Ideas for iPhone

Nice Traffic Update App (& a bonus)

Is there a service that looks at your calendar and sends you mobile traffic alerts depending on your meeting location?

This is the second transport related app in a couple of days (the first was to do with Flight Status). I really like this one – it’s moving towards an Ambient Intelligence type of application which is really cool. One of the big challenges to overcome with this type of application is accessing and integrating information that’s time-sensitive, and doing it in a way that’s reliable….but then, if it was easy, it would have been done already :)

For the strange bonus idea:

Is there an iPhone app that lets me periodically take a picture of my scalp and evaluates my rate of hair loss?

I’m sure there’s a market there if you can get it working….although you’re more likely to just end up with a lot of photos of the top of your head on your phone! Let me know if you put it together…I know some people that might be potential customers for you!

Taken from the TwitEye Ideas Stream.

Real-time flight status app

Is there a twitter app or iPhone app that helps you track flight status in realtime?

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen something like this somewhere (I have a feeling it was web-based and only for a particular airline though). There are certainly status tracking web-apps for public transport in some places (e.g. I’ve seen one for the London underground). I was looking into the situation in Ireland recently, and there is no way that I could find to get access to this information (if you know of any, I’d love to hear it!). I’d be curious to see how available it is for airlines….

Taken from the TwitEye Ideas Stream.

iPhone Geo-Tagging Privacy App

Is there an iPhone app that blocks geo-tagging near specified locations? i.e. so phone-cam shots don’t reveal the exact location of my home.

With lots more services & mobile devices offering location-based services, there’s a need for including a way to protect user’s privacy….as this request illustrates.

Taken from the TwitEye ideas stream.

iPhone Mecca App

Is there an app for the 3GS that points to Mecca?

I thought there was a compass on the iPhone 3Gs. But even if there is, and app that integrates the compass and was pre-programmed with alarms for prayer times could be useful to some…no?

Taken from the TwitEye ideas stream.

Twitter & Facebook Updates on iPhone

This is one of the most frequently asked for apps I’ve seen on the ideas stream:

Is there a app for the iphone that updates Twiter and Facebook simultaneously?

I’ve also seen it asked for the Blackberry, and for its integration with MySpace too.

I’ve got no idea if such a thing exists, but if it does, they should be charging money for it (and promoting it more) as there seem to be lots of people looking for it.

This idea was pulled from the TwitEye Idea Stream.

General Weird Ideas!

So, most of the daily ideas that have been posted have the potential to be useful. On the other side of the coin, there are some pretty strange ones that pop up….so here are a few to give you an idea of what some people are after:

  • Is there an app that’ll cut my fingernails?
  • Love without heartache, is there a app for that?
  • Can I pay someone to rub my head every night? Is there that kind of service?
  • Is there an iphone app for making beer runs?

Ehhh, so….maybe if you conquer some of those, you might be on to a winning business…

Taken from the TwitEye idea stream

iPhone Presentation Aid App

Is there an iPhone app that would allow me to put one thought per page into a deck of pages? I’d like to use that for presentation notes.

I like the simplicity of this. As a replacement for using index cards for getting you through a presentation, an iPhone app that displays the key talking points seems like a really nice idea.

Taken from the TwitEye idea stream.

iPhone offline wiki

Are there any good apps out there that act like an offline personal wiki for the iPhone or ipodtouch?