So I had this idea a while ago before the iPhone was released but I'm resurrecting it now in light of the new SDK (and the fact that I actually own an iPhone now). What I would love to see from Blizzard is an iPhone app (which could just be a web app at the expense of some UI effects) that allows you to log onto a character and not actually play the game, but to have access to the following:
1. Chat channels
2. Various character-related panes such as trade skills, character screen, inventory, guild, talents, rep, etc.
3. Mail
4. Bank
5. Auction House
6. A generic vendor/repairer
7. Trainers
8. Flight masters to move between locations (maybe)
Restricting the app to these things would mean you'd need a limited amount of graphics and graphics processing power (basically item icons and some 2D interface UI). There would be no actual gameplay. I guess you'd have to have your character parked in a town or capital city to access certain things (#2-#8), and maybe this special app would allow you access to Bank, AH, and Mail without having to physically move between them.
I actually spend a lot of time doing these types of things and not really playing/moving around and I think a lot of other people do too. Wouldn't it be great if you could do this stuff poolside, at the airport, waiting in line, on the bus, in your boring class, wherever?
1. Chat channels
2. Various character-related panes such as trade skills, character screen, inventory, guild, talents, rep, etc.
3. Mail
4. Bank
5. Auction House
6. A generic vendor/repairer
7. Trainers
8. Flight masters to move between locations (maybe)
Restricting the app to these things would mean you'd need a limited amount of graphics and graphics processing power (basically item icons and some 2D interface UI). There would be no actual gameplay. I guess you'd have to have your character parked in a town or capital city to access certain things (#2-#8), and maybe this special app would allow you access to Bank, AH, and Mail without having to physically move between them.
I actually spend a lot of time doing these types of things and not really playing/moving around and I think a lot of other people do too. Wouldn't it be great if you could do this stuff poolside, at the airport, waiting in line, on the bus, in your boring class, wherever?
