Avego Driver App Available on Windows Phone 7

The Avego Driver, a free ridesharing app, has been available for iPhone since 2008, and has attracted thousands of users so far. Now, the same real-time app is available on available on the Windows Phone 7, taking advantage of the panoramic layout of the Windows interface.

For example, users can quickly swipe left and right to view trip details and a map view of their route, without having to load a new screen.

What Avego Driver does is it it allows drivers with GPS-enabled smartphones to offer the empty seats in their vehicles to riders along the SR 520 highway, in real time, as they travel. Avego pairs passengers and drivers through an easy-to-use system using Windows Phone 7 and other mobile devices.

Avego automatically splits the cost of the commute, providing a key financial incentive to commuters frustrated by high gasoline prices.

"Avego Driver on Windows Phone provides users, including thousands of Microsoft employees, with another great alternative to driving alone and makes it easy for them to participate in this groundbreaking rideshare program," said Mark Aggar, Senior Director of Technology Strategy for Environmental Sustainability at Microsoft Corporation. "The potential for dynamic ridesharing technologies such as Avego Driver is enormous, particularly considering the critical mass of drivers and riders that Microsoft can bring to the program."

"Clearly, smartphones are not dominated by a single vendor anymore, and that means that real-time ridesharing needs to support all major platforms to maximize the odds that people will be able to share their wasted seat capacity," said Sean O'Sullivan, Avego Managing Director. "We don't support every major platform yet, but we're delighted to add WP7 to the mix."

The app is available now for free download from the WP7 Marketplace.