STATIONSTOPS VERSION 2.1 SUBMITTED TO APPLE ON TUESDAY, MAY 18th, 2010

Fixed in 2.1
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Startup Speed FIXED
Track Numbers FIXED
User location permission dialog FIXED
Memory warning FIXED
Pin colors on Map FIXED
Color coding, Line names for station cells FIXED
Refresh button moved, FIXED
Error dialog on unsupported trips FIXED
Minor DB error FIXED
Several Minor UI changes
Help section has support link feature - use it!

2.1 - Known issues were working on
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Transfers still not supported
Indexed/Grouped/Searchable Station Chooser
Station disclosure pages/directions
Train disclosure pages
Peak/Off-peak fare info
Link/Help page caching/loading indicators
Occasional crashes
If pins too close together wrong pin annotation may select

STATIONSTOPS VERSION 2.0 SUBMITTED TO APPLE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 5th

Due to the late arrival of the latest Metro-North Schedule databases which took effect on April 11, 2010, the current database on StationStops for iPhone 1.4 is out of date.

In most cases, the same trains changed times by a few minutes.

The new database required new code, so we worked 12-hour days and an all-nighter to push out StationStops 2.0 as soon as the database was made available to us.

Unfortunately, we have to wait for Apple to approve the update and insert it into the iTunes store. A process which we have no control or information as to timing whatsoever.

Thanks for everyone’s patience, if we had known how long it would have taken to get the new database normalized and for Apple to approve, we would have pushed out a data-only update to 1.5. That was a bad decision on our part.

The good news is this: StationStops 2.0 is all-new, and most significantly includes station to station information. It is also designed from the ground-up to include OTA schedule updates, so that the Apple review process will no longer be a bottleneck for getting the newest database to you.

Previously, as many of you know, StationStops 2.0 was a solo project which created its own database.

Thanks to the outstanding work of MTA brought about by the confirmation of MTA CEO Jay Walder, StationStops and other MTA apps moving forward will have better data, with more features.

Unfortunately, the Metro-North schedule specifically changed at a critical point in these changes, and the stars didn’t line up correctly. To get you the data, new code, and transfer information on time.

For this we sincerely apologize.

2.1 Will be pushed out as soon as possible to address transfers, minor bugs in 2.0, and missing features.

After that, we will be over this rough patch and the end result will be that timely schedule updates will no longer be problematic.

StationStops is an iPhone Application which allows to riders check the regular schedule for trains coming into and out of Grand Central, with or without an internet connection.

Use the following links for more information:

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Disclaimer:

“StationStops for iPhone is not affiliated with MTA or Metro-North Railroad, neither of which has supplied, reviewed, approved or endorsed StationStops for iPhone. StationStops for iPhone is a compilation of schedule information that has been prepared by Camel and Penguin Consulting, LLC, who is solely responsible for such information being accurate, complete and up to date. StationStops has no affiliation with MTA or Metro-North schedule information.

If there is an error in a schedule, a user should go to and use StationStops’ support page. Do not contact MTA or Metro-North.”