iPhone Cigar App RELEASED!

[KenS]

Originally Posted by sikk50

Looks very good Ken, I have noticed a few nc's that are missing, such as Graycliff 1666 as wells as Esteban Carrera I think that's a Rocky Patel Blend.

Other than that there looks to be an amazing amount of work put into this and it shows

Oh I'm sure there are more than a "few" NC's missing . That's why it is designed for people to add, delete and change the reference data on their own device. I'm sure there are many thousands of unique cigars that I'll never find the info for. I tried to put in a substantial representation of cigars initially, and I'll probably add more with each new release, but I'll never get 'em all. I have added the Nub cigars for the next release, just to test the update mechanism.

[Blueface]

Ken,
Had a blast toying with it last night.

I noticed a big line missing.
No NC La Gloria Cubana.

While I think it is neat to add your own if need be, will any of the currently missing major ones be added at a later date as an update?

Neat application.
Well done.
I am totally intrigued as to how someone can put something like that together and can only imagine the time you invested in doing it.
I hope it takes off for you.
Congrats!

[KenS]

Originally Posted by Blueface

While I think it is neat to add your own if need be, will any of the currently missing major ones be added at a later date as an update?

Yup, I will be adding some more. I have the update-code completed, and I'm fixing a few more things for a version 1.1. Probably ship it off to Apple within a week at most. Likely changes:

- A few more cigar brands added
- Default to last used Humidor when adding cigars to MyCigars
- Picklists for "acquired from" and "format" fields in MyCigars section
- Picklist for year (and maybe include month with it)
- Some code cleanup and optimization
- Default to all CAPS for box code field

Mostly just tweaks to make it a bit easier to use, while I get ready for a version 2 that will focus on smoking notes, reviews, etc... still thinking through the design for that.

[KenS]

Originally Posted by Blueface

I am totally intrigued as to how someone can put something like that together and can only imagine the time you invested in doing it.
I hope it takes off for you.
Congrats!

I'm guessing I invested somewhere around 200 hours in developing this so far, but half of that was the steep learning curve for learning how to program in Objective C for the iPhone. Future work will go much quicker, I hope.

As for it taking off ... sold 26 copies on the first 1/2 day. Probably can't quit my day job . But that's ok, it's really just a fun hobby for me anyway. If fellow inmates find it useful, so much the better.

[Jason]

nicely done Ken, great contribution to the cigar world I'm sure!

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by KenS

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As for it taking off ... sold 26 copies on the first 1/2 day. Probably can't quit my day job . But that's ok, it's really just a fun hobby for me anyway. If fellow inmates find it useful, so much the better.

Ken,
I am guessing that if over 13 million iPhones have been sold, which does not even account for iPod Touch (can only imagine what that figure is), I venture to guess there are a lot of us cigar smokers with them.
The thing is to spread the word to them and certainly this forum, and others like it, should be of great value to you to help you accomplish that.
When my son returns from this week's road trip, I am sure he too will get it once he sees mine.

[KenS]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Ken,
I am guessing that if over 13 million iPhones have been sold, which does not even account for iPod Touch (can only imagine what that figure is), I venture to guess there are a lot of us cigar smokers with them.

Well, day 2 saw a few more copies sold, so word has started to leak out perhaps Apple recently said that there were over 30 million combined iPhone/iPod Touch's sold, so I can dream of some fraction of a percent of those, right?

What's interesting is that in the daily sales data that Apple provides me, I see which country the sale came from. So far, these are the countries represented:

• Australia
• Canada
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• United States

I think there are over 50 countries with app store access, so I haven't achieved any market dominance yet

[DPD6030]

Originally Posted by KenS

Well, day 2 saw a few more copies sold, so word has started to leak out perhaps Apple recently said that there were over 30 million combined iPhone/iPod Touch's sold, so I can dream of some fraction of a percent of those, right?

What's interesting is that in the daily sales data that Apple provides me, I see which country the sale came from. So far, these are the countries represented:

• Australia
• Canada
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• United States

I think there are over 50 countries with app store access, so I haven't achieved any market dominance yet

Still pretty sweet! Glad to hear that people are buying the app.