new macrumors ipod touch app?

[JamesFoote]

MacRumors App

I think it would be really great if someone out there could develop a mobile MacRumors app. I know that some of you will say that the site is easy enough as it is but personally I would be glad to pay a few bucks for an even more polished version of the website. there could be a few tabs at the bottom, one for main articles, one for the iPhone blog, one to the forums, one to TouchArcade and then another for any extras that I left out. there is no doubt that creating such an app would be quite a challenge but you would be considered as a goddess on the site.

If someone does end up developing this and doesn't feel like joining the program - the $99 is on me!

 

[alphaod]

Just pay $25 for Deminess.

 

[QCassidy352]

IMO an app would only be desirable if it did things that the mobile site doesn't. There's no point in just recreating the functionality of the regular iphone site.

 

[KoolStar]

All you have to do is use an rss reader to get the stories, now it's a different story about posting.

 

[JNB]

How about a MacRumors app that goes back and left-justifies posts?

 

[oneschance]

I think the OP means that an app would be a better fit t the iPhone allowing for easier navigating, etc since sometimes the web version can be a little clunky on the iPhone, however, I do agree that it would be too much work for not that much of a benefit.

i.e. Facebook and Myspace apps are great examples of app versions that are specially designed to make the sight itself more usable than the safari version even if it is mobile. like adding photos or Quoting

but after checking the mobile.macrumors.com, i feel that it is good enough.

as far as time enough to make an app, i'm pretty sure some people would make apps or other supposedly useless things for there personal hobbies or projects.
Don't forget how Google got started.

 

[thisisarcadia]

Mac Rumors App

Yes they should it would be so much easier to access their website via iPhone 3G instead of getting on my macbook

 

[andreab35]

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A MR app would be pretty cool in my opinion.
But the mobile version of MR I have found to work very well on my iPhone.

 

[Shannighan]

By the way does anyone know where to get a windows ipod touch app maker, or is it as i suspected "mac only"​

sorry if already answered, its mac only. you would have to download all the cocoa libraries and stuff for windows which would be huge

 

[alphaod]

sorry if already answered, its mac only. you would have to download all the cocoa libraries and stuff for windows which would be huge

Well Xcode and to the iPhone SDK is only like 4GB, so it can't be too bad.

 

[johnnyjibbs]

I love using the real full website with my iPhone (like now) but the forum I'm typing this on now is laborious and slow. What I'd like to see is an iPhone version of the site that is exactly the same as the full version but uses the mobiles version of the forums. Would that be possible?

 

[twoodcc]

I think there should be an app, or at least and updated iPhone version of the forums