People everywhere are carrying around a clunky cellphone -- its face dirtied with fingerprints, its battery irreplacable -- and tying themselves into multi-year, possibly-monopolistic agreements with AT&T, simply to be part of the iPhone craze. A craze that is due in large part to the very successful iPhone App Store.
The App Store, for those who dwell under rocks, is a brickless, mortarless store for iPhone users, accessible via iTunes, which sells thousands of applications for the iPhone, each of which leverages some or all of its technology, including its touch interface, GPS, accelerometer, and 3D positional audio.
Call it evil, if you will. Call it an extension of Steve Jobs's dictatorial stranglehold on consumers. You're probably right. But it's undeniable that the App Store is becoming the candy store for the Digital Age (as opposed to the Fructose Age).
But we KNOW there could be more of these apps. Better ones. And we've been watching you (uh, nice hat?), and we're pretty certain you're sitting on a fantastically grand idea for an iPhone application that would imminently change all of our lives for the better.
That's why Internet Evolution is asking you to come up with the best idea ever for a new iPhone application.
The rules are pretty simple: We just want you to come up with the coolest idea in the history of the world for a new iPhone app, and tell us about it on the boards below. What's it called? What's its function? How does it work? We're not asking for any software code or anything exceedingly geeky. We just want you to tell us about your app and why it would make the App Store, and our lives, infinitely better.
We, the Internet Evolution editorial overlords, will pick our favorite, with the assistance of everyone's favorite mobile maven, Alan Reiter, who has agreed to help us scour the suggested app ideas.
We'll wrap this up on Friday, February 27, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. ET, and announce our favorite app idea in an editor's blog the following Tuesday, March 2, 2009. Excitement will ensue. Some people might hug. It'll be great.
So tell us your ideas NOW... before someone sadistic steals them and leaves you with nothing but a bucket of tears and a lifetime of regrets.
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Going to work on an iPothole app - flag/submit, rate, vote and comment on potholes big enough to do some damage to your rims/tires/shocks/struts throughout where iPhones are shipped and have service. GPS coordinates required!
This is my Masters capstone project proposal. Please visit the Center of Handheld Web blog for more information about the project. Any feedback and suggest is more than welcome and must needed. Thank you.
The two main target user groups are emergency response teams (human resources e.g. doctors) and decision makers (e.g. an emergency response manager, a director of public safety).
The mobile web resource tracking system using mobile devices to be used during a disaster or crisis situation. The system provides real time data to a decision maker so that he/she can effectively and efficiently monitor resources and access the situation accordingly. Mobile devices, smart phones, support the ease of use for any location and at anytime. The Internet technology is selected to enable multiple or cross platform technology solutions for different mobile devices.
Resources in the scope of this project are human resources (e.g. a doctor, a policeman). With the use of a GPS enabled-device, or similar technology, the system does not only provide current location of the moving resource, it also allows automatic login for the users when they arrive at a site.
An identified available human resource will be alerted by the system. The system should automatically provide routing or direction information to his/her GPS-enabled device. This functionality links to the position tracking application. The human resource can then choose to accept or reject the on-call request.
During a disaster situation, comunication is very critical and there is no room for erorr. Having the system to automate generating alert and keep track on where a fireman is on the site, for instance, is very important.
MY idea is for an Application which fits in with the Sensors that fit in with your Nikes.
They tell you in real-time,what your Running speed,Pulse,Heart-Rate,etc are.
This App will also have added advantages for the Elderly,by letting them and their Doctors know in real-time(The Doctor will get an SMS from the iphone in case something is wrong) if someone needs help.
Reminder on whois to take the medicine, the medicine to take, when to take it, and its dosage.
How does itwork?
Parents oftenhave to deal with giving medicine and it can get complicated when there’s morethan one sick kid and if one requires more than one type of medicine. At thetime to take the medicine, an image of the medicine bottle will appear on thescreen along with information on the person’s name and the dosage based on theperson’s weight and age.
A service that providesrelevant information for an expectant mother through the stages of herpregnancy.
How does itwork?
There arenumerous web sites currently that track expectant mothers’ pregnancies andprovide relevant information based on far they are in the pregnancy.It is a very useful service, but pregnancycan be uncomfortable and who wants to move to sit at a computer or deal with alaptop.Get it delivered to your palm.
Take such messengers like the BlackBerry messenger and apply a virtual enhancement layer. This is messenger but, one will see a 3D avatar of themselves (similar to how people look in the Sims.)
How does it work?
Only those who have the iPhone will have access to this messenger. During chat conversations with others, they will see their 3D person avatar as well as the avatars of they are speaking with. One can arrange to chat in a virtual area of their choice: the beach, café, etc.
iBenefactor - An iPhone app which would facilitate humanitarian giving, not only for developing countries, but also in your own city or community. It would allow one to contribute in meaningful ways to the financial plight of disadvantaged people everywhere. The app would work without paperwork or hassle and would bring potential donors and recipients together in a previously unimagined way which complied with all relevant laws.
Everyone involved in a given humanitarian project who consented would be represented on a dynamic world map some in a fixed or static location but others shown on the move with exact current location using a variation of GPS Tracker. Some data could be aggregated in instances where many people were involved.
The demonstrated global nature of involvement would be very inspiring and stimulate more giving. The images would show both where money was coming from and where it was going, the projects it is supporting, as well as movement of people, visits etc. going on to facilitate specific humanitarian projects.
The application concept could go beyond humanitarian causes and find widespread general application.
I take i-tomadachi, and iPhone i-tomadachi runs on, & I stomp on it! I jump up & down on i-tomadachi, 1 million times! I crush it to oblivion, with all my might! And then I laugh....HOOo HAW ha ha ha ha ha.....
...and then, THEN I look for MORE i-tomadachi's & iPhones to stomp!
i-Tomagotchi would be a handheld virtual pet, which allow the user to select the options to feed or play with the virtual pet and to perform an activity, including, Feeding the Tamagotchi a piece of food or a snack. Playing games with the Tamagotchi. Cleaning up a Tamagotchi's waste. Checking its age, discipline, hunger, happiness and other statistics. Connecting with other friends
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