Filed under: iPhone, App Store, SDK
iPhone App News Roundup: June 24, 2008
w00t! Another batch of iPhone App Store pre-announcements:- Jeff at TrouserMac Industries sent a blurb about an upcoming iPhone app that's right up my alley. Brewing Buddy will be free from the App Store after launch and consists of a tool for calculating and refining beer receipes, a brewing helper, and a social recipe sharing application. Bottoms up! [Our esteemed colleague would like to remind everyone that pants-based computing is a registered idea of Erica Sadun Enterprises. -Ed.]
- TheBarCodeProject is readying TouchWord, an iPhone Holy Bible with sections for notes and an included RSS reader for Christian learning resources.
- Meanwhile, over in Oxford, Mississippi, Deepak Mantena and TapeShow, LLC are getting ready to release Chores for Mac OS X and a companion app called Chores mobile for iPhone. Deepak says that "all the unnecessary fluff that's in existing productivity tools is eliminated."
- While it's not an announced app, I loved reader Jack Chance's idea -- "Will someone write some software that turns the 3G iPhone into a bike computer? It should give speed, distance, and store the route so that you can sync with your Mac at home..." A lot of bikers would love this app idea -- go for it, developers!
- Long-time Palm game developers Seahorse Software are bringing Blackjack Run to the iPhone and iPod touch in July.
- Advenio, makers of MacGourmet, are bringing a yet-to-be-named recipe application to iPhone.
- The amazing ApolloIM app will be going legal for all of you IM addicts.
- Michael Howard at Midnight Martian Software is bringing his 3D OpenGL-based Midnight Mahjong Solitaire to market soon!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mdk said 8:07AM on 6-24-2008
Just wanted to say thanks for putting these round-ups together. Much appreciated...
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Galley said 8:43AM on 6-24-2008
I hope to see many more of my favorite Palm game developers jumping to the iPhone.
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Brian said 10:11AM on 6-24-2008
Jack Chance is a brilliant man! I give a HUGE plea for someone to do a bike app as well. (Heck, if I had the technical prowess, I would, but I don't. Maybe some day)
Then of course we also need someone to make a good handlebar mount for the iPhone too. Then I'd be in iPhone-biking nirvana!
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Ed said 11:00AM on 6-24-2008
I have to agree with Brian and Jack. I would love to see a bike computer app. I would pay for a nicely put together app that has the functions of a bike computer on the iPhone. What an awesome idea.
luc@edovia said 11:15AM on 6-24-2008
That's it! As a bike rider myself I intend to do the bike app. Look for it later this summer (we're already busy with another app to be released on july 11... more details soon!).
Now who wants to invest? ;)
Nathan said 12:27PM on 6-24-2008
Absolutely! I was telling some family members that if I'm Garmin and other GPS manufactures, I'm absolutely TERRIFIED of the iPhone. A device that does all the iPhone stuff, plus something that does all this:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=160&pID=10885
for literally HALF the price...heck I'd be willing to pay $100 for the iPhone software that does everything that the Garmin GPS does.
Jason said 10:56AM on 6-24-2008
I second the bike app
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reimerpdx said 11:42AM on 6-24-2008
as a resident of portland, or. a bike app would be huge. think of all the hipsters with their dirty bikes and shiny 3g iPhones.
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robotplague said 12:17PM on 6-24-2008
Love, love, LOVE the roundups. Thanks for putting them together.
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Odineye said 7:23PM on 6-24-2008
I'll third (or fourth?) the bike app. Please make it work with 1.0 and not just the GPS on 2.0
I get excited each time I see an iPhone app roundup too, but I actually have been finding myself disappointed - the *idea* for a bike app is the first thing I've seen that actually looks valuable to me so far. Of course, I'm not offering other ideas, and I'm not a programmer, so take that for what it's worth, but while games are fun, I was hoping for more productivity related apps - similar to what used to come out for the Palm.
I'm sure they will come - and maybe it's just as well, since I don't seem to have much extra room on my 8 Gig...
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Bob Baker said 10:05PM on 6-24-2008
I for one am giddy with joy that ApolloIM is coming soon.
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jwall132 said 9:35PM on 6-29-2008
Wouldn't it be cool if the iphone could turn into a gaming remote like a PS3 remote or something.
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