Re: FN-FORUM: My first iPhone webapp

date posted 8th January 2008 21:29

> At 11:43 +0000 8/1/08, Punters Power wrote:
>>What does it do?
>
> It's a simple utility for the iPhone which strips image URLs out of a
> given HTML page and presents them in a familiar iPhone image gallery
> format.
>
> Clicking on a gallery image then generates an email which can be sent
> from the phone to one or more individuals using the iPhone's built-in
> mail client (hence iPod version in progress) with the option to add a
> message if desired.
>
> The resultant standard emails should work fine with any mail client,
> while iPhone based recipients can choose to see the image online
> using the iPhone's pinch, zoom and rotate functions.
>
> This functionality is not currently provided by the iPhone itself but
> could be useful from time-to-time.
>
>>Are they paying you?
>
> No. However, I am experiencing a nice ramp in traffic and click-thrus
> to my portfolio from all over the world. And as the application is
> designed to be viral this may well increase exponentially.
>
> While this may or may not result in any direct enquiries for my
> design business - I'm not giving it any hard sell - it does allow me
> to demonstrate to my existing and potential customers how the web
> could benefit their businesses in ways which may simply not have
> occurred to them.
>
> ColinR
>
It is very impressive to say the very least.

Andrew