New Twitter iPhone app lets you spend less time in the car

The new TrafficTweet iPhone App uses real-time Twitter streaming to deliver driving conditions and traffic alert coverage straight to your iPhone, letting travelers and commuters alike spend less time in the car and mor time at their actual destination.

Smartphone applications developer Mobomo announced the new offering for the Apple iPhone 3.0 OS, called TrafficTweet, to provide a powerful yet easy way to view, search and “tweet” real-time traffic conditions in any U.S. city. The app relies on public Twitter feed populated with real-time traffic data from the Twitter community.

“Time after time existing traffic reporting services show a highway to be all clear, yet drivers hop on the highway to find it completely jammed because the data is delayed,” said Barg Upender, founder of Mobomo. “TrafficTweet makes it dead simple for iPhone users to tweet and search for local traffic conditions in real time – bringing the days of unexpected and unpleasant surprises on the road to an end.”

Upender, most recently a founding partner with Intridea, an innovative web development company, is a serial entrepreneur and technologist with 20 years of experience in commercial software product development. He was recently selected by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the Top 100 Tech Titans for 2009, and is an alumnus of the prestigious MindShare CEO network based in the DC-metro area.

A unique advantage on the road

While most other smartphone traffic apps rely on collecting proprietary data and require driver-generated information to roll-out service in each market, TrafficTweet utilizes a more social, community approach. The app basically reads a public Twitter feed so that drivers are not limited to data for road conditions on major arteries in major cities. And while other Traffic apps track drivers’ whereabouts at all times once the user agrees to terms & conditions, TrafficTweet users choose when and where they want to report their location and road conditions.

“With the click of a single button, TrafficTweet is really the first way for drivers to, in effect, let off some steam about driving conditions in an easy, safe and productive way that allows other drivers to benefit from real-time updates tweeted by the community,” adds Upender. “And by leveraging the Twitter platform so drivers can report conditions of any road or region – no matter how rural – TrafficTweet is truly global from day one.”

Key features of TrafficTweet

• Embedded Google Maps provide a quick snapshot of all traffic alerts on nearby highways and roads
• Drivers report current road conditions (traffic accidents, lane closures, speed traps and other alerts) to others via Twitter on an interactive map
• Color-coded icons provide drivers with instant and easy-to-decipher feedback, while “One-Click Driver Reporting” eliminates driver texting

The TrafficTweet iPhone application is currently available for download in the Apple iTunes App Store at a cost of $0.99 for a limited time.