Interesting. It looks like the various taxi heavyweights of the world are due to battle it out in New York. Uber from SF, Hailo from London, GetTaxi from Israel...
A telling quote from the Betabeat[1] article:
Uber has 10 to 15 yellow cab drivers pre-registered to use its app, whereas Hailo has 2,500. A representative from Uber scoffed at that number. Reached by phone, Hailo confirmed both its planned launch and the number of registered drivers in New York City
It'll be interesting to see if just being the first into market will allow Uber to overcome odds like this, but that is a giant difference. 10-15 cab drivers is nowhere near enough to satisfy demand from New York customers.
A telling quote from the Betabeat[1] article:
Uber has 10 to 15 yellow cab drivers pre-registered to use its app, whereas Hailo has 2,500. A representative from Uber scoffed at that number. Reached by phone, Hailo confirmed both its planned launch and the number of registered drivers in New York City
It'll be interesting to see if just being the first into market will allow Uber to overcome odds like this, but that is a giant difference. 10-15 cab drivers is nowhere near enough to satisfy demand from New York customers.
[1] http://betabeat.com/2012/09/uber-launch-yellow-cab-taxi-app-...