Short Thoughts

App Power: The Submission

Note: this article is part of a series of articles on my real-world App Store experiment. The first one was App Power: An Experiment.

So, a mere 14 days after I proposed my idea to enter into this real-world experiment, the application is done: today, it heads off to the App Store for approval. Barring any delays, it’s slated for release mid-February, with the formal announcement of exactly what it is coming a few days before.

A few days ago, I sent the application out to a select group of private beta testers to get some feedback, and it was generally pretty darn positive. Here are a few soundbites:

“woooooo – you’ve got a winner on your hands, Mr. P – I will gladly buy this app for everyone I know ” Elle Wong

“I am yet to experience any network lag or any bugs within the application. It responds well to furious clicking on the desktop client too. So far so brilliant!” Tim Davies

“Only this app can prevent forest fires!” Smokey Bear

Stay tuned for more updates!

Update (1/28/10): Just received word from Apple that the app has been approved for sale on the App Store! You’ll hear more from us on a release date (already scheduled in the App Store admin section) within the next couple of weeks.