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    Traffical ’never’ again to late for an appointment

    chatAlmar Diehl   5 March 2010 13:17:56
    I recently installed the Traffical plugin on my BlackBerry. What is does looks very simple, whenever I add an entry to my BlackBerry calendar or accept an invitation in Lotus Notes a Traffical screen automatically opens on my BlackBerry. In the Traffical screen I can enter the FROM and DESTINATION address or ZIP code for the meeting (the destination is already entered if it is available in the location field of the invitation). The application will then calculate the route and time it would take and add an extra entry to your calendar blocking the traveling time.

    But that is just the start of things. 1.5 hours before you have to leave, and from that time on every 10 minutes, for your appointment the Traffical service will check traffic information to look for traffic jam on your route. If so it will notify you (either as a pop-up on your BlackBerry or an e-mail or SMS) informing you on your necessary new departure time.

    For now the plugin is available for BlackBerry and Outlook, but I hope it will be available for Lotus Notes asap.

    Oh yeah, one more thing: it is for The Netherlands only ;-)