Official Crackberries can be fun thread - Toyota Yaris Forums

Iggy888 · 02-02-2010, 10:19 PM

I use a BlackBerry 8330 Curve provided by my office.

Good looks and the promise of good fuel economy was what attracted me to the Yaris. So, as soon as I got my little bayou blue liftback in October 2008 I wanted an easy way to track gas and mileage. At the time, I had not heard of Scangauge II and was looking for an easy system to help me track fuel economy.

Since I usually carry my BlackBerry with me, I thought I would start there. I fired up Google and found just the thing in a little BlackBerry app called MileageMeter from a company called Thinkomatics.de

MileageMeter is nothing fancy but it only costs $4 USD and is easy to use. Every time you fill up, you type in the odometer reading, the amount of gas you put in the tank and the cost of gas. In return, it calculates your fuel economy as well as calculates statistics like average gas mileage, best and worst gas mileage, gas spent per mile, most miles with one tank, average distance driven per day and total amount spent on gas. You can view the information as either a summary page of statistics or as charts to show you trends over time.

I was concerned about backing up my data (in case I lost my BlackBerry) but this app has that covered too. MileageMeter allows you to easily export your data wirelessly from your BlackBerry back to their web-site. Once exported from the BlacKBerry, you can then download the data from their web-site as a .CSV file so that you can play with the numbers in your favourite spreadsheet.
I now make a point of exporting the data as soon as I do any updates so I can always pull down the most recent data from the company's web-site.

Overall, I would say this is a pretty good app for two reasons. One, for its ease of use and two for its back-up/export option in case I lose my BlackBerry or just want to migrate my data to another app somewhere down the road.

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02-02-2010, 10:19 PM	#8
Iggy888 View User's Garage Drives: 2008 5 Door Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Etobicoke, ON Canada Posts: 137	I use a BlackBerry 8330 Curve provided by my office. Good looks and the promise of good fuel economy was what attracted me to the Yaris. So, as soon as I got my little bayou blue liftback in October 2008 I wanted an easy way to track gas and mileage. At the time, I had not heard of Scangauge II and was looking for an easy system to help me track fuel economy. Since I usually carry my BlackBerry with me, I thought I would start there. I fired up Google and found just the thing in a little BlackBerry app called MileageMeter from a company called Thinkomatics.de MileageMeter is nothing fancy but it only costs $4 USD and is easy to use. Every time you fill up, you type in the odometer reading, the amount of gas you put in the tank and the cost of gas. In return, it calculates your fuel economy as well as calculates statistics like average gas mileage, best and worst gas mileage, gas spent per mile, most miles with one tank, average distance driven per day and total amount spent on gas. You can view the information as either a summary page of statistics or as charts to show you trends over time. I was concerned about backing up my data (in case I lost my BlackBerry) but this app has that covered too. MileageMeter allows you to easily export your data wirelessly from your BlackBerry back to their web-site. Once exported from the BlacKBerry, you can then download the data from their web-site as a .CSV file so that you can play with the numbers in your favourite spreadsheet. I now make a point of exporting the data as soon as I do any updates so I can always pull down the most recent data from the company's web-site. Overall, I would say this is a pretty good app for two reasons. One, for its ease of use and two for its back-up/export option in case I lose my BlackBerry or just want to migrate my data to another app somewhere down the road.