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Nomad in the News: Nomad is featured on the BBC, watch us on the BBC website Mobile boost for passengers
May 20th 2007: New Timetables are available Chiltern Nomad users. Simply highlight an existing timetable from within Timetable Manager and select Update. For full information visit Chiltern Railways
March 2007: Nomad OnBoard
Night Bus services and updated timetables now available for Adelaide users. Simply highlight an existing timetable from within Timetable Manager and select Update.
June 1st 2006: Nomad OnBoard
Nomad OnTrack is updated to Nomad OnBoard with the addition of all Adelaide bus networks.
Nomad is the first to deliver both rail and bus timetables direct to your mobile!
April 24 2006: Following overwhelmingly positive feedback from commuters Chiltern Railways
is re-launching Nomad this week in the UK. Come and see us at your local
station! We'll give you a free demonstration and enable you to download Nomad
to your mobile phone. We'll be at London Marylebone on Monday 24th and Tuesday
25th April, Warwick Parkway on Wednesday 26th April and Banbury on Thursday
27th then back to London Marylebone on Friday 28th April from 3pm until 8pm.
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Sept 15 2005: To an overwhemingly positive response Nomad was presented as an "innovation in customer service" at Passenger Transport Solutions 2005
by David Whitley Marketing Director of Chiltern Railways
July 7 2005: Nomad is able to deliver real-time security and travel information to Chiltern passengers during the London bombings and following security alerts. Other SMS message delivery systems prove unreliable and message delivery is often delayed by 11 or more hours.
June 2005: Glowing User Testimonials continue to fill the support@laborotech.com inbox!
May 1 2005: Chiltern Railways are invited to present Nomad at Passenger Transport Solutions 2005t at Olympia London
Apr 20 2005: Following a highly successful 4-month public pilot, Chiltern Railways
becomes the first UK Rail Company to purchase the Nomad system. Read some of the Chiltern User's glowing User Testimonials.
The pilot began on 18 Nov 2004, with a Laborotech team manning an information booth at Marylebone station in London. Philip Kokk, Managing Director of Laborotech UK, along with other members of the Laborotech team, were on hand to help Chiltern passengers download Nomad to their handsets.
Initial feedback from the public was extremely positive (see "User Testimonials" page) and most encouraging, and we quickly built up a large following amongst regular commuters. We now look forward to making Nomad permanently (and freely) available to Chiltern Railways passengers.
Jan 24 2005: The Nomad pilot is extended by another 4 weeks
Jan 17 2005: Nomad is featured in the Adelaide Advertiser - read the full article here
Nov 18 2004: Laborotech Ltd. and Nomad are featured in UK Railnews
. Read the full article here
Nov 18 2004: Nomad launches in the UK. In conjunction with Chiltern Railways, Laborotech Ltd starts a pilot of Nomad with timetable data, live data feeds, and train controller updates. Nomad is available as a free license to the traveller.
Feb 9 2004: Today we launched our message service! Now you'll receive notifications and advisories issued by the Adelaide OPT (select Broadcast on the main menu and Nomad will grab the latest message during startup - or select the Update option for a particular service on the A -> B or B -> A tab)
Jan 21 2004: Congratulations to Daniel, the winner of our first Nomads OnTrack Mobile Phone Competition draw. Daniel is now the proud owner of a Java-enabled Nokia phone. One down, four to go!
Jan 01 2004: Laborotech opens its SHOP: here, customers who wish to continue using Nomad after the free evaluation period can pay by credit card or find details of how to pay by cheque. We continue to investigate other payment options, including scratch cards. We'll keep you posted!
Dec 14 2003: Laborotech goes global, launching its passenger information service Nomad in partnership with the Adelaide Passenger Transport Board. This service allows public transport users to download tram and train timetables onto their mobile phones and receive update messages warning of delays, service disruptions, etc. On selection of any individual scheduled service Nomad will fetch any alerts from the PTB relevant to that particular branch. Laborotech has plans to add bus timetables to this service in the first quarter of 2004. By integrating with the Smart Stop system developed by the PTB, Nomad will provide updates for individual bus services. Stay tuned!