![]() On day 1 of the app store, one finds 10 different transit navigation apps. I've been on the iPhone since day 1 last year. And when my Treo got stolen in NYC, I was freaking out more that I didn't have Metro than my addressbook. I was a Palm user and relied on Metro regularly when traveling. Predictions put it exceeding 25% in the US by Q3 2008. Its market share is going to jump dramatically. There's a lot of pent up lust and desire for this device out there. I personally know dozens of people who waited for the 2nd gen and/or are waiting for things to die down so they can get one without waiting in line. Mis-steps and tech problems aside, the demand for the new iPhone is through the roof and this is just the first wave. Update (April 26th, 2009): the development is going on and I posted a few screenshots in a new post. ![]() The development of MetrO can begin for real. Update (March 15th, 2009): after more than 6 weeks, I my application to the Developer Program was accepted and I could finally test a small (test) program on my iPod. That's one month lost in developing MetrO because I don't want to waste my time if Apple ends up rejecting my application. Update (February 7th, 2009): It's now 1 month I have applied to the iPhone Developer Program! I have a test program ready and I can't test it on my iPod Touch. ![]() Update (August 25th, 2008): I finally have a Mac Mini at my disposal, the iPhone SDK is installed and I just have to learn how to develop for the platform (my experience with Objective-C dates back to the early days of the NextStation). I'm afraid that means our plans for a version of MetrO for the iPhone are fading away (or at least getting farther in the future), if only because of the Mac requirement.
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