Comments on: Domain continues innovation through iPhone application

By: snoop

snoop — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:39:40 +0000

Sure but lets be careful on what innovation is.
A larger company would spend a lot more than a week of dev time on apps like this.
Sure the little guys can hack together some code and release it quickly but larger companies and busy websites have much more process to go through.
Secondly whats the point of just rehashing the same functionality you get on a PC?
True innovation is doing something more useful.
ie:if its a phone based app given the phones always with you wouldnt you create more premium Push based apps??

By: Glenn Batten

Glenn Batten — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:41:09 +0000

PaulD… Actually, its not really how many people CAN access it… more like how many people DO access it and to a certain extent, how many people WILL access it.

From my experiences one thing is for certain, the average iphone owners users mobile internet far more than any other smartphone.

I am still waiting (and waiting and waiting) from my Android powered HTC Magic to turn up and I will write up a review when I have had a play. Because of the wider release of the Android across a vast range of manufacturers its potential is going to be a lot higher than the iPhone. I read somewhere that by the end of 2009 there will be 19 current model handsets running Android so its userbase will accelerate dramatically.

What this will do is accelerate what the iPhone has already started and thats allow easy internet access in your hand from anywhere. So whilst these applications have a limited audience now, in 12 months that may change dramatically. We often have a go at a company because they are too late to enter the party.. run old style websites, get on twitter late.. etc etc etc and all that stuff.. I think a little bit of R&D to try and innovate the space is a good thing. If smartphones don’t go the way many people think the most they lost is a week or so worth of programming!

By: snoop

snoop — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:16:20 +0000

More spin
Is it really useful to consumers?
Prob not just with mirror of pc based functionality
I threw mine out as the battery life sucked,went back to blackberry

By: PaulD

PaulD — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:34:44 +0000

How many iphones are currently in use in Australia (include NZ if you like)? as compared to how many computers are used in the same places?
It’s not the application – it’s how many people can access it !! I would suspect that someone would not choose the iphone to start to do their research, but would use it as a reminder when they’re out on the road. Looking at a property image about twice as big as a matchbox wouldn’t convey a great deal of detail, I wouldn’t have thought?

By: Nat

Nat — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:25:07 +0000

Hardly think this is ‘innovative’. Its just a Domain website wrapped in an iphone application. However, its nice that Domain are throwing money at development like this, shows they are serious about users/agents.

By: Glen Barnes

Glen Barnes — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:38:36 +0000

Well I would have checked it out but it isn’t available in New Zealand…I find this quite odd since there are a lot of people looking at Australian property over here. It would make sense that you would release the application in all countries so that you could get the biggest reach.

Watching the video it does look like an OK start to a mobile app and if they manage to integrate it into the users online ‘My Domain’ account it could be come very useful.

By: Peter Ricci

Peter Ricci — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:27:33 +0000

Looks good. I had a couple of issues as well with selecting certain property types, when matched against the desktop offering. All in all a really solid little application.

I would love Google, MSN, Palm and Apple coming together to create an open standard so that we can develop one application for all platforms.

Until this happens or there is a standout platform, this will be confined to companies with larger budgets.