VOIPo iPhone app

**ben_dash** · 09-23-2010 01:00 PM

If you release the communications API, presumably it's using something like HTTP JSON/XML to talk to the vPanel web server, then I'd be interested in writing a Nokia n900 Maemo version of this iPhone app.

I have been thinking about writing an n900 app for exactly this purpose, so all I'm missing is the communications protocol rather than manually scraping the vPanel HTML for the data.

**ptrowski** · 10-19-2010 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by VOIPoTim

The developer is still working out a few lingering issues. I am getting daily updates on it to make sure it's on track to get finished as soon as possible.

Any more updates coming? I would love to start using the app!

**VOIPoTim** · 10-20-2010 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by ptrowski

Any more updates coming? I would love to start using the app!

I actually pulled this project. I wasn't really happy with how the development of it was panning out and decided that it was best not to continue at this time.

We may revisit it in the future, but for now it's off the table for now.

Looking at the big picture, I agree with some of the points made in this thread that it may be best to focus on a platform-agnostic mobile site instead of being more scattered with several potential platform specific ones.

We'll re-evaluate in the future and will look at a mobile solution in some form whether it's mobile site or platform-specific applications.

**ptrowski** · 10-20-2010 12:46 PM

Boooo!
It's understandable though. It's better to launch a solid product vs one you are not jazzed about.

**bretski** · 10-22-2010 08:36 AM

A mobile site makes perfect sense to me. Better to be phone OS agnostic if you're not going to develop for multiple platforms (although I'd vote for android

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**caseydoug** · 10-22-2010 03:52 PM

FWIW, it is not hard to navigate VPanel just using the iPhone's browser.

**ptrowski** · 11-02-2010 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by caseydoug

FWIW, it is not hard to navigate VPanel just using the iPhone's browser.

That's what I do currently but an app would have been nice to have...

**Montano** · 11-04-2010 02:56 PM

I would also love an iPhone app

Please reconsider Tim.

**VOIPoTim** · 11-05-2010 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Montano

I would also love an iPhone app

Please reconsider Tim.

We may revisit it in the future.

The original project was basically unsalvageable and definitely not something we could deliver to people.

**Warus1** · 11-08-2010 08:34 PM

DITTO, Blackberry version please

Originally Posted by adrienqa66

Wow, sounds amazing.

I have a Blackberry... hopefully you've got a team member with a Blackberry.

I also think a mobile version of the site would be a great idea. However, I do think that the VPanel control panel needs to become more cohesive before it is "ported" to a mobile site version. -- As I understand it, there are plans to update the VPanel.

So, please consider making a Blackberry version!

Thanks!