Little Fluffy Toys Ltd

A bit late to our own party – it was given to us last week – but we just noticed that PC Pro magazine awarded us App of the Week!

“Several apps have already appeared that promise to make the Cycle Hire Scheme easier to navigate, but this is the best we’ve found.”

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/08/12/android-app-of-the-week-cycle-hire-widget/

We just noticed this on Androlib:

Of the 139 people that have rated it so far, 93% have rated Cycle Hire Widget “very good” (4*) or “excellent” (5*):

Thanks for the appreciation and comments on Market – makes all the effort worthwhile!

We’re really stoked about this… Google is featuring Cycle Hire Widget on the Android Market front page, as well as in top free travel apps.

Cycle Hire Widget version 1.3 is now on Android Market, featuring maps with colour-coded realtime cycle/slot availability, and a favourites feature.

Android Market public feedback to the first 24 hours of version 1.3 has been phenomenal – see below for an unedited view of our current feedback. Thanks everyone for your support – we’re working flat-out to tidy up loose ends and finalise the feature set – you can expect an even better product by this weekend.

…but can we improve upon the feedback we already have? It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it Seriously, everyone, thank you so much for our frankly unbelievable feedback – we never expected this reception – the picture to the right is a genuine screenprint of our feedback on Android Market as of right now, and that’s before we release two (and hopefully three) big-ticket features in under 24 hours from now.

If you’ve already installed Cycle Hire Widget, in 24 hours from now return to Android Market, select Downloads, and you should be prompted to update. If you’ve not already installed, find us on Android Market, or just scan the QR code below:

Around half of the time, TfL’s live data website is wrong, so whilst we pioneered realtime display of cycles and slots at hire stations (being live with this feature by 10am on the morning of the scheme’s launch, days before other platforms), we were only as good as the data, so it wasn’t always accurate.

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