iPhone apps seems like the new trend and what else should a developer be doing in his spare time?
My motivation:
1. Millions of users. You can share apps with the world and make a small earning till iphone user base exists. Isn't that cool
2. Its market place is excellent
3. One of the best integration of technology man possesses - all in the palms of your hand.
4. Good way to know more about Apple & their products.
Few iPhone apps that I have been churning are now live on itunes:
1. AutoSignIn(free) - formerly called LogMeIn.
An auto login app to help you login to most of the popular sites -like gmail, admob, ebay, yahoo, gdocs, etc.. As iphone has no provision to store your password/email this should be handy. I use most of the time.
The idea is that you dont need an app for every popular website on the internet. Just an autologin app should do as most websites are mobile friendly these days.
Was formerly called LogMeIn. Due to copyright issues had to rename to AutoSignIn with a better icon. Hope we enjoy.
2. gDox (free)
An auto login app for gDocs. Live now.
3. Radio players (free)
Has a very intuitive interface for couple of iphone radio apps i have been spamming itunes store with (until they said no more). Some are regional. Below is the list.
4. aMaze!! (free)
An attempt to use Chipmunk physics engine and sparrow framework to build a maze game with balls moved into target square through iphone movement. Its a free app with some nice music and interface (except that the physics engine is not that great).
Learnings:
Chipmunk C library is free but hard to code(its objective C library costs 200 bucks and i didn't wanted to shell out a $). Though this was a good experience with physics engine, i found it to be unstable and not so easy to work around memory and timer issues of chipmunk C library. Would not recommend anyone to use chipmunk c library (don't know if the paid objective C bundle is better). Better go for cocos 2d. Its more popular.
5. Java JEE IQ (Was $1. Now free)
Java/j2ee quick notes for revision etc esp. during interview. It consists of notes from an industry perspective- has spring/hibernate/struts/JSR's/core java/ etc and some useful pdfs. This was my first app and i spent a lot of time learning objective c/buying macbook & ipod touch/installing snow leopard/xml parsing library/xcode/interface builder/ and understanding how to make a release to itunes. I am charging a $ for all that effort of mine. Hope it is acceptable.
All the above apps can be found by searching 'bri8' on itunes store or following this link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bri8-ltd/id396468155
My motivation:
1. Millions of users. You can share apps with the world and make a small earning till iphone user base exists. Isn't that cool
2. Its market place is excellent
3. One of the best integration of technology man possesses - all in the palms of your hand.
4. Good way to know more about Apple & their products.
Few iPhone apps that I have been churning are now live on itunes:
1. AutoSignIn(free) - formerly called LogMeIn.
An auto login app to help you login to most of the popular sites -like gmail, admob, ebay, yahoo, gdocs, etc.. As iphone has no provision to store your password/email this should be handy. I use most of the time.
The idea is that you dont need an app for every popular website on the internet. Just an autologin app should do as most websites are mobile friendly these days.
Was formerly called LogMeIn. Due to copyright issues had to rename to AutoSignIn with a better icon. Hope we enjoy.
2. gDox (free)
An auto login app for gDocs. Live now.
3. Radio players (free)
Has a very intuitive interface for couple of iphone radio apps i have been spamming itunes store with (until they said no more). Some are regional. Below is the list.
- Radio kannada
- Tamil Hits
- Telugu hits
- Radio Eye - English radio stations organized based on top stations and genre
- Hindi hits
4. aMaze!! (free)
An attempt to use Chipmunk physics engine and sparrow framework to build a maze game with balls moved into target square through iphone movement. Its a free app with some nice music and interface (except that the physics engine is not that great).
Learnings:
Chipmunk C library is free but hard to code(its objective C library costs 200 bucks and i didn't wanted to shell out a $). Though this was a good experience with physics engine, i found it to be unstable and not so easy to work around memory and timer issues of chipmunk C library. Would not recommend anyone to use chipmunk c library (don't know if the paid objective C bundle is better). Better go for cocos 2d. Its more popular.
5. Java JEE IQ (Was $1. Now free)
Java/j2ee quick notes for revision etc esp. during interview. It consists of notes from an industry perspective- has spring/hibernate/struts/JSR's/core java/ etc and some useful pdfs. This was my first app and i spent a lot of time learning objective c/buying macbook & ipod touch/installing snow leopard/xml parsing library/xcode/interface builder/ and understanding how to make a release to itunes. I am charging a $ for all that effort of mine. Hope it is acceptable.
All the above apps can be found by searching 'bri8' on itunes store or following this link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bri8-ltd/id396468155
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