Archive for the ‘Top iPhone Apps’ Category
iPhone application for the printing industry
In: Top iPhone Apps
4 Mar 2010Summary: In this post, we intend to suggest a more efficient way of providing estimates for salesmen at printing company’s with the help of an iPhone app.
Recently, we start getting quotes from different vendors to get our new business cards printed. The process of getting a printing quote was interesting. Generally, when a salesman from [...]
Features needed in a Travel App
In: Top iPhone Apps
18 Jan 2010We were impressed with all the travel related apps that have been developed. However, I wondered if only just one of these app’s could have all of the features. Out of the several purposes that these travel apps serve, we have narrowed down 5 categories of apps that are a must during your travels.
1. A language [...]
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Evolution of Movie Rental iPhone apps
In: Top iPhone Apps
14 Jan 2010Won’t it be nice to sit with a cup of coffee, at the airport with your iPhone, and rent an old classic movie right before boarding the plane, or on a super boring road trip?
In 1997, Netflix came up with a way where people could rent movies online and receive them by post. That was [...]
iPhone app for Apartment Security Management
In: Top iPhone Apps
1 Dec 2009Apartment security companies provide their services on contract basis. Typical services called for by an apartment management group includes security guards, surveillance cameras, patrolling hours, check points etc. The security company assigns an admin to manage a set number of properties and they are responsible to ensure the operation is conducted smoothly. This includes ensuring [...]
Why Push Notifications?
In: Top iPhone Apps
23 Nov 2009Background: Each iPhone app is a process that, when started, runs (start executing whatever it is meant to be doing) on your iPhone.
Usually, on mobile platforms other than iPhone’s, multiple apps can run at the same time allowing users to play with an application, quickly switch to a background app, and go back and forth. [...]
With their popularity and capability of providing information anytime, anywhere, iPhones can revolutionize the field of education. Here, we list 6 ways in which iPhone apps can become a student’s most personal learning assets.
1. Visualization apps for Visual learning aid: with their ultra cool graphics, iPhones can become excellent sources of mobile graphical learning- structure of [...]
iPhone app for Football Teams
In: Top iPhone Apps
18 Nov 2009As the football season kicked off we began wondering of features that an iPhone app could offer to help engage fans from tickets to game stats. So for all the football fans out there, here are our ideas for an iPhone app that can :
1. Access a schedule of games for favorite teams.
2. Show tailgating times so [...]
iPhone app for Doctors
In: Top iPhone Apps
17 Nov 2009Usually, doctors spend their entire time waiting, with breath abated, for a small beep in their pager, or the ringing of their phones fore-running an emergency. Can an iPhone app make a doctor’s life better? Let’s find out.
An iPhone app can help doctors in three areas:
1. Completing patient documentation- One of the most important aspects of [...]
An iPhone app for Customer Relationship Management
In: Top iPhone Apps
16 Nov 2009One of the most difficult tasks as a sales manager is to convince your sales team to adhere to their daily chore of making updates into your CRM system. Often sales managers find themselves lost in old records when looking for opportunities report, lead conversion time frame, etc. With a custom iPhone CRM application, your [...]
iPhone app for Astrology
In: Top iPhone Apps
21 Oct 2009There are probably several Astrology apps out there that will ping you with daily, monthly, or weekly generic zodiac sign predictions. But, people passionate about astrology are interested in charts, planetary transits and a lot more. An app for astrology can be built in two contexts:
A. An iPhone app as a tool for astrologers:
a. The astrologers should [...]
What makes an iPhone app a success and a failure?
In: Top iPhone Apps
12 Oct 2009The answer obviously lies in your expectations and reason for building an iPhone app. Now, while we can’t really quantify expectation or make universal rules about them (since an average human being always expects more than reality actually permits), we can, though, provide you with some truth when it comes to reasons for an iPhone [...]
Correct me if I am wrong: Master Card’s priceless picks app is supposed to inform me about all those deals that deal maniacs like me would cherish. I like the concept, just that I think it could have been less hazy than that.
Let’s start with the praise: The app has a great introductory short, perky [...]
iPhone app for commercial investment brokers (CIB)
In: Top iPhone Apps
21 Sep 2009Philosophers say that thoughts provoke thoughts. That is why, we at ChaiONE, keep posting these ideas and thoughts about new iPhone applications. What we are trying to do here is explore an existing business model and formulate strategies on how the iPhone technology can help enhance the process flow and customer engagement.
