Just lately, NPR News for iPhone and iPod touch has been close at hand, especially late at night or in bed. An excellent way to catch up with news and discover a wealth of information, it seamlessly blends words and audio into one user-friendly application. Listen live or to archived snippets, it makes light work of often heavy news.
The work of iPhone applications and mobile solutions developer Bottle Rocket, it’s both priceless and free from the Apple iTunes App Store. NPR News, which broadcasts news, current affairs and all things cultural across the US via around 800 public radio stations, is one of several excellent applications from the company. Macworld caught up with Bottle Rocket’s Calvin Carter to find out more about the iPhone developer.
Q. When people come to you to create an iPhone application do they have a clear idea what they want?
A. Most companies and individuals that contact us about a custom iPhone app have a good… (read full article)
Here’s a sneak peek at the latest app we’re working on. This picture shows us jacked in to the iPhone’s dock connector to run debug tests on this yet-to-be-revealed hardware accessory for iPhone and iPod Touch.
This will be Bottle Rocket’s first hardware integration project to launch since the release of iPhone 3.0 which made third party app to hardware integration possible. We learned a lot from this project and can’t wait to put that knowledge to good use.
What I love most about our new NPR News iPhone app is the way the design combines the plentiful content choices of the Internet with the effortless functionality of an old transistor radio. But while the app’s interface is simple, its creation was complex, involving dozens of contributors, from designers and developers to business strategists and communication specialists, all working together for more than half a year. That process began early in 2009, with our search for a development partner who was… (read more at npr.org)
We’re very pleased with the great reviews and unbelievable download rate of the app we developed for NPR. It’s now the #1 News app on the iPhone as well as the #19 most downloaded free app on the iPhone (that’s huge!).
Thank you to everyone who is downloading it and telling their friends about it. It’s free and a great app. It will change the way you listen to NPR radio and programming.
We’re already working on version 1.1 and will be adding pausing, scrubbing, Twitter, Facebook and a ton of other stuff. So get the app free here and stay tuned!
Just lately, NPR News for iPhone and iPod touch has been close at hand, especially late at night or in bed. An excellent way to catch up with news and discover a wealth of information, it seamlessly blends words and audio into one user-friendly application. Listen live or to archived snippets, it makes light work of often heavy news.
(wicked good, that is…)
We’re very pleased with the great reviews and unbelievable download rate of the app we developed for NPR. It’s now the #1 News app on the iPhone as well as the #19 most downloaded free app on the iPhone (that’s huge!).
Soon we’ll be releasing an app that will let you Tweet like you’ve never Tweeted before. Look out Twitter lovers. You’re going to… well… love it..