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Hi,
Small suggestion but I feel its an important one,
There needs to be an apps suggestions thread, broken downn into sub catagories where customers can go and post suggestions for new apps and delvelopers can go and get new ideas for creating them.
Some customers have great ideas but arn`t capable of creating them and some delvelopers are capable of creating apps, but need fresh ideas to inspire them.
Also just simply making a comment on one of the deleopers apps or webpage does not mean that they are the ones capable or even intrested in creating that paticular app, where another delveoper might take imtrest in the idea and be more capabel of creating it.
I for one have a few ideas for apps but am unsure which delevloper to talk to or where to post it so other delvelopers can see it.
I think if there was a forum for Iphone and Ipod users to communicate better with delevopers there would be a an increase in more usefull apps making the Iphone and Ipod even more usefull than it already is.
Just a suggestion,
soundguy99

Windows XP

Posted on Jan 12, 2010 1:49 PM

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Jan 12, 2010 2:41 PM in response to soundguy_99

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Please note the unsolicited idea submission policy at the bottom of each feedback page.

Please also note, that many third party developers host their own website with information about their product.

Please note there are also these pages by Apple:

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/
http://developer.apple.com/devforums/

And these third party forums:

http://www.iphonedevforums.com/forum/
http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/
http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-developer-forum/

And many more. These are found easily with this Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=iphonedeveloper+forum&aq=2&oq=iphonedeveloper&aqi=g10

Jan 12, 2010 3:32 PM in response to a brody

Thanks for the reply,
However your suggested links are precisly the reason for my post.
The comments section under the various paticular apps only adress that app and/or delevloper, and in my opinion is there to adress issues with that paticular app including such things as what they liked what they didn`t like, issues about variouus version on that paticular app. It does not cover such things as new app ideas nor does it communicate those ideas with other developers.

Secondly on the topic of the developers own webpage, yes understand that you can contect the delevloper through their own website, however there again thats on;y that paticular developer. So what am I suppose to do if I have idea for an app post the isame idea on all the delevopers webpages, I don`t think that a practical idea do you?

3rd As far as your deleveopers forums, yess I realize they are there however they are more geared to the developers themselves and the specfic technical issues relating to the devopoment process, and seems intimidating to those users of those apps to simply suggest any ideas for new ones.

Lastley on 3rd party websites, yes there are a wide range of forums out there for a host of things, but why should app users have to go outside of the apple site to post new app ideas for an apple product. The forums are here, the developers are here, and the app users are here, To me at least it doesen`t make sense why would send your customers to 3rd party forums to suggest new ways to improve an apple product such as apps. That to me sounds like apple is just passing the buck, and cares less about the actual app users. Were not talking about creating a new wepage or anything, just adding a new section to the forums where app users and developers and come and freely talk about apps.

Remeber the useres are here, the developers are here and last time I looked this the apple website, I am only suggestion anothrer section of the forums for developers and users to discusss apps both new ideas and improving old.
I don`t know if I off base for asking this but I believe this is a good idea, and there is anyone out there who aggrees with me please don`t hesitate in replying. If we don

Jan 12, 2010 7:15 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

I do relize this forum is for apple products but part of this forum deals with Ipods and Iphone which are apple products and apps are part of those products.
I don`t care where it is, weather it be here or some where else on this website,
my only thought in regardes to that is that the developers forums is out on its own, and this forum seems to be easuer to get to through the website and is accessed by more of the end users of those products, like the Ipod and Iphone, which is the reason for suggesting this place in the first place.
Weather it is here or in a different part of apples website I still believe that the need for such a section in the forums could be usefull to both users of Ipod and Iphone apps as well as the developera of those apps.
After all an entire business/industry has been created around very concept.
The least we can do is create a place for those 2 parties to communicate and share ideas.
Thanks,
soundguy

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