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Iphone app

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J-KLEMP
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newschoolers NEEDS!!! an iphone app that would be the best thing ever!!!
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andrew.
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a while back, they said there was one in the making, or at the very least, a mobile version so it wouldnt be so slow. i dont know if it ever went through though.
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thegreyarea
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An NS app would only cause sleep deprivation and NS being a medically recognized addiction. Do you really want that?
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J-KLEMP
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having an iphone app would kick ass and u know it
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thelizards
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someone had to say it, but I'm sorry...(no hate) but this is a repost
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J-KLEMP
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o my bad i didnt see a difernt thread like this..... im white give me a break
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selkirks
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it does, but it would be sick to be able to watch & upload videos/edits, view & upload pictures, etc. and other things you can't do in safari. and it would be another source of revenue for NS.
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blackoutbill
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Some videos are watchable. Just click "dpwnload original" or something like that. An app would still be sick
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selkirks
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I'm just saying... if well-executed, there's so many possibilities. To the point that an NS app would be the ultimate social networking app -- like a combination Facebook-YouTube-Flickr-etc. app. Imagine the possibilities:

Videos: Watch, Upload, Comment, Rate, etc. plus you could do something cool like shake to show a random video/edit.

Photos: View, Upload, Comment, Rate, etc. plus you could do the same thing -- shake to show a random photo.

News: Read, Comment, Rate, etc.

Forums: View, Start New, Replies w/ Quotes, etc.

Users: Send PMs, Give Karma, View Profiles, Friend Request, etc.

Hell, you could integrate Facebook Connect so that when you request a friend, start a thread, etc. it would show up on your Facebook Profile.
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thegreyarea
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All good ideas from ski.the.selkirks. Even if this is a repost thread, it's a good repost. Making an NS app is a massive undertaking. You're essentially rewriting 80% of each section of NS that you want implemented.
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thegreyarea
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I forgot to finish my comment:) If you want an NS app, you'll have to keep talking about it. It's a huge investment and I'm sure NS doesn't want to do it, then find out only 10 people use it.
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GratefulDead
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I WANT A NS APP!!!


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J-KLEMP
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ski.the.selkirks is a god.... it would be a big gamble though for NS to make and iphone app but it could really pay off..... but then again it could be a total waste..
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selkirks
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Very true. It would be hell to try to recreate it all in a visually, technically, and creative way. But it would be rewarding -- like I said, the ultimate social app. The level of potential here is larger than anywhere I've seen.

You'd probably be surprised by how close, for example, videos, are to being iPhone ready. Most of the videos are already available in a compatible format -- h.264. When Apple created the YouTube app, they had to work with Google to recode the videos into h.264. Here a potential developer (possibly) has their work cut out for them (at least in terms of formatting issues).

But would it be worth it? I think you'd have to look at data. For example, out of all users on the site, how many views are generated daily on iPhones? Out of all the mobile views, how many are from the iPhone? How many NS users have iPhone/iPod touches? How many would buy an app for $9.99? It's all about stats.

Say you sell the app starting out for $9.99US. Let's say, just for argument, that 250 members buy the app in the first month of sales. That means, in theory, because Apple takes a 30% cut of all sales, NS would keep $1,748.25. But is that enough? Probably not, but you'd have to assume more members would buy the app. How many active users are there on NS? Run a percentage. Say, 75% of iPhone owning active members buy the app. Would that be more than $1,700?

That doesn't even account for the new people that you'd gain. Although, I don't think you could add that much -- NS is definitely a niche market. Which brings us back to square one.
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J-KLEMP
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how do u even know all this stuff.......
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camski26
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I would really like a NS app for my iPhone.
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garygohard
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info wise

the safari versions sick

posting/ watching videos

only reason we need one

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GratefulDead
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And it could be faster.
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JStrathern
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B-runge
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you can post
just go to my account and turn fancy gui editor off
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selkirks
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i own an ipod touch and i have some basic algebra skills. plus part of it's common sense. i mean, why would you build a great app if no one's gonna buy it? you've gotta have enough people that'll buy it so that the investment pays off.
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thegreyarea2
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I'd love an iPhone app. It'd be one more reason for me to actually buy an iPhone.
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J-KLEMP
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i think getting an iphone app would be totaly worth it
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Pmoore
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an iphone ap would be so awesome
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appa
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i would buy that shit sooo quick. it would be ultimate to get first comment on the app page in the itunes store. people would worship me if i did
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RICK_ROSS
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i would be willing to pay
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SARTRON
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i wanna say i wouldnt but...yea, i probably would too

NS IPHONE APP ASAP
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selkirks
Posts: 1979 - Karma: 62
Bump for further discussion.

And I have another feature idea - "Locate". Use Google Maps, iPhone Core Location data, and IP addresses to Locate Local NSers. Drop a pin for every NSer in your area. Say red pins for all NSers and blue pins for online NSers.

The other thing is that I'm beginning to think ads could theoretically offset much of the cost of the app. The only thing is that then the max you could charge is probably $2.99. Then you could sell a premium ad-less version for $9.99.
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yellav
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i has an iphone. i has want for teh appz.
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thegreyarea
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Not only did you come up w/the idea, but you got the name dead on too:) Google Locate was introduced a few days ago. http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/02/locate-your-friends-in-real-time-with.html

Think even farther outside of NS's typical functionality. Take a photo of your friend dropping a cliff, post it on NS with geotag information while waiting in the lift line, then switch over to watching a live stream of Red Bull Cold Rush until you get back to the top.
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Pippin
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Same could be applied to urbans
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selkirks
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Now that would be cool. Videos could work y
the same way as well.

It might be a little bit overboard, but I've been thinking about the "augmented reality" apps that are coming out in September alongside the 3.1 software update. (search YouTube for "iPhone augmented reality" if you don't know what that is). What if you were able to point your iPhone's camera at a cliff or a rail or another feature and instantly get videos and photos for that location by that method as well.
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thegreyarea
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^ That's intense. I saw this for Twitter before ( http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/a_twitter_augmented_reality_app_for_iphone.php ), but didn't realize what was really going on.
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shintastic48
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um... newsflash everyone on here already has sleep deprivation and a medically recognized addiciton. so i'm not seeing the problem here...
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acc
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Me Too!
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thegreyarea
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You drink too much jameson to be able to type on an iPhone app.
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