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[Merged] Interest in an iPhone or iPad App for MacRumors.com

Would you like a MacRumors iPhone App?

  • Yes, that would be great!

    Votes: 130 81.8%

  • No, what's the point/I like mobile Safari better

    Votes: 29 18.2%
  • Total voters
    159
Any update on this??? Is there an estimated release date yet??
I'm really looking forward to this coming out.
 
Mac Rumors iPhone App

What would you like to see in a Mac Rumors iPhone app?

Should Arn even develop one?
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
Are u basically just waiting for 4.0 at this point?
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Sounds like someone is waiting for version 1337.0 until the release. But by then it needs a new update...

Actually, sounds quite like the supposedly thing that happened with the original Facebook idea.
 
Actually, I'm waiting for contact from the staff. I've been PMing arn, but never hear anything back.
 
MacRumors iPhone App

Hey guys. I've just started on a really basic iphone app for Macrumors. So far it includes; 3 tabs: News (Main Page), Forums, and about, all the mobile versions. The app also has basic navigation bars at the top.

Is their any features in particular you guys would like to see in the app?

Thanks,
Alexiit

Also: Is their actually any demand for an app like this?
 
Surely there's no need for one?

Just go to Safari, load MacRumors home page and then "Add to home screen" and the jobs done! :)
 
John T said:
Surely there's no need for one?

Just go to Safari, load MacRumors home page and then "Add to home screen" and the jobs done! :)
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well if your not happy with the web-format on the iphone then there would be a need, or want, for one.

I would like to see some sort of quick-reply feature, so when replying, a whole new page doesn't need to be loaded.
 
andybno1 said:
Post fail, that thread is someone askin a dev to make a app this guy is making an app and asking what people want in the app
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Haha yeah. But guys I cant really think of a way that i'd be able to add a quick reply feature?
 
John T said:
Surely there's no need for one?

Just go to Safari, load MacRumors home page and then "Add to home screen" and the jobs done! :)
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LOL............Go tell that to Facebook, TUAW, Engadget and all the various Wikipedia Apps that are out there. They actually do a stirling job of reformatting web pages and in many cases, add functionality that's not available on the website or that doesn't lend itself to a different medium.

Allowing for Offline content
Setting site favourite links
Embedded Search
Sending Articles or links to email addys
Saving Articles for offline viewing
 
andybno1 said:
Post fail, that thread is someone askin a dev to make a app this guy is making an app and asking what people want in the app
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Did you read the thread? It also links to others threads discussing the same topic.
 
This could be very useful if done right. The thing is, though, that a client that simply renders the macrumors pages as they would be rendered in Safari won't cut it. A good client needs to strip the formatting and present the posts in a way that feels iPhone-native.
 
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guys what features are you looking for?
Isn't there a mobile version of macrumors?
For me I would like a simple UI to read forum post, and maybe editing.
I don't need other fancy vbulletin features on a tiny iphone screen:D
 
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