Sunday
Jul122009
Question of the day: What Apps do you need most on the Pre?
I'm hoping this will give Mojo Developers an idea on what apps users want most on the Pre. I'll start off the list: A good To-Do list app.
I'll update the post with the most "other apps" at the end of the day.
Update on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 2:17PM by
PreThinking
PreThinking
Looks like a good number of you wants a FaceBook App.
Reader Comments (25)
My other was "All of the above." What was yours?
@Luv my pre
heh, I'd figure :)
I want a shazam like app.
homebrew already has games and a timer, so to do list that can update your calendar if it has a date.
PIM ! PIM !! PIM !!!
Shazam like app and an IRC Client.
Mileage tracking for gas, repair and maintenance would be nice. Beefier and nicer looking then just a spreadsheet with reminders for oil changes, tire rotations, ect.
MLB at Bat
FACEBOOK!
Facebook app. Should have been one at launch, and definitely should be one by now
Games gets the most votes? Geez - grow up already!
While games would be great, I've got to vote for PIM. Especially a decent Task list. The stock task app is barely functional, full of bugs, and doens't even have basic sorting ability.
IRC Application --- Extra IM Protocol integration.
More browser functionality...like anchor suuport, listen to audio from page, open pdf from browser.
Accuweather needs to step up with a looping radar, and zoom function.....C'mon, it should already have a LOOPING RADAR. And Video.........why doesn't this phone have video? It has a great camera........Update video please.
Photo apps.
My Palm Pre to die for apps:
Spell checker
On screen keyboard
Audiobook Player
PIM
Web browser with Flash support
Although not an app - Video Video Video
1) ShopSavvy - Got to love the bar code scanning functionality and price comparison.2) Tunewiki - I want sing-along lyrics.
3) Shazam - So my Pre can Name That Tune
4) Hulu App. - Like The YouTube App but for HULU.
5) Make my smart phone location aware. If GPS says I'm sitting in Church or at a movie theater automatically turn the ringer to vibrate. Using Synergy, if my calendar says I've got a meeting in 10-minutes and my GPS indicates that I'm 25-minutes away, send a message to meeting participants to tell them that I'm running late. Automatically launch Turn by turn directions to a destination when my calendar indicates that I need to be somewhere.
OK...Here's an idea for an App if any developers are reading.
Call it People, Places & Rings. It would be an App that handles incomming calls based on your current location, time of day settings, and who is calling you.
If I'm going to sleep during the day in preparation for a night shift, it would be nice for me to be able to tell my phone, as long as I'm at home between the hours of 6AM and 3PM send all incomming calls directly to my voicemail except calls from my wife which should ring through. This would allow my wife to call and wake me in an emergency without me having to wake up for less important callers.
If I'm at the movie theater or church, the phone would automatically vibrate for incomming calls instead of ringing through without me having to switch the ringer off.
It would be cool if you could tell it how to behave based on certain calendars. For instance...automatically go to voicemail during appointments on my Movies calendar except to vibrate when one of the kids calls.
How about a messaging app that allows you to forward text msgs =)
To-Do App
Facebook App
Notification Customization (maybe that's one for Palm)
@ReaganElephant I was actually going to work on such an app. The problem with developing this app is that the Palm SDK does not support any kind of event notification when there is an incoming call. It was answered in such a way on the SDK forums as I don't believe they have plans to support this in the future :-(
a google reader app!
Come on! Where's the podcasting/rss feed application???!!! This is ridiculous at this point. I'm tired of streaming podcasts. <end rant>.
I need a calendar that is as good as my palm tx. Why the hell is this even an issue with the pre.
I need a gps app that tracks my mileage and route.
I need a working document app. Not just for viewing but for editing ON the device.
Not asking for much.
RSS feed app
Facebook app
Spell Checker
MLB at Bat
Hulu would be awesome, but I'm not holding my breath.
Web Flash support will be awesome whenever Adobe finishes Mobile Flash
oh, and animated radar in Accuweather