iPhone App Project

Is there anyone interested in working collaboratively on an iPhone Giant Bomb/Whiskey Media Network native app or webapp?

I wish I could, but like you, I have no experience with programming for the iPhone.

I'm actually planning to start work on a GB iPhone app today... I already did an app to use with MK vs. DC a while back so I could get a grasp on the language and API's, so hopefully it won't take too long to develop.

I imagined it to be a slightly more streamlined way of looking at articles on GB in the same vain as Wikpedia viewers like Wikipanion.

I have no experience in programing for the iPhone, but if I can be of any use you can count on me.

I don't think you need to make a native app - an iPhone web app would be perfectly suited to take XML data and display it... now if you want to shake your iphone to get a random giantbomb article... yeah, you'd need to make a native one.

I'm working on developing a similar app for Android devices.  I'll keep an eye on thoughts in this thread and integrate those ideas on my end as well.

The community should focus on making one great app, then porting it to all the platforms; Smart Phones, Wii, PSP, PS3, and other gaming systems that have internet browsers.  I would like the format to be set up like the music player on the iPhone where you have castigators (news, reviews, games, people, cheat, guides, more)  then the user can edit what they wont on the main bar.    I am more interested on finding news on the go and cheat could/ guides while I am playing a game.  It would allso be cool if on the game page there could be a mashup with amizon that would show the price of the games.  I do not know if this would be posible, but to track games, people, and exectrt and then get an alert like email when there is new information for a game or the whike has been updaed.  It could work like an rss feed on other platforems.

Thanks for making this application.

P.S.  Keep the community up to date on the progrees and we will do what we can to help develope and designe the applications.  This is the furcher of the internet.

I'd love to help but I have absolutely no development background or experience. For what it's worth, I fully support the project. I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

I've been working on a very simple article browser webapp for the iPhone - it's coming along nicely, but I'm waiting for filter/search support before I throw anything out that you can all tweak.

"I've been working on a very simple article browser webapp for the iPhone - it's coming along nicely, but I'm waiting for filter/search support before I throw anything out that you can all tweak.

It uses the iUI framework, so it is iPhone specific at the moment - I'm hoping the backend design is relatively modular though, so it should be easy enough to use it for a more general 'mobile web' frontend. It's written in ugly PHP - while I hate it, it should be easy enough to deploy anywhere it needs to be, and easy enough to pick up and understand.

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Hi. I would love to assist you with the app.

I have a 2nd gen. iPod touch and 1st gen. iPhone and the development kit, of course.
I could probably persuade some collegues to let me test on their 3G phones and the 1st gen pod.

As for coding - I've been meanning to have a go at it, but I never worked with the Apple tools before, so bear with me :-)

EDIT:
As for pitcing ideas.Future plans might include playback og the awesome video features.

How's the app coming along?

I was wondering myself if anyone was doing anything for GB on the iPhone. If you need testers, I'll throw my hat in the ring to try it out on my phone.

To be honest, I haven't had a chance to do much with it at the moment - been caught up with work and the like.
I'll hopefully be able to get something out soon so you guys can all add to it/play with it.

Can't wait.
Keep us posted!

"To be honest, I haven't had a chance to do much with it at the moment - been caught up with work and the like.
I'll hopefully be able to get something out soon so you guys can all add to it/play with it.
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Was this thing ever finished?

" @natetodamax: Well obviously now there is no need for it. "