![]() On day 1 of the app store, one finds 10 different transit navigation apps. I've been on the iPhone since day 1 last year. And when my Treo got stolen in NYC, I was freaking out more that I didn't have Metro than my addressbook. I was a Palm user and relied on Metro regularly when traveling. Predictions put it exceeding 25% in the US by Q3 2008. ![]() Its market share is going to jump dramatically. There's a lot of pent up lust and desire for this device out there. I personally know dozens of people who waited for the 2nd gen and/or are waiting for things to die down so they can get one without waiting in line. ![]() Mis-steps and tech problems aside, the demand for the new iPhone is through the roof and this is just the first wave. Update (April 26th, 2009): the development is going on and I posted a few screenshots in a new post. The development of MetrO can begin for real. Update (March 15th, 2009): after more than 6 weeks, I my application to the Developer Program was accepted and I could finally test a small (test) program on my iPod. That's one month lost in developing MetrO because I don't want to waste my time if Apple ends up rejecting my application. ![]() Update (February 7th, 2009): It's now 1 month I have applied to the iPhone Developer Program! I have a test program ready and I can't test it on my iPod Touch. ![]() Update (August 25th, 2008): I finally have a Mac Mini at my disposal, the iPhone SDK is installed and I just have to learn how to develop for the platform (my experience with Objective-C dates back to the early days of the NextStation). I'm afraid that means our plans for a version of MetrO for the iPhone are fading away (or at least getting farther in the future), if only because of the Mac requirement. The software will be officially released in late June.Software will be distributed exclusively on Apple's platform (how do you spell "monopoly"?).Software development is only possible on a Mac.The event for the Apple's iPhone SDK announcement has now ended and, according to this report from Tom Krazit, I consider it is almost entirely bad news: ![]()
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