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When will the rally app be available?
- Thread starter jerrym100
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Similar thread going on July 2018:
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?92499-Is-there-a-rally-app-this-year&p=1135162
My guess is that it won't be available until much closer to the rally date.
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?92499-Is-there-a-rally-app-this-year&p=1135162
My guess is that it won't be available until much closer to the rally date.
App
I kinda agree with you Steve but it was kind of handy not having to carry rally book for schedules etc plus nice to see pictures people posted on the way to the rally.
We want or need more and younger members and they need apps to tell them what to do and when.
Most questions have been promptly answered, I was just stirring the pot some as this question was not answered.
Edit: thanks Kurt I was thinking it came out a couple of weeks before rally not a couple of days before.
Anyone know why they can’t get it out a couple of weeks before the rally?
I kinda agree with you Steve but it was kind of handy not having to carry rally book for schedules etc plus nice to see pictures people posted on the way to the rally.
We want or need more and younger members and they need apps to tell them what to do and when.
Most questions have been promptly answered, I was just stirring the pot some as this question was not answered.
Edit: thanks Kurt I was thinking it came out a couple of weeks before rally not a couple of days before.
Anyone know why they can’t get it out a couple of weeks before the rally?
glenfiddich
TravelsWithBarley.com
Anyone know why they can’t get it out a couple of weeks before the rally?
I found the rally ap incredibly useful at past rallies and, like others, would love to see it come out a bit earlier. I have a hunch, though, that whoever puts it out is also buried by several other volunteer duties.
Wish I had the skills to help out!
Pete
The Rally website, rally.bmwmoa.org is available in a mobile form. All you need is the native browser on your phone. We are hoping to provide an app that would be downloaded to your phone, but it will work the same way as the website and have the same information. The rally website will continue to be the main place for information and it will be added throughout the rally. Bookmark the url rally.bmwmoa.org for the latest.
Ted
Ted
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glenfiddich
TravelsWithBarley.com
@t2moyer - granted, Ted. But the app integrated with my iPhone so I could seamlessly add seminars and such to my calendar, set reminders, and post pix of the experience. Whoever created that ought to get a bonus!
Pete
Pete
The previous app is actually built by Quick Mobile. It is an integration offered by our software provider as an add-on, but it has some limitations. Apps do have added functionality, but it comes at a cost. Several years ago our software company was pushing it at a very low price. The cost has since jumped 5x and given the number of people who downloaded the app, the functionality isn't worth the price. It also requires a tremendous amount of staff time to maintain the app, especially during rally week.
With the current rally website, we can enter the data once and make it available on multiple platforms, especially if we can integrate a true app, which is in the works. The primary goal was to make the information easily available in as many formats as possible. Adding some premium feature and functionality is next on the list.
With the current rally website, we can enter the data once and make it available on multiple platforms, especially if we can integrate a true app, which is in the works. The primary goal was to make the information easily available in as many formats as possible. Adding some premium feature and functionality is next on the list.
powwow
Member
Thanks for the explanation...makes sense.
Rally App
Try using the website on your phone it sucks, thanks also to those who gave well reasoned answers to questions and to Ted for his response, it looks like the MOA took the cheap route to the detriment of the members and especially so to those younger members you so desire.
YOU HAVE A MOA LOGO THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY
YOU HAVE A GUY HOLDING A PICTURE OF A MOTORCYCLE THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY
THE SCREEN SHOTS DO NOT DO JUSTICE TO HOW MUCH TRYING TO Use WEBSITE ON PHONE SUCKS!
I just spent some time comparing the rally website on the phone and on my iPad they are very different on the phone I cannot get the seminar schedule or the list of vendors.
Pictures you might as well tell people if the want to post pictures go to the Facebook site and piss off another group of members
Try using the website on your phone it sucks, thanks also to those who gave well reasoned answers to questions and to Ted for his response, it looks like the MOA took the cheap route to the detriment of the members and especially so to those younger members you so desire.
YOU HAVE A MOA LOGO THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY
YOU HAVE A GUY HOLDING A PICTURE OF A MOTORCYCLE THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY
THE SCREEN SHOTS DO NOT DO JUSTICE TO HOW MUCH TRYING TO Use WEBSITE ON PHONE SUCKS!
I just spent some time comparing the rally website on the phone and on my iPad they are very different on the phone I cannot get the seminar schedule or the list of vendors.
Pictures you might as well tell people if the want to post pictures go to the Facebook site and piss off another group of members
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lee
Debbie's Servant
On my Android phone I click on the + next to All About the Rally.
When you get to the site on your phone, tap on the 3-bars in the upper right. A drop down menu appears which allows you to scroll looking for the seminars...it's under About the Rally. Tap seminars and then continue to scroll to find what's going on. It's hard to see everything that way, but at least you can get to the schedule.
pappy35
New member
You know. I'm a self-described Geek. I played around with Kaypro CP/M machines and Next computers back when they were shiny and chrome (ref: Mad Max), fiddled with Unix for many years, have friends that manage data centers. I am as far from being a Luddite as one can be.
Thousands of years ago humans discovered writing. With that, they eventually invented a lightweight and portable means to carry the resulting information around: PAPER!
I don't mean to be cynical here but the seminar schedule is fixed yes? So why not just peruse the site right now (after you finish pig-piling me of course) and simply write down the seminars and their times on a piece of paper and stick it in your wallet? I mean, if you ABSOLUTELY MUST use your preferred portable digital assistant, you could use your favorite "Notes" app.
I've never been to a Rally before so perhaps I just haven't been spoiled by have some slick mobile app but, I don't know, this just doesn't seem to me to be such a big deal...
Thousands of years ago humans discovered writing. With that, they eventually invented a lightweight and portable means to carry the resulting information around: PAPER!
I don't mean to be cynical here but the seminar schedule is fixed yes? So why not just peruse the site right now (after you finish pig-piling me of course) and simply write down the seminars and their times on a piece of paper and stick it in your wallet? I mean, if you ABSOLUTELY MUST use your preferred portable digital assistant, you could use your favorite "Notes" app.
I've never been to a Rally before so perhaps I just haven't been spoiled by have some slick mobile app but, I don't know, this just doesn't seem to me to be such a big deal...
