyway :P

    I like pocket's UI a bit better, however PDA has the boston maps and what now..so really
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  • jacalatajacalata Registered User regular
    Funnily enough, my friend told me the Boston maps sucked! So along with the official con maps I've added a bunch of higher resolution maps of Boston and specifically the streets surrounding BCEC - submitted that update for certification last night, so it should be out Saturday/Monday-ish. It will increase the size of the app by a couple megabytes but it seems worth it.


    Check out my PAX schedule assistant for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e. Feel free to send me feedback or requests at any time!
  • sidran32sidran32 MassachusettsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2013
    jacalata wrote: »
    Funnily enough, my friend told me the Boston maps sucked! So along with the official con maps I've added a bunch of higher resolution maps of Boston and specifically the streets surrounding BCEC - submitted that update for certification last night, so it should be out Saturday/Monday-ish. It will increase the size of the app by a couple megabytes but it seems worth it.

    I haven't looked up your app for this year's PAX yet, but any chance you could use the Bing maps and throw overlays on it (for the Boston stuff)? What about having it pull data from the cloud so you don't have to worry about app updates and even be able to update schedules and whatnot as soon as they come? I know that SkyDrive integration is now a thing in Windows Phone 8, so I bet that could be done. (Albeit you probably would want to cache the data too, since the cell networks have a history of getting clogged to the point of unusable in the convention center.) Also, I know the maps in 2011 were basically images with some navigation. However, GPS positioning, or maybe the ability to calculate directions from specific start and endpoints would be helpful?

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  • sillyzombie666sillyzombie666 massRegistered User regular
    SmallLady wrote: »
    PAX East 2013 is live in Guidebook

    If you find any errors or bugs, post them here and we'll point them out to the right people.

    Thanks!


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  • jacalatajacalata Registered User regular
    Schedules do now update directly in the app - you'll get a notification when you open the app if there's new data to download, and they are stored locally because of the data access issues you mention. Maps are harder - that kind of live overlay/gps around the center would be very nice, but there's a lot more low hanging fruit to add first.


    Check out my PAX schedule assistant for Windows Phone - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/pax-digital-assistant/6e56d005-983a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e. Feel free to send me feedback or requests at any time!
  • CoanCoan TorontoRegistered User regular
    jacalata wrote: »
    Funnily enough, my friend told me the Boston maps sucked! So along with the official con maps I've added a bunch of higher resolution maps of Boston and specifically the streets surrounding BCEC - submitted that update for certification last night, so it should be out Saturday/Monday-ish. It will increase the size of the app by a couple megabytes but it seems worth it.

    To a non-local, better than nothing, especially for anyone who doesn't have room for the offline maps (like any poor soul with an 8s) who's coming from out of country or something. I know my data will be off from the time I hit the border and living on wifi unless I break down and find a cheap pre-paid carrier with cheap data (and i'm not sure that really exists in NA)

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  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    wildbohr wrote: »
    I just received word that Pocket PAX v1.5 has passed certification! It's still rolling out to the marketplace but it's live in the Canadian marketplace as we speak. http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appId=8fb1d9dd-4eb7-4e17-8fc8-2fb48f42d83c
    Grabbed the update today. I actually like this app better than Guidebook, surprisingly. Simplicity is great, plus the maps are rather nice :D

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  • PorkchopPorkchop Registered User regular
    Kuozar wrote: »

    If we could find enough people it'd be a fun little excusion from the con.

    Boston is a great city to level in as well. I went into Boston nearly level 3 (with the girlfriend who was lvl 4 or 5 at the time) and came out nearly level 4. (I'm 5 now) Tons of portals for both factions. I tend to play out in Central MA on occasion (I'm Enlightened, no smurfs need apply).

    Not sure how much I'd want to ingress during PAX, but if there's enough portals in the S Boston area it could be a good active thing to do for a little while during the day, or after hours for those not interested in concerts or afterparties.

  • Gideon ZhiGideon Zhi Registered User regular
    As of today, the Android version of the Guidebook app isn't loading the guide. It DID update something today and it was working prior, so whatever updated seems to have broken things. Whenever I tap the guide in the app, "Loading guide. One sec!" pops up in a gray box for a split second, then I'm returned to the index. My Android version is 4.2.1 and is running on a Nexus 7, for whatever that's worth.

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    Gideon Zhi wrote: »
    As of today, the Android version of the Guidebook app isn't loading the guide. It DID update something today and it was working prior, so whatever updated seems to have broken things. Whenever I tap the guide in the app, "Loading guide. One sec!" pops up in a gray box for a split second, then I'm returned to the index. My Android version is 4.2.1 and is running on a Nexus 7, for whatever that's worth.

    Mine opens up fine on my Gnex. Maybe delete and re-download the guide?

  • sidran32sidran32 MassachusettsRegistered User regular
    I was browsing through PocketPAX today and found that the maps, while helpful, are difficult to swipe through. It would be nice if when they are scaled to be fully visible on the screen, you can pivot between them, like the Photos hub does with photo albums.

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  • wildbohrwildbohr Fredericton, NBRegistered User regular
    Sidran32 - thanks for the feedback. That was the intention but I hit a snag with the image widget I used. It's on the bug list

  • Gideon ZhiGideon Zhi Registered User regular
    zerzhul wrote: »
    Gideon Zhi wrote: »
    As of today, the Android version of the Guidebook app isn't loading the guide. It DID update something today and it was working prior, so whatever updated seems to have broken things. Whenever I tap the guide in the app, "Loading guide. One sec!" pops up in a gray box for a split second, then I'm returned to the index. My Android version is 4.2.1 and is running on a Nexus 7, for whatever that's worth.

    Mine opens up fine on my Gnex. Maybe delete and re-download the guide?

    I did that and it's working again, though I've lost all of the schedule notes I'd made :|

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    :(

  • SmoogySmoogy Registered User regular
    Porkchop wrote: »
    Kuozar wrote: »

    If we could find enough people it'd be a fun little excusion from the con.

    Boston is a great city to level in as well. I went into Boston nearly level 3 (with the girlfriend who was lvl 4 or 5 at the time) and came out nearly level 4. (I'm 5 now) Tons of portals for both factions. I tend to play out in Central MA on occasion (I'm Enlightened, no smurfs need apply).

    Not sure how much I'd want to ingress during PAX, but if there's enough portals in the S Boston area it could be a good active thing to do for a little while during the day, or after hours for those not interested in concerts or afterparties.

    Man, I didn't know what Ingress was and thought you were actually using the level up metaphor for your life in Boston at first...

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  • sidran32sidran32 MassachusettsRegistered User regular
    wildbohr wrote: »
    Sidran32 - thanks for the feedback. That was the intention but I hit a snag with the image widget I used. It's on the bug list

    Sweet. Also something I had on my mind but forgot to mention: can you indicate which events you starred when browsing the full schedule? It makes revisiting it after an update easier. Also, a nit-pick, but the time category listed at the top(as the current one being browsed) doesn't update immediately after scrolling into a new one.

    Thanks!

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  • wildbohrwildbohr Fredericton, NBRegistered User regular
    sidran32 - I will definitely take a look at options for distinguishing favorites in the main list. I also have been wanting to add something to notify the user whats new in the schedule when it gets updated. The category bug is something with the widget I use there is another bug with it too that bothers me visually I'll log those with the dev.

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