Let’s take the example [...]
iPhone application for Chamber Master
In: Top iPhone Apps
17 Sep 2009ChamberMaster- Software to empower your Chamber of Commerce
At ChaiONE we not only review existing iPhone apps but also try to brainstorm on how different industries or companies can benefit from this amazing technology. We have already talked about how Starbucks, grocery stores, surveying companies could use an iPhone app. This time we decided to pick [...]
iPhone OS technology layers
15 Sep 2009Almost all of the software technology today is based on modularization (which means dividing a long process into smaller parts, each representing an aspect of that process.) the reason why modularization is so popular with technology is because of many factors:
1. Each module can be tested separately and thus it becomes easier to catch errors.
2. If there [...]
Review of WordPress iPhone app
In: Top iPhone Apps
14 Sep 2009I was so excited when they told me that WordPress now has an app for its bloggers. Finally, all that loyalty to WordPress paid off- now I could blog right from my iPhone! I downloaded the app- it’s simple and has the same interface as the web version. Good thing is that as soon as [...]
iPhone app for event marketing agency
In: Top iPhone Apps
8 Sep 2009Picture marketing rents out FotoZap as a tool for event marketing companies that engages attendees of an event to interact with the online brand environment. Traditionally, event-marketing agencies have on-ground teams that wear branded apparel of clients and increase mind-share by connecting with the audience of an event via group pictures, t-shirt give-away, product samplers, [...]
What is the development process of an iPhone application?
A lot of our customers are curious about how the development process of an iPhone application takes place. Here’s a quick look at the process:
1. Begin with Basics
The starting point for any new project is first figuring out the customer requirements, goals and functionality that they want. Where [...]
Top 5 useful enterprise iPhone apps
In: Top iPhone Apps
28 Aug 20091. Kraft- iFood assistant
2. Nationwide insurance app
3. ESNP scorecenter
4. iStanford
5. MedScape- WebMD
9 Brands promoting via iPhone apps
In: Top iPhone Apps
24 Aug 2009Indeed they are celebrating their brand- their name, their success, their eccentricities that have made them distinguishable; and, every iPhone user is invited to this fabulous celebration. In a way they are extending their ascendancy by asserting their classic identity in the hearts of their fans; brand position is a recent feat in the field [...]
First of all, the app loads really slowly.
Second of all, this app is a perfect example of the fact that a great idea does not ensure a good app.
This is what the app supposed to do: find the closest cheapest gas station based on your current location. But, instead, it gives you two options- either [...]
Review of JP Morgan Chase iPhone App
In: Top iPhone Apps
20 Aug 2009In the desert of 30,000 apps, JP Morgan Chase app is almost an oasis.
It’s beautiful looking icon, simple & blue interface and quick download time nothing but calm your nerves. The first screen has log on, contact us and find ATM branch features.
The app lets you log into your bank account and lets you transfer [...]
Enterprise iPhone app development process
In: Top iPhone Apps
18 Aug 2009Before you develop an iPhone app for your company…
…make sure that it makes complete sense to get one.
Jof Arnold, web geek and entrepreneur, discusses the process of developing iPhone apps and gives out some handy tips and pitfalls to beware of.
(Don’t worry there is nothing technical in there.)
We loved the talk. It was short and [...]
Hotels near me iPhone app review: Hotels near me- hiding under false pretenses
In: Top iPhone Apps
18 Aug 2009Hotels.com’s iPhone app just made me sad. When I heard of the app for the first time, I thought, “Finally there is someone who thought of us nomads who are always on a lookout for that perfect economical hotel to satiate our wander lust.”
Hotels Near Me, I thought, was designed for me (or people like [...]
How can iPhone Apps help grow your brand?
In: Top iPhone Apps
3 Aug 2009Singer Pink, Ford motor company, Walt Disney, Sony pictures, Stanford University, Audi, and Coca Cola: they all have iPhone apps that sell one thing- absolutely nothing!
There are over 40 million people in the world that carry a touch sensitive phone slightly thicker than a chocolate bar. 80% of these 40 million, for various reasons, are [...]
We found this video today:
The latest New York Nearest Subway Augmented Reality App for iPhone 3GS.
The App uses a combination of the GPS, compass and video capabilities of iPhones to offer a real time navigation along NY subways.
Augmented Reality is a small offshoot of a concept that has been the subject of hottest research in [...]
Review of the iHUT iPhone App from Pizza Hut
In: Top iPhone Apps
20 Jul 2009Last night, we tried Pizza Hut’s latest iPhone app- iHUT; and here’s how we rate it: Five stars for graphics,two for performance, minus two for flexibility and three for intuitive flow.
Remember the call that you make to order your pizza? Well, iHUT basically replaces that call with a few taps on your iPhone. The advantage [...]
Now that people can subscribe to material on their iPhones, newspaper industry has strong reasons to want iPhone apps: a newspaper on iPhones is more accessible/user customizable than its web counterparts; it is available to readers even when they are not near an internet source; it is handier and greener than paper based subscriptions; and, [...]
What can an iPhone app do for Starbucks?
In: Top iPhone Apps
25 Jun 2009At ChaiONE, we are crazy about iPhone application development. We keep churning out new ideas; slashing or discarding them; develop elaborate plans to implement them; risk analysis and so much more. The whole week is usually a big whirlpool of brainstorming around the ChaiONE office.
So, on weekends, we allow ourselves to rest, and take [...]
Is an iPhone app for investment firms a good investment?
In: Top iPhone Apps
17 Dec 2009There are those people who make long term investments. For them, investment is a slow process- low speculation, observing rise and fall in the market over long periods of time. Then, there are those who invest quickly, almost every day, called the day traders. For these folks, investment happens in New York minutes- observing the [...]