Some people have said that the App Store is getting crowded. . .and there is nothing in it but useless applications. When I hear people say things like that, it’s as if they feel there is a limit to how many applications will be allowed in, like Apple will close it’s doors at 100,000 or 1,000,000 applications. The App Store is virtual which means there is no end in sight to it’s limits. However, here is a short list of 8 applications that have yet to be made. . .but need to be made(NOW).
There have been attempts at bringing Digg to the iPhone and iPod Touch(Shovel), but we have yet to see an official application from Digg. Since Shovel uses the the Digg API, you can’t leave comments, or digg/bury the submissions either. It just seems odd to me that for a website that made an iPhone version(http://digg.com/iphone) so early, that there isn’t a native application yet.
IMDB is one of those websites like wikipedia that I constantly go to for referencing movies, actors, quotes, trailers, etc. There are like a dozen applications in the App Store that describe themselves like IMDB(about half of them link to IMDB within the app). I have yet to see an official IMDB application that utilizes the entire website. . .from search to release dates to trailers etc.
Some of you might not use Google Analytics as much as I do(30 minutes every day) but the ability to check my stats from my iPhone is something I’ve been waiting for. There is an application called myAnalytics that will let you check the summaries for each website. . .but I’m looking for something that can get full in-depth for stats for them.
I’m sure this is probably a pipe dream, and we’ll probably see both copy & page and flash functionality before we can browse with a Firefox browser on the iPhone. Hell, I’d like to see the new mobile Opera browser in the App Store, if not for anything else. . .just so Apple doesn’t look like another AOL(the walled garden). Didn’t we learn something from that era?
The only reaosn why I would want this would be for divx/xvid playback on the device. 99.9% of my video media is in that format and I’m not the type to convert my stuff over just one for one device(even for the iPhone). There are ways to stream your media over-the-air(SimplifyMedia), but I would be happy tossing a couple 700MB movies on even it for a trip(it’s not like I’d keep it on there forever). Sadly even the jailbroken VLC app(vlc4iphone) doesn’t play divx/xvid well at all.
If a Fart application can climb the charts and sell over $10,000 per day(over a week straight), there has to be a market for a virtual Air Freshener. I mean there were countless Mistletoe applications this holiday season(MistleSnow/JingleToe), why not ride the ‘fart fad’. The sad part is, submitting one of these now wouldn’t get approved for at least a month. So, by next month there will probably be something else in the #1 spot.
This is another website statistics tool that lets you monitor your websites in real-time. The idea of taking out your iPhone anywhere, opening a Woopra application, and being able to monitor the stream of visitors no matter where you on(with 3G or WiFi). I normally use Google Analytics for my official stats, but the graphs that Woopra offers for average traffic comparisons(by the hour) are great. . .and that just seems like a perfect fit with the iPhone.
I have yet to see an application that lets me log into StumbeUpon, and browse from stumble to stumble(like I would with the toolbar). I have seen many applications come out with their own browser built right in(so it doesn’t have to exit the application to show you text), and that sounds like the perfect solution for a StumbleUpon application.
With the iPhone being a huge market for casual gamers, I would love to see the Yeti Sports collection ported and released in the App Store.
Thanks to the following digger(laserob) for this suggestion. A Sling Player/Catcher iPhone application would be great for anyone with a Slingbox. This would literally take your media wherever you went.
an aplication called myAnalytics offre you a totaly access to your Google analytics, i am using it on my both iPhone and iPod Touch.
this is the direct link : http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291496023&mt=8
MovieStar (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=212952233) is pretty much a direct IMDB interface.
myFox is a Firefox browser for iPhone. It’s a jb app, but it works pretty well. There will not be any official firefox app in the app store. Opera got shot down by Apple, Mozilla will get the same treatment.
I would love to have a RedBox app so I can rent and reserve movies from my phone!
While all those apps are a great idea, my pain comes from having too many apps spread across too many pages. I would love to have some folder integration in the iPod touch/iPhone, just for better organization. Games can be put into a folder marked “Games,” Utility apps can be…Music apps…etc, you get the idea.
Houssem – I included that in the article
Orange – Doesn’t that just use webkit? I thought th fox was just included in the name(for like marketing).
Bill – Maybe try contacting them. I see no reason why they don’t.
T3CKNO – I agree, having to slide my finger across 8 pages of apps can get annoying.
Gmail iPhone app
Ah good point. I don’t know much about it, so I assumed it was a port of Firefox to iPhone. Sorry D: Also, they should make a categories app for the App Store. I’m sure it would be a hit. Especially since the jb app is so buggy.
An official app from flickr of course. And yes, must be free and stable.
There actually is an air freshener app for the iPhone. iFreshener – http://www.ifreshener.net/
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