Hey did you hear?

Considering about 50% of my news feed has been dominated by Apple's announcement of a new piece of consumer hardware, called the iPad, I doubt there is anyway you missed it. Other than the obviously terrible name, I think it will be an amazing product. I believe that both consumers and businesses will find a place for this product.

There are a few apps that I would love to see immediately:


  • Something for mocking UI like Mockingbird or Balsamiq. I would pay good money for an app that let me mock with an intuitive multi-touch interface.
  • A flowcharting app with a slideshow mode and projector support so you can review assumptions in a meeting.
  • An app that turns it into a 500$ touch pad for desktop Macs that supports all the gestures the Macbook pro does, ideally over bluetooth.
I can definitely see businesses using a few of these to streamline their day to day operations. Companies that deliver flowers, pizzas, etc could have their own custom system built like FedEx at about 100 times cheaper than FedEx paid because there is no custom hardware.

I would love to hear other ideas, all in all it is a good time to be a mobile developer.