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Well.. here we go. In the AppStore

Whew.. Funny things happen, when you’re off for a day without internet connection. `GottaGo’ is out.

(In case you missed it: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285851523&mt=8 )

I got a few e-mails and private messages that - I think - contain questions that some of  you may care about.

• Is this an official SBB App?
  • Nope.
• If it’s not official, how long do you think this will stay?
  • I think the few queries this App does and costs in computing power will be compensated by folks like you who use public transit. (Compensate as in help to improve the environment and pay your trips..)
• Why isn’t `this’ included as well?
  • Because it is coming soon! :) No really: The interest of this app is to help. I got GREAT feedback from the beta testers (great as in helpful) which improved this App a lot! And I hope I get helpful feedback from a few more users.
• You did a great job.
  • Thanks. But 70% of this goes to my testers because this app would be pretty.. uhm.. not useful.. without them :) Thanks a lot! (I’m still looking for testers btw.)
  • Another big piece of this cake goes to Liip (which gave me time to work on this - you see, a great company to work for) and Stefan Sicher (who did the fine art)
  • No this is not a big crying scene like “I wanna thank my mum, my cat, my toilet…” :)
• Will this stay free?
  • Forever.
• Why is it all in English?
  • I don’t know :) Actually, Apple needs at least english, but I haven’t had any interest in doing it in 2 languages. And I’m sorry to have missed this point. This will be improved in future releases.

Besides: I hope you enjoy the app. If not -> https://jira.liip.ch/browse/GGO (I’m especially interested in the guy who got directed through his town instead of walking to the station where this happened..)

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Filed under: Information, Tech, iPhone on August 7, 2008 at 3:12 pm by marc.
Tags: appstore, GottaGo, iPhone, release