[webproducers] Re: Fw: Re: iPhone App budgets
- From: Herve Heriveaux <hheriveaux@xxxxxxx>
- To: "webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:57:16 -0400
This is great Lenore...thanks for sharing!
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 16, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Lenore Weiss <lenoreweiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Information from last night's iPhone Network Lounge (Meetup Group)
> in San Francisco.
> http://techtabletalk.posterous.com/
> Lenore Weiss
>
> http://techtabletalk.posterous.com/
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> --- On Tue, 9/15/09, Tamara Samassekou <tsamassekou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Tamara Samassekou <tsamassekou@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [webproducers] Re: iPhone App budgets
> To: "webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 2:06 PM
>
> One more thing: I strongly suggest extreme care if your app is to be
> localized. Thinking about this early and building it in from the
> beginning will save quite a few headaches. Make your text doc early so
> you can save the developers time.
>
> Scope out your timely and leave plenty of room for each step. This
> could take a few months to do right. I would recommend no less than 6
> weeks, with 2-4 months being more comfortable. Again, these are
> generalities and it would all depend on the nature of your app.
>
> Put some real time into making sure your concept has utility and
> replay value. With so many apps in the store, you have to hook 'em and
> keep 'em or get lost in the maze of options.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 15, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Kirk R Cameron <kirkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the prompt feedback!
>>
>> I knew I was being too vague and obtuse so here's a little more
>> insight as I understand the functionality...
>>
>> The App is a branching multiple-choice survey, so it will largely, if
>> not entirely, be text driven. It is basically a mood evaluation that
>> helps lead people to properly understanding of their mood. The
>> ultimate conclusion is to drive them to a better evaluation OR to
>> make a phone call to a list of pre-defined friends. Pretty simple
>> stuff. No laser beams. No tilt switch integration. But it WILL grab
>> some of the more specific, advanced questions from an upload.
>>
>> Now... can anyone get more specific and help me?
>>
>> -Kirk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Steven Hubert wrote:
>>
>>> Kirk,
>>> Without letting us know what the desired functionality is for the
>>> application it is next to impossible to predict the cost of
>>> development of
>>> the application. If you could give even a little bit more info
>>> about the
>>> info we could give you more info.
>>>
>>> In terms of turnaround time I would err on the side of caution as
>>> Apple has
>>> to approve every app, which means if they are lazy (which happens
>>> sometimes)
>>> the app can sit in the submitted queue for months on end with
>>> nothing you or
>>> your Client can do to push apple on.
>>>
>>> Hope some of this helps,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Kirk R Cameron
>>> <kirkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was wondering when a client was going to ask me this and it
>>>> finally
>>>> happened.
>>>>
>>>> I have a non-profit client that has a pretty strong idea for an App
>>>> and they asked me how much development/build and launch would cost.
>>>> Can anyone give me a range of budgets they've seen and rough turn-
>>>> around times? I know it's an obtuse question. The only specific
>>>> info that may impact these figure will be that the App must
>>>> interact
>>>> with Contacts and Phone so it will dig a little deep into the Apple
>>>> iPhone OS.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -Kirk
>>>>
>>>>
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