Recently, due to my failing memories, I lost my phone.  The result was that I got myself a new android and new iphone.

And I was thinking to myself… why do people need to hail a cab through the traditional phone line?  Surely, it is much more convenient for someone to just whip out their i-phone/g-phone and click on the option to say that they would like to hail a cab and have their whereabouts information effortlessly integrated to the Taxi reservation system?

It is a win-win for both sides.

Consumers.. no longer need to specify their location (as the phone GPs can do the work for them).   They save big on both time and mobile charges.

Taxi Companies … no longer need to spend money on telephone receptionist to handle the calls. The system can automate the entire cab hailing process.

Hey.. in the future, it might even give rise to paid hitch hikers.  I remembered once when the government actually made it mandatory for all cars entering the CBD to have 4 passengers… there was actually a central pick-up point for people to gather.. so that cars with insufficient passengers can just load up these strangers….

Surely, a driver who is on the way to Clementi wouldn’t mind stopping by and picking up a passenger who is going there for a few extra bucks?  Win for the driver (money), Win for the hitch-hiker (cheaper ride) and win for the environment (less CO2)!  A triple win-win-win!

Took me maybe 2 minutes just to get something like this…  Man.. what’s so funny…..