I saw an article on PC World's website today call: Five iPhone Apps Developers Should Build Right Now. In that post MacWorld’s editors list their 25 most-wanted programs they would like to see developers develop for the iPhone. Some of the applications are:
#25 Amazon Kindle Client/E-Book Reader
Where people would buy and read books, magazines and newspapers on their iPhones.
#25 Amazon Kindle Client/E-Book Reader
Where people would buy and read books, magazines and newspapers on their iPhones.
#24 Photo Booth
That lets you apply funny filters and effects to snapshots you take with the iPhone's camera. #22.Digital Level
An application that read and display the values from the accelerometers, and you could then see exactly when anything you're trying to hang is level.
#18. Finger-Painting Tool
That can draw a quick diagram for someone, by scribbling away on the iPhone's screen.
#12. Simple Photo Editor
With a simple photo editor that offered color balancing, bare-bones levels control, cropping, straightening, and the ability to convert images to black-and-white you can edit those pictures you snap before you send them away.
That lets you apply funny filters and effects to snapshots you take with the iPhone's camera. #22.Digital Level
An application that read and display the values from the accelerometers, and you could then see exactly when anything you're trying to hang is level.
#18. Finger-Painting Tool
That can draw a quick diagram for someone, by scribbling away on the iPhone's screen.
#12. Simple Photo Editor
With a simple photo editor that offered color balancing, bare-bones levels control, cropping, straightening, and the ability to convert images to black-and-white you can edit those pictures you snap before you send them away.
I don’t know about most people, but I can speak for myself, I’m not going to buy a phone to read ebooks, surf the internet, edit photos, to draw diagrams or to level a painting on the wall. I thought the purpose of a cell phone was to make calls while on the go, now you got phones taking on the jobs of a computer. I’m just not going to spend the extra money for that, but if a person got the money and that’s what they into, then I say, hey, go for it.
But you know what they say, ‘If you can’t beat them, join them.’ So if you’re going to build applications for the phones, why not build some real useful apps like:
GPS for the blind
A program that help the blinds to get to their destination. Warm him or her of incoming traffic when crossing the street (warn when the light is red or green)
Stress Monitor
A application that monitor a person’s stress level or blood sugar, or able to detect when a person is in a car accident and able to automatically call someone.
Maybe I’m just too old school, but if they are going to make apps that don't have any business being on a phone then at least build some like that. But after all that, I do like the iPhone, I just can't see myself spending all that money at this time to get it.
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