iPhone Application Example: OneTrip

Since there will be no third-party apps for iPhone in June, I thought I'd try creating a web app that would run like a widget on iPhone. You would surf over to it in Safari on iPhone, and it would fill the screen nicely to look like a "real" iPhone app. By that I mean, it shouldn't get scaled down, and it's small and compact

Here it is:

OneTrip - an iPhone shopping list.

It will only work in Safari (obviously). Comments? Do you think it will be a worthwhile effort to create such iPhone-ready websites?

i dont think people will go out of there way to create web pages just for the iphone, but i would like to know wha it does look like on the iphone

I don't think existing websites should be made iPhone-friendly, and it probably wouldn't be worth anyone's time to create an iPhone-optimized blog or online store, but I really hope that it's easy to make things look and feel "native" on iPhone. I can think of a number of simple widgets like this that I'd really like to have on my phone - so until we get actual widgets, I hope this will do.

Hey I like your app. I hope it works well with the iPhone.

That actually is a pretty handy little app :)

that's a great idea and it looks great too

This is superb. Very slick and I cant wait to try it out on the iPhone.

i dont think people will go out of there way to create web pages just for the iphone, but i would like to know wha it does look like on the iphone

Why not? A whole "ecosystem" of web pages has sprung up for the Wii, why not the iPhone?

And, I love the app. Very simple, elegant, and easy to use. I'll be sure to use it when I get my iPhone. :-D

Why not? A whole "ecosystem" of web pages has sprung up for the Wii, why not the iPhone?

i just dont think it will latch on as much as the wii did

Thanks for the feedback. I hope this sort of dynamic JavaScript will run well on iPhone. I can think of a number of simple apps like this I could put together. Ideas for anything you'd really like to have on a phone?