Would you buy a TurboBuick.Com mobile app?

[JayC]

Like the title says.. with the new version of tb.com rolling out soon, we have the option to provide a mobile app just for this forum. We can offer an iphone and android app. This is a rather expensive proposition and even at $5.00 for the app, we'd need to sell about 450 copies to even break even.

So.. would you buy a tb.com mobile app for $5.00?

 

[groumoutis]

Sold!

 

[TurboBob]

Perhaps this is obvious..

A good App is definitely worth 5.00

A bad one is not....

I have an Android phone myself, and would certainly buy an app that worked well. I probably wouldn't post much from the phone, since typing on glass sucks. But I would like to browse and check PM's, and use the New Posts feature. A button for searching for posts in the last 24 hrs would be cool also (GetDaily).


Bob

 

[TurboBob]

A lot of guys already have Tapatalk, would this be different + better?

Since many of us visit different forums, a general app like tapatalk is more appealing as it can be used everywhere.

B

 

[JayC]

There are several different apps available for forum integration. What we are looking at is a customized version of Tapatalk just for this forum. vBulletin also offers their own mobile suite and there is another piece of software called Forum Runner which also has an Android and iPhone app.

I havent looked at Forum Runner yet but Im actually friends with the author.. we go back a long ways. I need to take a closer look since I would pretty much have unrestricted access to the developer.

 

[Anarchy]

i would buy the app. since i asked SGRIM is there one in production. so yes i would for both my phone and the wifes.

 

[Squid4life]

So, the purpose of the app would be just like surfing this site on your phone, but the app would make it quicker/ cleaner? I don't have much for apps, other than ebay and autozone, but the general benefit is how it "looks" and loads on the screen, and it is not such a pain to have to zoom in and out. Is that pretty much it?

PS, yep, I would most likely buy it.

 

[JayC]

So, the purpose of the app would be just like surfing this site on your phone, but the app would make it quicker/ cleaner? I don't have much for apps, other than ebay and autozone, but the general benefit is how it "looks" and loads on the screen, and it is not such a pain to have to zoom in and out. Is that pretty much it?

PS, yep, I would most likely buy it.

It strips out most of the style and just gives you the context. It really is much easier to browse forums with a dedicated app. You can try Tapatalk out. Its installed here and there is/was a free version.

 

[notacarlo]

im in.

 

[Red C5]

With cell phones getting better and better it seems there's less of a need for apps to browse the web. I've tried mobile versions of sites amd really disliked it. Perhaps now they're better. If someone is using an older style phone then a mobile app would be great for them. A good selling point for these might be that the site advertising and banners is limited to supporting vendors only. Btw, I use a Dell Streak.

Peter

 

[GNBRETT]

ive spent more then $5 on chitty apps that I never use so that would be entirely reasonable imo

 

[Onalky87]

In a heartbeat I would!!! I may only be on tb.com for 5-10min at a time but I'm on and off it every 30 min Allll day. It would make it so much faster !!!

 

[groumoutis]

I have a suggestion. Make the app logo a turbo 6 logo.

I have a bunch of apps and I have the iPhone 4. I don't really have a problem going on safari and using the site but an app dedicated to the forum would keep less pages up in safari. I alway keep the board up as one of the pages just so I don't have to log in every time and it keeps where I left off. I don't have tapatalk or whatever it is called. I can't see paying for an app that I don't need but there is a need or should I say a want for a tb app. I have searched for it before. I will definitely buy it. As I posted earlier... You sold one already. I only use my phone on the boards because I rarely use our laptop due to the wife being on Facebook nonstop.

 

[Eazy-E]

wouldnt think twice about it

 

[jasjamz]

I would!

 

[carlsbadGN]

Me too.

 

[G NASTY]

The biggest prob with browsing this forum from my iPhone is the lack of ability to upload photos. An app that included that feature would be worth a ton.

 

[S10xGN]

NO! Sorry, I use my phone strictly for what it was designed for - talking.

 

[ttaowner]

im on here all the time with my iphone and i just log on through the internet which i always leave a window or 2 open for searching diffrent forums,

what would the app allow me to diffrently or better than what i can already do?

 

[Nasty Wendy]

I wouldn't. Just don't surf on the phone enough to justify it.