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Overnight Wins 4 Star Review from MyAppleGuide.com

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

App Review by MyAppleGuide.com

“Today we take a look at Overnight from Bottle Rocket. We have been sitting on this gem of an app for some time now and have finally gotten a chance to write a comprehensive review of it. If you are a small business owner or just someone who sends or receives multiple shipments monthly, Overnight is an essential utility for your iPhone.

First off, let me say that Bottle Rocket has a really cool website! When you see their collection of apps for the iPhone, you will immediately agree with me that these guys really know how to make your iPhone look good! Their apps are colorful and intuitively designed, and easily stand out from the masses. Our focus app today, Overnight, is the most comprehensive shipment management app for the iPhone.

Overall, we love the simple yet intuitive design and added functionality that Overnight offers. It is definitely the most feature rich shipment management app for the iPhone. Also, the app is designed to maintain the branded colors of each of the major carriers. e.g. UPS shipments have a brown interface and FedEx has purple… Be sure to check out our gallery of Overnight’s interface screenshots and look out for reviews of other titles from Bottle Rocket in the future.”

Read full review here.

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Overnight Getting Rave Reviews

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Overnight is one of those apps that’s difficult to articulate just how feature-rich, yet intuitive it is. Apple’s iTunes App Store is cluttered amongst a see of “one trick pony” apps, or Ringtone Apps, as some other bloggers have called them. These are small offerings with little more than a single gag, some clever description writing and that every-appealing .99 “why not” pricing.

So amongst a mess of flatulent Apps we’re happy to see some apprecaition for an enterprise-grade offering. 148apps is quickly becoming a respected authority in the industry with handy news feeds and rich-content reviews. They recently reviewed Overnight and this is what they had to say:

The richness of what could have been an oversimplified app makes Overnight really shine. Too often developers fail to consider how users will actually utilize their software, and it’s apparent that Bottle Rocket put some serious thought into their design.

148apps gave Overnight four and a half out of five stars with a an overall “Highly Recommend” rating. This is just a small snipit and encourge you to check out the full article for yourself. Visit us on iTunes to check out Overnight and see what all the hype is about.

[tags]iphone apps, express package manager, FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS[/tags]

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Overnight: Kitchen Sink Included

Monday, December 15th, 2008

The name we gave Overnight on the App Store is “Overnight: Express Shipping, Tracking, Pricing & Drop Locations”. We know that’s a mouthful, but this app is an iPhone full. There really is no way to describe how much actually went into this app.

We started working on Overnight back in June BEFORE the App Store launched. I know what you’re thinking, “wow, these guys are slow”. Trust us, that’s not the case. Overnight is one of those home-fix-it projects that starts out as something as simple as re-caulking the bath tub. So you head to Home Depot or Lowes and buy some caulk, but while you’re there you see some great looking tile. But when you get the tile in, the sink doesn’t match. You see where I’m going. Before you know it, you have a $25,000 bathroom remodel job on your hands. But when you’re finally done, you realize it’s a masterpiece and you’re so happy to you did it.

That’s how we feel about Overnight. It’s truly amazing how many features we crammed into this app. In fact, we’d like to use the full word. Let’s call it an application. So that we don’t repeat the App Store description, we won’t list out all the features, but Overnight has all the tools you need to price, send, track and receive any express shipment.

Overnight can help you: Find a drop box location or post office, what time does this FedEx Kinko’s close, when is today’s latest drop, what are their hours, are they open on Saturday, what ZIP code am I in, tracking packages, getting a price quote, how much more if I insure my package, how much will I save if I can wait one more day, did that package arrive, I need to send this tracking information to my customer, how long will it take to drive to this drop location, I need directions to that UPS Store, how much will I save if I send it Ground, blah, blah, blah. You get the idea.

We hope you enjoy Overnight. It’s fresh out of the Bottle Rocket app oven. Lightly browned and crispy on the edges…

[tags]iphone application, express packaging manager, iphone enterprise[/tags]

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Overnight Delivery Soon!

Monday, December 8th, 2008

I want to share a brief glimpse of our soon to be release app, Overnight. This amazing tool is essential for anyone who interacts with shipping or receiving packages.  Portable.  Convenient.  Overnight has just about every piece of information you’d need regarding your packages.  With the holidays impending, this app is sure to be indispensable!    

Its functions include:

  • Tracking packages from DHL, FedEx, UPS, and USPS
  • Finding the nearest carriers to your current location
  • Locating what zip code you’re currently in and what zip codes are within the same vicinity
  • Pricing packages from each carrier based on location to destination, package type and any other additional information

Now, for the nitty-gritty:

Tracking:   When you place in a tracking number, all the details including the mapped route are conveniently displayed right in the palm of your hand. Overnight will automatically store all your tracking numbers and update your shipping status in real time.

Locations: Choose your location based on your search criteria 

  • Select one, two, three or all carriers
  • Designate how far away you’re willing to travel (in miles or kilometers).
  • Select what days stores MUST be open
  • Pick locations that are staffed

Based on your search criteria, Overnight will find the closest carrier to you – thanks to iPhone GPS capability – and lists each one starting with the closet one.  It’ll tell you not only how far it is, but how long it takes to get there.  You can then select any one of them and be shown more details like their phone number, address, the ability to map it or to send the location to someone else.  In addition to the standard information, it also includes the the store hours and the latest times packages go out.

Zip Locator: A simple yet useful tool.  One touch kinda gives you your current location’s zip.  It also provides the three closest zip codes around you.  

Pricing:  For all of those who like to know how much something costs before you even walk into the store, this is your feature.  Choose any carrier, input  you shipping specifications and you’ll get an estimate for how much your package will cost you.  

We’ve packed a lot into one application but as always…let us know what you think.

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Applications on the Way

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

We’ve been working very hard to produce what we hope are some of the best looking and creative iPhone applications available. A few are in the final process of completion and we’re getting very excited to be so close to releasing our first app.  Here’s an advance look at what’s to come. 

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