Comments on: Tokyo Metro iPhone App http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app A lot about nothing and nothing about a lot Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:12:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The best iPhone apps for Japan « GaijinPot In Japan Blogs http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-9575 The best iPhone apps for Japan « GaijinPot In Japan Blogs Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:12:56 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-9575 [...] Link: http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app [...] [...] Link: http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app [...]

]]> By: greengeek http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-9566 greengeek Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:17:44 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-9566 this app is not really so great at route planning :( as a test I asked it how to get from here in akasaka (mistuke) to ebisu. first, it considers akasaka mitsuke and nagatacho to be just a single station. true, they are connected via tunnel, but it's about 700 meters and a lot of escalators to get from one to the other. still, the app had me walking to nagatacho then taking the hanzomon line to shibuya, then transfering to the jr yamanote sen. cheaper, faster, and much easier would be to take the marunouchi line from akasaka mitsuke to kasumigaseki, then the hibiya line to ebisu, but none of the settings could get this result. this app is not really so great at route planning :( as a test I asked it how to get from here in akasaka (mistuke) to ebisu. first, it considers akasaka mitsuke and nagatacho to be just a single station. true, they are connected via tunnel, but it’s about 700 meters and a lot of escalators to get from one to the other. still, the app had me walking to nagatacho then taking the hanzomon line to shibuya, then transfering to the jr yamanote sen.

cheaper, faster, and much easier would be to take the marunouchi line from akasaka mitsuke to kasumigaseki, then the hibiya line to ebisu, but none of the settings could get this result.

]]> By: App Review: Tokyo Metro | iPhoning Japan http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7121 App Review: Tokyo Metro | iPhoning Japan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:00:08 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7121 [...] Duckett, author of an excellent and widely read Japan blog has posted a brief review of the latest iPhone /iPod Touch release from Presselite, Tokyo Metro [iTunes, 115 yen [...] [...] Duckett, author of an excellent and widely read Japan blog has posted a brief review of the latest iPhone /iPod Touch release from Presselite, Tokyo Metro [iTunes, 115 yen [...]

]]> By: Neil http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7032 Neil Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:40:30 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7032 And i'm just the man to do it .... And i’m just the man to do it ….

]]> By: Neil http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7031 Neil Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:40:17 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7031 It's handy having the pdf's on the iPhone ... i have a few too. It’s handy having the pdf’s on the iPhone … i have a few too.

]]> By: steve http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7027 steve Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:21:22 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7027 I just use the Air Sharing app and keep PDF files from the Tokyo Metro and JR East websites. They have English and Japanese versions available Then I always have them, even when I am in a tiny little izakaya in the basement of a building and can't get a signal. My wife can't call me :D and I can still view the maps anytime. Great for iPod Touch owners too! I just use the Air Sharing app and keep PDF files from the Tokyo Metro and JR East websites. They have English and Japanese versions available Then I always have them, even when I am in a tiny little izakaya in the basement of a building and can’t get a signal. My wife can’t call me :D and I can still view the maps anytime. Great for iPod Touch owners too!

]]> By: Neil http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7008 Neil Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:53:43 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7008 Correct ..... useful utilities to help in day to day life and the learning apps make it a great device to own. Correct ….. useful utilities to help in day to day life and the learning apps make it a great device to own.

]]> By: Neil http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7003 Neil Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:50:49 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7003 In Japan the cost of the phone is definitely a bargain ..... and yeh, the other lines would be nice but i get Tokyo Metro aren't the provider so they say screw them. In Japan the cost of the phone is definitely a bargain ….. and yeh, the other lines would be nice but i get Tokyo Metro aren’t the provider so they say screw them.

]]> By: Neil http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7002 Neil Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:50:04 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7002 Maybe it's based on the default language of the phone?! I had a look and couldn't find where to change either .... i just got that info from the app store. :) Maybe it’s based on the default language of the phone?! I had a look and couldn’t find where to change either …. i just got that info from the app store. :)

]]> By: Neil http://neilduckett.com/tokyo-metro-iphone-app/comment-page-1#comment-7001 Neil Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:47:18 +0000 http://neilduckett.com/?p=1428#comment-7001 I used it yesterday and found it OK, it did the job i wanted .... nothing more and nothing less. Some features like the static map are redundant though. Route planning is what i wanted. I used it yesterday and found it OK, it did the job i wanted …. nothing more and nothing less. Some features like the static map are redundant though. Route planning is what i wanted.

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