Do you want super-super-ajaxy-scriptaculous-goody-goodies all over everything, and its gotta bring down the sun and stars… oh, oh… and its gotta work flawlessly on Gnarly-Browser 4.1a, simply BECAUSE you can see it, so… its just GOTTA work? Damn, get help. Man, I don’t even READ CrunchGear, but in case I ever happen upon the site again, hopefully I learn that your the *exception* to the rule about not allowing dicks. Why you’d even be an exception, I can’t guess.

You’re basically like this guy (except in this case with laugh AT you, and not WITH you): http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=irule

The irony of this is, you just mocked some guy who prototyped an iPhone application (and didn’t really demand your attention or claim it’s the best thing ever or anything at all).

In the process, you wrote an article that can’t measure as “good” even on a “I’m a casual blogger who writes about random stuff that don’t matter” basis.

Which begs the question… what the hell is your problem? Are you just pissed off that someone had a good idea and it just so happens to fit exactly into Apple’s description of iPhone apps or are you always such a dick? There is no SDK. There won’t be an SDK. The app works, it’s simple and it’s handy. If you don’t like it, don’t use it. If you want to bitch about it, at least make some sort of a point.

Neven here, the guy who put together OneTrip. I have no idea what your problem is with me, with iPhone, or with my simple, free application I never advertised or marketed to anyone but a few friends (it then got dugg, and you know the rest), but I suggest you seek professional help for your anger and entitlement issues.

Hey, make a better “iPhone application” and maybe I won’t be as harsh. Make a shopping list though….

The app itself…boring. I think we’ll see lots and lots of third-party apps (mobile sites) for iPhone with the vast majority being total junk much like Palm experienced.

The nice thing about these apps is that there is no SDK and its universal. But the downside for Apple is there is no SDK and its universal.

That said, the app actually works ok in Safari(Win), and I could see it being useful on the iPhone if:

1) it loads in under 2secs (with CSS/small grafx on EDGE it shouldn’t be too bad, especially w/ caching for later launches)
2) it really does remember your state
3) page transitions are as fast as they are on the desktop.

It’s a rare moment that I’m w/o EDGE service, so I could see myself using it.

What I’m holding onto like grim death is that Apple will continually push software updates to the phone, opening up new apps/features. I don’t mind paying $5 here or there for IM, etc, if it really does work.

That said, I’m not entirely won over from my BB 8700, or from buying the BB 8800. Minus the cool browser, it does almost everything else (Google Maps, Gmail, decent mail (not HTML), great IM (for Yahoo at least). The keyboard is dying though so a switch is imminent!