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Now this is a good example of what I'd like to see for mobile: mini-apps, like TadaList or MeetWithApproval, that do a single thing nice and cleanly.
The big gap I see now is an app to help you synchronise with >2 people; getting consensus from 3 or more folks using SMS "by hand" is a nightmare, wouldn't it be nicer if you could just get everyone sent a single message which lets them comment, argue, and decide...
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Tom,
i think it's important that mobile apps do one thing, and one thing well. The screen size is the challenge and having too many things causes clutter and a loss of productivity.
109things has a mobile version. It's goal is to show product reviews when you're at a physical store.
Posted by: Alex Choo | December 14, 2007 at 03:26 PM