Over the last weeks, I’ve been thinking about starting some development for the iPhone. There are some ideas in my head of what I could do, but nothing specific yet. Only thing that I’m sure is that I don’t want to do another “me too” program, but something that really uses the iPhone strengths.
For example, a lot of mobile apps I see just has you entering data on the iPhone using the traditional “keyboard” and “picker” methods. I’m pretty sure that some gestures may be helpful and allow for quicker entry. Also, oftentimes “guessing” from a GPS-location or time-of-day may offer some good default values. I hope that this will be a road that I’ll be able to explore a bit more.
For now, I’m just running down the list of things I need:
- iPhone (check)
- Apple Developer membership (check, although for now just the “free” level)
- Macintosh computer
in the works, I wanted to get a new laptop anyways, and the 13” MacPros look pretty good for what I have in mind …
Also, I’ve started to read a few books on iPhone dev, I hope to be able to review some of them in my next blog entries …
