Trademe iPhone app released

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#71855 18-Nov-2010 13:26

http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/trade-me/id392567559?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Seems pretty good so far, saw someone in the other threat wishing there was an official one, here it is.

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#406251 18-Nov-2010 13:35

Nice will go download it now

Wish ASB would make one

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#406254 18-Nov-2010 13:54

Can't seem to view my favourite searches - or am I blind?

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#406259 18-Nov-2010 14:10

Got it soon as it was released. Seems quite nice actually, an app I might put to use :)

Update : Now Ive had bit more of a play, Ive found that it just quits out at random on me.

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#406334 18-Nov-2010 16:22

cant renew a listing. how bizarre

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#406348 18-Nov-2010 17:29

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#406353 18-Nov-2010 17:45

johnr: Nice will go download it now

Wish ASB would make one

Ditto for Kiwibank!

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#406366 18-Nov-2010 18:22

wish that BNZ would also make an iphone app as well...
Has anyone heard of one yet ?

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#406447 18-Nov-2010 21:31

Gonna download. Thanks for that

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#406456 18-Nov-2010 21:47

Searching for property and setting number of rooms etc, there is no button to return back to the main screen when done. Arg

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#406508 19-Nov-2010 00:05

Must be about the only thing TM aren't charging for..

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#407184 20-Nov-2010 21:58

I might be poking a stick into a hornets nest here as I am non iPhone user, BUT what does this app do that cannot be done with the phones browser?

I can access the functions on TradeMe quite nicely on my phone without needing any apps to do so. Just wondering why an app is needed on an iPhone.

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#407187 20-Nov-2010 22:13

Technofreak: I might be poking a stick into a hornets nest here as I am non iPhone user, BUT what does this app do that cannot be done with the phones browser?

I can access the functions on TradeMe quite nicely on my phone without needing any apps to do so. Just wondering why an app is needed on an iPhone.

And that's a good question. Today I watched a presentation where the idea was "develop for a mobile web first, make it flexible so that it also shows on a desktop browser".

Also another point was that although the iPhone was a "sensation", it was still only 4% of the U.S. molbile handset market - meaning any company that focus on a single platform is leaving a huge number of potential users out in the cold.

I can't understand either...

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#407199 20-Nov-2010 23:01

Then again, I'm not 100% sure Trademe "gets" mobile at all anyway. I just checked on my phone and - yup - you still can't browse anything in the mobile view. Why not? Is there a technical reason that they don't think you should be browsing on your phone? Or are they still thinking in dollar terms ("if we can't monetize it, why bother"). To be honest, having played with it a bit, you're not missing much if you don't have an iPhone. It's a shinier GUI, and that's about it.

Oh, and push notifications of closing auctions I guess.

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#407236 21-Nov-2010 08:49

I can view the the full TradeMe site as well on my phone and get the features/functions that the mobile site doesn't have. I can have email push as well to get any auction closing emails, though I dont't bother with that.

Back to my original question, Why is an app needed for the iPhone? Why would a website owner bother spending the money to develop such an app?

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#407238 21-Nov-2010 08:53

Because it's "cool" and "hip"...

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