Bixou for Windows Phone 7

Bixou

Bixou for Windows Phone 7 Lite is the perfect companion for the BIXI™ urban bikeshare service, the only application with support for 6 countries and 22 cities; we are constantly adding new city support! See the closest stations, number of bikes, and docking spaces available. Use GPS to easily navigate your way to any destination, with real-time distances and estimated walking/cycling time to each station. With the full version, you can search for specific stations, manage your favorite stations, see all the stations in the city, and get an overall map of all the stations in the area. Scaled station icons give you an easy way to see the station size and availability of your departure and destination.

Visit the main Bixou web site at http://www.bixou.info.

Bixou 1.4 is now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace, take me there now!

Bixou Lite 1.4 is now available in the Windows Phone Marketplace, take me there now!

You can use the Lite version for as long as you'd like. If you like Bixou Lite, you can purchase the full version giving you access to Favorites and Overall city maps!

Bixou is available in Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa Canada, Melbourne Australia, London England, Bordeaux and Renne France, Barcelona Spain, and United States cities of Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Denver, Des Moines, Hawaii, Madison, Miami Beach, Minneapolis, Omaha, Pullman, San Antonio, Spartanburg and Washington/Arlington.

BIXOU FEATURES

• Real-time info on all stations in the network, showing number of bikes & docks available.

• Uses GPS to list stations in order of closest to furthest, based on your current location.

• Distance & estimated walk/cycle-time to any station, based on your current location.

• Integrated map - See yourself and all surrounding stations on the map.

• Graphic interface - Intelligent scaled icons tell you the station size and its full/empty status in one glance.

• Favorites tab - One touch access to your most frequently used stations.

• Multi-city support - Designed to work with all BIXI™ & B-cycle™ partner cities in the world.

• Map view options - Visualize stations in either Classic or Scaled mode.

• Timestamp & stats - Lets you know when the live data was last updated.

What’s New in Version 1.4

• Windows Phone 7 Mango support

• French Language support

• Performance Improvements

• Usability and User Interface improvements

• Trial and Lite versions no longer limited to 10 stations

• Trial and Lite version now have search capabilities

• Ad supported Trial and Lite versions

BIXI™ is an innovative public bike system developed in Montreal and now being exported all around the world! It is currently being used in Montreal, London, Minneapolis & Melbourne, and WashingtonDC/Arlington. Boston, Vancouver & Toronto have plans to launch their systems in 2011.

Live data for this app (and any similar app) is provided by each city's bike share system & will be as accurate as their respective web maps. New schemes may experience data inconsistencies during their first weeks of operation.

The independant developers of this application are in no way affiliated with the BIXI™, Barclays Cycle Hire™, NiceRideMN™ or Melbourne Bike Share™ or B-cycle™. All trademarks used above are the sole property of their respective owners.

Bixou for Windows Phone 7 was based on the excellent work of Richard Markiewicz and Stefane Lavergne, developers of Bixou for iPhone.