DutchTab for Windows Mobile is out of beta, and now officially supports both Pocket PC and Smartphone devices running Windows Mobile 5 or 6. This application is a joined venture with my friend Pascal who made an iPhone version of DutchTab at the same time I was working on my Windows Mobile version.
This application is a bill-splitting tool, but does not limit itself to making simple divisions. It automatically calculates who owes who depending on everybody’s contribution at the moment of paying the bill, and also the cost of their purchase. For example, your team is ordering lunch at the office, but the delivery guy comes in with a single bill. It adds up to 53.34$, Steve gives 35$ and John gives 25$. Mike and Lisa didn’t have cash. Now who owes who? You think it’s as simple as dividing 60$ by 4? But Mike took the expensive ribs, while John went for a simple salad. It wouldn’t be fair. Now, how do you split the tip? And when comparing the meal prices with the total amount paid, you also have to consider the taxes.
No problems. Steve is a wise man. He kept a copy of the bill, and uses DutchTab to enter that bill. He creates a new bill:
The bill is new and empty. It’s time to add partakers:
DutchTab will show you all previous partakers, and lets you either add new entries manually, of quickly import them from your Outlook contacts:
Steve paid 35$, and took the chicken and a Sprite:
Lisa went for the finger-licking chicken fingers (with the honey-mustard sauce):
John paid 25$, took a salad for his line… and a Coke because a salad is not enough:
Finally, Mike got the famous ribs and a Coke, nobody’s complaining about his line… yet!
Now, on the bill’s summary, we can see that the total before taxes and tip is 49.85$. Steve entered the prices as they appear on the bill. No need to add the taxes, DutchTab will take care of distributing the taxes and tip proportionally.
DutchTab determines that Mike’s meal, with taxes and tip, was worth 20$. Since he paid nothing, the application tells him he should give Steve 20$. As for Lisa, her meal’s total price was 13$. She owes John 12$ and Steve 1$. Steve can now click on “Send email” to send everybody a nice reminder.
I hope this gives you a good idea of how useful DutchTab is.
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