i-Mentalist recently released their PlayBook application call VCMS short for Vehicle Counters and Monitoring System. The application allows the user on the to monitor their travels using the PlayBook a combination of the slick graphics and airplane cockpit style, compass, odometer, attitude, altitude, speed, latitude and longitude. You may already be familiar with HedoneDesing graphics in their popular BlackBerry themes, and now they have extended their development to Apps and you can clearly see their graphics translate into this PlayBook apps.
- Compass
- Odometer (dual (A, B) counter with reset function)
- Latitude and Longitude (Where am I)
- Altitude (How high am I)
- Speed
- Angle (left / right – forward / backward) – when not driving!
- Accelerometer
- Day / Night mode
- Calibration for angle meter
- Speed units (km/h, mph, knots)
- Trip units (km, mi, nmi)
- Altitude units (meter, feet)
- Override device backlight timeout
- Clock
- Date
The app offers two different views day and night mode which allows you to see the better during night time and day time. For those that travel this would be a good way to put your PlayBook to good use, it gives you a cool looking dashboard. It is now available through BlackBerry App World at this link for $2.99.