I have for some time thought about an app for Subsim and below is my idea
Platform
Android
iOS
Goal
The current website is not easy to navigate on a mobile device, so an app that makes Subsim more easy to access on the road using a smartphone.
The key is that it should bring value.
Example of not adding value: The current Facebook app for android is big, slow and does not realy add anything, that the mobile browser version of Facebook has.
My thoughts
2 menu buttons in the top under a logo.
1 for Subsim news
1 for list of forums (user should be able to tailor that list)
I have checked and its very easy to get an app on Google Play (Formarly knows as Android Market) Just need to pay a one time fee of 25$ and have a google account.
I have no idea of the cost for Apple.
Development platform
For Android its Java (
http://developer.android.com/index.html), but there seems to be options to build in HTML as well.
The software for Android is all free and the link above takes you through all the steps for getting into a position where you can start coding/designing.
I dont know Java (just bought the Android development for dummies basicly), but I hope that somebody out there will be willing to give the coding a go.
If possible, we should do this in a way, so its easy to publish the code on different platforms.
Let me hear your thoughts!