To make a long story short, it occurred to me that I don't have the kind
of time anymore to do really great cell phone apps, for several
different operating systems, but that there are probably lots of
developers looking for ideas, and both of these websites are sites that
are only useful if a lot of people are using them, so the more apps, the
more users, the better they are :).
For that reason, I have decided that I should make my web service API's
available to developers that want to develop for them. I hope it will be
a good opportunity for some small developers to create great apps
without having to maintain servers and databases.
The API's I would release are for two websites:
http://bistroblurb.com - It's a restaurant review site
http://ihottonight.com - Find the clubs that are HOT tonight :).
I do have Android apps for both websites that already use the web
services API. If you want to see what can be done with the webservices,
you can have a look at :
Bistro Bot : it's available on the market or you can download it from
http://bistroblurb.com/phone_pages/bistrobot/latest/bistro.apk
iHotTonight : I'm just getting ready to release the BETA version... it's
not on the market yet, but it can be downloaded from
http://ihottonight.com/cellphoneapps/hottonight_free/latest/hottonight_free.apk
I also have the start of some documentation for the web services on the
following page, and I'll be adding more this week :
http://ihottonight.com/index.php/cell-phone-apps/web-services-api.html
Both websites are on a cloud server, so adding capacity is about a 5
minute process and our sites should be able to handle any amount of
traffic you throw at them ;).
If anybody is interested in developing cell phone apps for them, the
terms of service for the Web Service API's allow you to monetize your
apps in any way you decide. It's your app, so you can create Free apps,
Free Apps with advertising, or Paid Apps without paying us any
royalties. There are a few restrictions on using our name and/or logos,
but I've tried to make the TOS as flexible as possible. Oh... I should
also add that if the app you develop is a quality app, we will even
promote it for you on our websites.
Please note that the websites themselves are under development, but the
Web Service API's are production ready, and both of our own cell phone
apps use the same Web Service API's.
If you're interested, please don't reply to this list. Send me a private
email... Thanks.
Sincerely,
Brad Gies
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http://www.bistroblurb.com
http://www.ihottonight.com
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