Meru Cabs launches apps for iOS and Android

Meru Cabs: Indian standardized cab booking service provider, a taxi service provider in India, recently has launched mobile apps for Android and iOS.

 

This service is all over India. The trustworthy cab or taxi provider service has made a step ahead and gave better opportunity to add mobile apps that is on the tip of the needy passengers. 

It is best option for Android and iOS users to book a cab or taxi from the destination provided. Also it will help in the route and calculate the fees to be paid. 

Named as "Meru Cabs" app in the iTunes store, it is developed by "Meru Cab Company".

What the app will do: 

The mobile app will collect your address which is based on GPRS connection and then informs the driver about it. Adding feature to this, the app tracks your car before you board , hence giving you an information of about the time taken for the destination to reach. With the specific information, it gives the user with all the directions, time taken from the starting point to reach the destination, the route via which it is going to travel, money calculator, etc. 

With these, it provides you the receipt of the trip stating the distance traveled and the charges for it.You can give your feedback in the same option provided so that it is easy for the service provider to improve more. Feedback plays an important role as it will help them to give you the best services they can .

You can make an emergency call if needed at the time of travel. After completion of a trip, if needed, you can also book another one with the time and date of travel . This may be called as pre-booking which you can do it using apps.

It is freely available on iTunes App Store. 

Features : 

• Conveniently select the pick up address via maps or GPS or GPRS location service
• Select the drop location through home, office, airport, etc
• Real time tracking of the cab with estimated distance 
• Can call the chauffeur directly from the app
• Check details of previous bookings
• Emergency alert

This app is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices with updated version 1.0.3 and size 16.7MB.

To get this app readily on your device, download it from here : 
 

 

Charge your mobile battery in your pocket

Mobile users, to charge your mobile batteries, what do you do: use of chargers that when connected to the plug will get charged within hours. Some times later, there came a concept of travel chargers, which were used when we did not get access to the electric points to charge. 

In the recent times, the technology has made more and more changes. You cannot imagine things and they are in front of you. 

In UK, Vodafone has come up with a useful technology that will charge your mobiles in your pockets. The pockets of your shirts, jeans, etc. 

What is the technology behind charging the mobiles using bags or shirts? 

 

The bags or shorts that were used for charging had special circuits which converted our body heat to power. This material was developed at the University of Southampton. Prof. Stephen Beeby, who was working in  that university, said that they had been working on the energy harvesting from many years. 

 The shorts that were used to charge are called as power shorts. It converts the body heat into power and that can be used for charging the mobile batteries.

WeChat app - for Android, iOS, Blackerry and Windows phone

A messaging application, which is attracting more and more users and customers daily, "Wechat" app. This application is very useful app for almost all types of mobile users. Any mobile device you may be using, Wechat app is readily available on it. 

Before moving on to the app features and uses, lets first explore about the app. 

 

Something which we can get connected to with our friends via any mobile device free of cost, that is Wechat application. As the logo says, it is anytime , anywhere , anyone. That means can connect with the use of videos, text , chat, etc across any mobile device or platform. 

 There are some apps that are available for only Android or Blackberry . But this particular application is freely downloadable on any device. 

Before buying any product, we explore its features and uses. Lets find out what are the main features that makes anyone quickly download this wechat app. 

Features include: 

• Free of cost 
• Available on any mobile device ( iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone) 
• Live chat : Now you can chat live with the online friends by clicking on "+" sign to add him/her for chat session 
• Group chat QR code: Some may not be able to make out what actually is a QR code. Well for them , QR code is a matrix bar code (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera, and smartphones.
• Backup all chat history
• Video Call : To talk to your friends face to face.
• Moments: An option to share your photos with any of your friends, by using "@" sign before that particular friend name (just like we use in facebook)
• Web We chat : chat with your friends online using web we chat option 
• Emotions: Lot of chat emotion characters available for using while chatting
• Group chat : Just like inviting 2 or 3 people for a conference call on phone, we can use this option to chat in group. 
• Shake: With the use of this feature you can search for new friends around the globe just by shaking the phone. If you want to chat with new friends as making new friends is your passion and pass time, you can just shake your phone and the information of current updated list of friends will be shown. 
• Look Around:  Find out who is near to you in your location using Wechat application.Get connected and start the conversation.
• Drift Bottle: In this option, you can send any message and "throw" it in the ocean of wechat users. So it is called as "drift bottle". 
• Facebook connect : Why your social media friends are not connected in Wechat app? Just let them also get connected on Wechat app and share the experience together. So you can connect your Facebook friends in Wechat app. 

 Other unknown features: 

• Free to download: This application is totally free of cost and can be downloaded on any mobile device of your choice. 
• No regional restriction : Connect to any friends of your choice whoever he or she is , wherever he or she may stay , may be on the other side of the globe, you can get them connected and chat. 
• No display of your phone number : While using the application from iPhone or Android or Blackberry, you may think that will my personal mobile number be displayed on the other side person's mobile device? The answer to it is a big "NO", as this application doesn't share your mobile numbers to others. 

 So , what you are thinking for and waiting for? If you have iPhone, Blackberry, Windows phone, or any other device, just get "WeChat" application downloaded and enjoy the exciting features. 

As per the news article in " The mobile Indian" , WeChat app is now available for Blackberry OS 10 also. Find out more at the link provided.