WolframAlpha iPhone-formatted web page no longer available

Yes, but the point is that

a) they *made* an iPhone-friendly site

b) then they made a (very expensive, by App Store standards) iPhone app

c) people who complained about the price of the app were told "Well you can still use the iPhone friendly site"

d) they took down the iPhone-friendly site

Seems noteworthy, doesn't it?

Yes, I understand that the website can be used once you dismissed the alert.

I never said that the *website* was not accessible. I said the *iPhone formatted* version was no longer accessible.

The conspicuous "X" was obvious enough that I did not think it needed to be explained closing/dismissing the pop-up.

Despite comments to the contrary, there *are* comments and ratings for the $50 app in the App Store.

People are divided on whether it is worth it.

ok i actually own the app and on one hand is seems pricy for something that you can do for free on the web and it also seems pricy compared to other apps on the app store — but boy is it incredible.. there is still some work to be done but actually having it on your phone wrapped up in a nice fast app is a lot more useful than either the webbed version on my iphone or even the webbed version on my mac. It’s just always there able to answer all sorts of questions and do calculations (i never though id see mathematica in my pocket!!) and comparisons in my pocket.. and as it improves it will be come invaluable

i do think that its in their own interest to lower the price, as 10 times as many people would buy it it it was $20 to $25 not 50



Also there are a few areas of improvement:

1) You need to be able to join previous answers into the calculation you are doing now
2) It needs a bit more information (eg commercial products ( for example userbase of iphone vs userbase of zune, circulation of New York times vs the WSJ, stats on well known people etc.. basically the kind of data thats so useful to business))
3) this kinda linked up to answer one but if somethings a tiny bit too complex it cant do it — even though if you break it down it works. My example was i wanted the volume of a elliptical cylinder made from aluminium .. i can do “density of aluminium” (answer 2.7 g/cm^3 ) and i can get the volume easily enough but it wont answer my question .. i have to multiple the volume (in what eve units) but the 2.7 g/cm^3 to have it work it out…. there seem to be a lot of these where the real power can be fully unlocked yet.. (by the time id sorted it i could have just done the math by hand :-) )


also more minor things — e.g. i think it needs syntax compatibility with mathematic and i also think it needs a much more “exact” syntax to complement the human one e.g. weight(moon) rather than “what’s the weight of the moon” — would be much more useful as the statements get complex

overall though if your in many businesses it will pay for its self in a few days…