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NYC Subway for BlackBerry Smartphones Shows Maps, Locations and More

by Adam Zeis on 19 Nov 2009 04:38 PM
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NYC Subway

One of the most useful apps I have found for my BlackBerry has to be RailBandit. I frequently take the train from New Jersey into New York City, so having the live schedules right on my device have made life so much easier. I got word today that RailBandit has added an NYC Subway app to their lineup. The new application allows you to find the fastest route between any two subway stations taking into account the current schedules. It will show you departure and arrival times as well as any wait time. There is also a map to help you locate the nearest station and it stores your trips as favorites. The best part is that the app works offline so you don't have to worry about having data coverage when you're underground. NYC Subway sells for $5.95 in the CrackBerry App Store and has a 5 day free trial.

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Posted by killatoffa Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

now we need one for the toronto transit commission!!

-- C'MON TTC, at least give us something for all the money you keep robbing from us!!

 
 
Posted by kartak Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

I was just thinking the same thing!

 
 
Posted by jemelanthony Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

we sure do but NYC transit system is waaaaay more complicated than ours and number 2, the damn ttc is not about to do anything to help riders, but i agree with ya

 
 
Posted by BB_SHAWN Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/3462

 
 
Posted by RoninKSB Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

different program.

 
 
Posted by SuperableZeus Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Last weekend I was down in NYC and actually looked for something like this... All I found was a PDF that somebody had scanned....
Too bad that this app has a few cause my GF was able to download one for her iPhone for free and I wanted to show her up!

Still a must have though... LOL

 
 
Posted by stormsucks75 Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

if you had an android phone this would be free. I have the same app for it on my droid and it cost nothing

 
 
Posted by trainlogic.net Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Or are you are referring to one that is free and has just the map, or the one that has three 1-star ratings out of 5?

 
 
Posted by mookish Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Use metro, its just as good and FREE:

http://download.nanika.net/MetrO.jad

 
 
Posted by dkobran Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

This type of thing should be free. End of Story.

 
 
Posted by mookish Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

http://download.nanika.net/MetrO.jad

FREE

 
 
Posted by RoninKSB Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

I have used this, it is a good program but it does not have maps or timetables.

 
 
Posted by CaFe88 Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

CB should have a contest for free copies of dis app!!

 
 
Posted by physicxnad Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Google Maps does a pretty good job. I was in the city last weekend and the weekend before and used Google Maps heavily to get myself around. It even lists you all the times the train operates and which trains to switch to when you have to transfer. Just select where you want to go and for method of transportation, select "public transport" and off you go.

 
 
Posted by Monty17 Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Chicago, are you seeing these apps? We need one for the CTA pronto! Then again, we need a lot of things for the CTA...

 
 
Posted by railbandit Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

It doesnt do anything. It's just a subway map...

and Google Maps wont work when there is no Internet connection.

 
 
Posted by JazzL5 Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

No Storm love.

 
 
Posted by trainlogic.net Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Storm version will be posted in a week or two.

 
 
Posted by MissKae Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Now we need one for Toronto..

 
 
Posted by Ballroom Dru Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

Google maps does this very well except for one thing.

It doesn't work under ground.

BUT for my job where I STRESS TESTED Google maps it did work VERY well. 100 NYC public schools in the 5 boroughs all in new places for me and Google maps always got me there the requires 20 minutes early or more.

 
 
Posted by mnl Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 917 days ago

why not use hop stop, a free browser based app that works great! check out my tech blog post about it from june http://foxyurl.com/LQL

 
 
Posted by trainlogic.net Friday, Nov 20, 2009 917 days ago

Hopstop does not work underground. Just as all other web based services mentioned here.

 
 
Posted by panam Friday, Nov 20, 2009 917 days ago

Totally sucks, Don't waste your money. It's a PDF of the map . No interactivity Might as well be a screen saver

 
 
Posted by railbandit Friday, Nov 20, 2009 916 days ago

RailBandit NYC Subway is a fully interactive subway scheduling app. There is another 'subway map' that matches your description.