Yeah, you already know that you can use an iPhone to look up all manner of stuff via the Google Maps feature, but with the new 3G iPhone coming out July 11, GPS is added into the mix. I was poking around on the Apple site last week and noticed that the GPS feature page featured an iPhone trained on the location of John's Pizzeria in Times Square. And in the latest video tour, the gesticulating iPhone Guy looks up P-I-Z-Z-A in Manhattan and clicks on John's. (Video, after the jump.)
The iPhone: The Ultimate Pizza-Locator Device
My Case for a Free iPhone
Apple, I've been a loyal customer for years. From my Apple ][c "portable" computer, through the bad times, and now in the good times
I've been an advocate for your products among my friends and family. I'm letting one of my friends borrow my old iBook after a PC crash, thus introducing him to the ease-of-use of OS X. And now, even my recalcitrant PC-loving girlfriend is considering the switch to a MacBook
I developed a little iPod-based app—a pizza guide called the piPod (now retired) that was linked to by Jason Kottke, thus highlighting to thousands of tech-savvy users a little-known feature of the device at the time
But enough about me. With a free iPhone, here's what I could do for you:
Clearly, Gesticulating iPhone Guy loves pizza. Why else would he search for a pie while "visiting" Manhattan? But I think your pizza-finding algorithm needs work. John's is decent, but there are better pizzas out there. Give me an iPhone, and I will help you refine your device's pizza-sensing capabilities. The masterminds at Slice HQ are already brainstorming
Geeks love pizza. With improved pizza-finding capability, the iPhone would make your core base of users very happy and even attract new users who would abandon their BlackBerry or other smart phones for a device that could run a "piPhone" app. (By the way, I just trademarked that, so hands off)
Field-test the new 3G iPhone against grease stains. Yes, you have that new plastic case that replaces the old stainless steel back side, but have you tested it against grease absorbency? I didn't think so. I'm just the man for the job
And Now a Message to the Homeslices Out There
If we did a mobile version of Slice, would you use it? What types of features would you like to see in a mobile Slice? We've been kicking around the idea for a while, and if there's enough groundswell for it, we might begin development on it. Show your support, and Apple might even see that our dev team needs a 3G iPhone to test against!
i'm waiting for android and would definitely use a pizza map on it (not a mobile slice per se but a map with slice's picks highlighted)..i have a feeling that you will have something ready well before the first android handsets are shipped.
@s4xton: Thanks for the link! Awesome post. I just blogged about it and linked to it. At first I didn't think we were watching the same video, but then I found the more-detailed Maps with GPS video buried a bit down in the site. Very cool.
Since some of the pie makers apparently have some issues with consistency, I think a good feature would be a pie guage. A pie guage is a feature on the software in which users send a quick thumbs "slice" up or down feadback to the server on any given day, which expire by the end of day. This saves a lot of time, by not having to head over to a place that won't hit the mark on that day. The same can apply to live traffic reports by knowing the status of the lines at each spot.
I would use a mobile slice. Even though I don't live anywhere near america (being australian and all) but I love being able to look up websites I love on my Sidekick. Please, please, PLEASE go mobile!
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7 Comments:
I posted about the iPhone 3G's bad advice.
s4xton at 3:20PM on 07/01/08
@s4xton: even all the more reason for piPhone to exist!
Raphael at 3:33PM on 07/01/08
i'm waiting for android and would definitely use a pizza map on it (not a mobile slice per se but a map with slice's picks highlighted)..i have a feeling that you will have something ready well before the first android handsets are shipped.
good luck on your free iphone pursuit...
sloppy at 3:47PM on 07/01/08
@s4xton: Thanks for the link! Awesome post. I just blogged about it and linked to it. At first I didn't think we were watching the same video, but then I found the more-detailed Maps with GPS video buried a bit down in the site. Very cool.
Adam Kuban at 3:53PM on 07/01/08
Since some of the pie makers apparently have some issues with consistency, I think a good feature would be a pie guage. A pie guage is a feature on the software in which users send a quick thumbs "slice" up or down feadback to the server on any given day, which expire by the end of day. This saves a lot of time, by not having to head over to a place that won't hit the mark on that day. The same can apply to live traffic reports by knowing the status of the lines at each spot.
Q80 BurgerBelly at 3:32AM on 07/03/08
I second sloppy's comment about a piPhone app with Slice recommendations. Or perhaps, dare I say it, a Slice/AHT combo app?
ricestein at 12:03PM on 07/08/08
I would use a mobile slice. Even though I don't live anywhere near america (being australian and all) but I love being able to look up websites I love on my Sidekick. Please, please, PLEASE go mobile!
GegeMac at 10:29PM on 07/16/08