It took a lot of my time but I finally finished my very own iPhone app. I actually launched it last week on my twitter page but I didn’t officially announce it since I wanted to get some feedback and fix any bugs that I might have missed first. Good thing I did since I spotted a silly bug the first day it got released and quickly released a version 1.1 update a couple of days later. Now the version has gone up to 1.2 and I’ve been able to introduce a few nifty features which I felt helped round off the app and make it launch worthy.
Originally when I went about creating the app I didn’t know what the use would be. Already the blog was very viewable on the iPhone because of a plug-in I had installed that formatted the site to work perfectly on the iPhone so if my app did the same thing it would be useless. I kept thinking about what else I could do and bit by bit I started adding stuff to it that made it more useful. Here are the things you can currently do with my iPhone app:
– Check my latest posts
– Check the latest comments on my blog
– Check the latest posts in the forum
– Check my twitter
– Check my YouTube channel
– Check latest posts on Safat
– Check latest Kuwait news from Arab Times
– Check the weather via the Kuwait Meteorological Center (contains more details than the default iPhone weather app)
and my favorite…
– Get the latest traffic updates via #q8traffic on Twitter
These are just the features I have currently but hopefully will be adding more stuff down the line. If you want to download the iPhone app search for 248AM in the app store or click the following [Link]
29 replies on “The 2:48AM iPhone App”
Awesome Mark! I was actually waiting for something like this. Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this!
Already got it! 😛
hope to see it in android market.
Love the app Mark! The contents look just as great as on the website!
Great job. Love it! Thanks.
Good for iPhoners.
Any plans for x-iPhoners/Android market?
Maybe i downloaded it before you do Mark 🙂
downloaded it with my US account a couple of days ago, but for some reason won’t let me update, keeps saying cannot because of US Store.
Help?
I really want to know how to create an iPhone app :s
p.s: ur blog rocks keep it up
will there be a symbian version too?? for nokia phones
Last one week or 10 it is already on my phone. Nice work Mark.
I have a Q , how do I load older post using this app ?
Excellent, I love it, specially the traffic and Arab Times links. Thanks.
finally, an application to track my favorite blogs comments, twitter, and much more! just what i wanted for mothers day, thanks mark!
Great App . but a question how did u make this app for the i phone >>>>
I did not know that you are a programmer Mark – or did you get it developed from someone else?
What was the original plug in u had for the iphone… Coz touch wood ur blog looks great on iphones and bb
🙂 I already had it last week and I commented on the archery post 🙂 but ididnt didn’t find the weather part u talked about 🙁 winha how could I not see it? :/
Just downloaded the app. It’s awesome. Great work. Shows Ur dedication. 🙂
cool!
i wana use it but i dont have a iphone or anything else.
mark do u secretly work for iphone and make these apps in order to get ppl to buy iphones? or are u discriminating against ppl who dont have iphones?i think this is a topic for the government to ponder about…..LAW SHALL PREVAIL!!!!!
Faaaaaantastic.
Will this work on an I-touch?
I guess Im not the only one who went to lebanon that weekend with only tshirts! I FROZE TO DEATH!!! I didnt know it was this cold and windy! BUT IT WAS AMAZING!! its better than being here in Kuwait for the dust storm 😉 Hope you enjoyed ur trip!
Fantastic! Not sure what my husband’s going to think I’m already addicted to your blog :O)
Well done!
mark will u make one for BLACKBERRYY???
Great app mark it rocks!
Just a question how did u develop it , did u do it yourself or soMeone helped you or a company did it for u?
hi Mark,
please add an ap for symbian phones as well.
Not everyone wants to own an iphone you know