As simple as it is, the "Triathlon Calculator", has turned out to be, quite popular. "When are you going to make it an iphone app?" is a common question. I always figured there was no need to -- if you're on an iPhone, chances are you're connected to the web, why would someone pay 99¢ for something they could already access.
But - when I tried to use it at the Grand Prix Montreal to figure out the Average Lap speed; it became very apparent, that the interface, while simple and obvious on a PC, was terrible when rendered on an iPhone. I was shocked to realize, that it was practically unusable.
So last week, in a caffeine induced session of insomnia, I thumbed out an HTML version of the Tri Calc, "optimized" for iPhone rendering. No, it's not an 'app', but hopefully, it's more useful for iPhone users.
Without further ado, the link to the mobile version of the Triathlon Calculators: iCalc. (I don't even own an iDevice, so I haven't even tested it. Any feedback would be appreciated - especially, if the up/down buttons even work! - and if it fits properly in the screen.
6 comments:
It really looks nice and useful, but it needs lots of functionality. Very primitive.
Works great on my MyTouch by T-Mobile phone. In fact I just figured out my 11:00 Ironman strategy using it. -fred johnson, houston, texas.
Very nice.very useful but i think put more some design to attract more.
I couldn't get it to work on my BB Curve. The pull downs for the numbers only gave me 000, and no list like it shows on a PC browser.
Heh. I dropped by your blog for the first time in ages to try out some numbers in the Tri Calculator. My boss converted us all to Mac's, bought us iPads for breaking our sales record, and now I'm in the market for a new phone. Your calculator might be the tipping point to swing me over to the iPhone - and my boss' insistence that i-anything is always best.
@TriDaddy! too funny. I hope Apple will find it in their hearts to reward me.
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