Delivery Status touch: obsessive package tracking on the move

For fans of the Delivery Status Dashboard widget (and we are), the wait is over: Delivery Status touch is now available in the App Store for all your mobile package-tracking needs. It replicates the functionality and outstanding design of the original widget, and author Mike Piontek has made getting those unwieldy tracking numbers into the iPhone/touch application as simple as can be.

Using an email-based system which runs through Mike's servers, you can add tracking information to Delivery Status touch directly from the Delivery Status widget on your Dashboard. You can also sync a bookmarklet to Mobile Safari or -- especially handy for Windows users with no Dashboard widget -- turn your deliveries into individual bookmarks for syncing. You can, of course, type the numbers in manually if it should come to that.

Once you've got some packages to track, tapping the left side of a delivery icon shows a second level of details. A subsequent tap offers links to the tracking page in Mobile Safari and a Maps link which shows the current location of your package. You can then map a route to the destination and get an idea how far your precious cargo has to travel, if you want. If there are multiple packages in your shipment, a small number appears in the icon which you can tap to view the other items.

Like the widget, Delivery Status touch offers support for a wide array of shipping services. I think the only thing missing may be the Pony Express. Whether you're an eBay junkie anxiously waiting for your latest score or a corporate user tracking vital pieces of your infrastructure (or one of the rest of us somewhere in the middle), Delivery Status and Delivery Status touch make a winning combination.

Delivery Status touch is available in the iTunes App Store for $1.99; this pricing is listed as "introductory" so you might want to get it before it becomes more expensive.

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pheen

I love the widget and bought this without thinking twice. Thanks for porting it over, I have no problem paying $2 for great software.

September 22 2008 at 11:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ZipperSeven

It's not a native app, it's a webapp, but I like trackthepack.com. They have an iPhone specific page as well as a regular web page.

September 22 2008 at 10:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

krye

SOLD! I've been waiting weeks for this. I actually contacted the developer a few months ago to ask him if this was in the works. I'm glad it was. $2 is worth it.

September 22 2008 at 8:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

newmarek

Great Job Mike. Keep up the good work.

September 22 2008 at 2:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

eepgonewild

Are you kidding me saying $2 is too much to pay for a useful utility like this. There are apps that cost much more than this, and not near as useful. Most apps that are free are ad supported now anyway, and I would rather pay $2 to a developer that works his tail off to make a good product, rather than have some sleazy pop up embedded in the app. Also the great thing about the App store, if you don't think its not worth the price, good for you, move on, get something that you do think is "worth it". I think this will benefit many people, and most will think this is a fair price indeed. Thanks Mike for the great work.

September 22 2008 at 1:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

gridskipper

The widget rocks and this is a great bonus. I can't believe people complain about $1.99. I bid on a round trip flight to Long Beach last week that I didn't even get to take. I paid $125.00 to stay home. Give me a break.

September 21 2008 at 10:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gene

I look at the price this way: I love the widget, and would gladly have paid a paltry 99Â¢ for it. I'll be buying this app and counting it as a 98Â¢ purchase along with the widget. Heck, I paid 4 times more this morning for a latte, and that wasn't nearly as tasty as these well designed utilities.

September 21 2008 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mingistech

Mike Piontek is an awesome developer (and my neighbor). I've used the dashboard widget of this app for years. Comes in super handy every christmas when I go online shopping for gifts.

September 21 2008 at 8:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

CaptSaltyJack

I'm tired of cheapskates like you complaining about apps that cost $3. You have no idea the effort it takes for developers to:

1) design the application
2) implement it
3) test it
4) submit to Apple
5) get it rejected by Apple for various reasons
6) rework it
7) resubmit
8) appears on the App Store (unless it's rejected again)

Blood, sweat, and tears, man. And cheapos like you are bitching about the price? Wow...

September 21 2008 at 7:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I just purchased this from the app store. It's probably the most useful non-Apple app on my iPhone. Awesome job by the developer. $1.99 well spent.

September 21 2008 at 6:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply