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30 Boxes for iPhone — oh so sweet!January 25th, 2008 by Narendra |
We are going to take the uncharacteristic step of congratulating ourselves on this one. A relatively full functioning version of 30 Boxes Calendar is now up for iPhone — available at http://i.30boxes.com
The design is inspired by Apple but we took the functionality up a couple notches.
The good:
- after the initial load, it is very snappy even on EDGE
- one box!
- easy to use and pretty
- all of your web stuff as well as the latest on your buddies with a news feed
- your friends latest upcoming events from inside 30 Boxes and out on the web
The could be better:
- initial load time on EDGE
- can’t edit repeating options (too much of a pain on first pass)
- it is a first release so tell us about bugs in the forum
- ok, that’s not so bad
Spread the word. We’re back and with multiple projects in the works.
30 Boxes!
January 29th, 2008 at 7:03 am
this is very cool. thanks for working on it. i would like to add one feature request: can we add the shared calendar feature in i.30boxes.com? i can see my husband’s calendar shared events in 30boxes.com and would it would really be great to have that option here. thanks in advance, inna
January 29th, 2008 at 7:40 am
This is really good, congrats. One little thing though, I would love to see the todo list in this app.
Thanks, CJ.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Wow! Even if it’s not perfect, I’m excited abut this. Thanks and congrats!
February 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
What happened to standards based web? Why cant this work using my Nokia e70?
February 7th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Erik, we have a mobile app for the standards based web. m.30boxes.com
This was designed for the iphone.
February 8th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Hy,
I have tried to see if there was a chance t make it work on my PDA (HTC S710 with WM6) … I can login, I can see the calendar page, use the arrows on the calendar to browse by month but I am not able to click on a day of the calendar ..
Anyway … I think that with minor changements you could make it avaialble for PDAs too … Bye
February 8th, 2008 at 8:37 am
This is awesome! I’ve used it a couple of times now and find myself wanting to return more often. I’m having this internal struggle with myself, lately, to be more efficient with how I use my time. With conveniences like this, I may actually make great strides in succeeding.
I must say that I’m very appreciative that you guys have created the iPhone version of the mobile site. Thanks for your hard work. And it’s okay that it’s not perfect to start. The one main thing I really wish for is the ability to set recurrence of an event. Without that ability, the app feels crippled in a way.
The other thing I noticed was that there’s some wierdness in the way the invite “drop-down” works. I’m impressed that the drop-down gives me the option to select previously invited addresses. However, it seems to not actually take in the entry box. I still had to type the full e-mail address all the way out. That’s totally way down on my list in comparison to recurrence, though.
Go 30b!
March 16th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Fairly cool, even on my Nokia N95 8GB. If only the font size could be decreased just a little, it’d fit in my screen perfectly too. Any chance you could build that in?
If you could recognize the phone (for what it’s worth, my browser tells you it’s a NokiaN95_8GB), maybe you could set the font size automatically?
March 21st, 2008 at 10:23 am
Bloody great!
Any plans for a native iPhone app come June?
March 21st, 2008 at 10:30 am
We are going to see where apple moves with new devices and how the dev program looks before committing but we could do something pretty slick.
July 13th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
iPhone is out. Would like to see this as an application.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:01 am
I defected from 30boxes and tried Google cal for a while. Wasn’t really happy with it, but still continued to use it. Then I got an iPhone, and saw this web based app. It switched me back to using my 30boxes account full time.
Great app, but I would also like to see this as an actual iphone application. I’d be willing to pay a few bucks for it.
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 am
I prefer 30boxes to the Google Calendar, too. Having just purchased a T-Mobile G1, I am very interested in a native Android 30boxes app. Any movement in this direction?
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:23 am
@Joshua, we haven’t had our hands on a G1 yet. We’ll be keeping a close eye on uptake.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
What about a 30 Boxes iphone app so you don’t have to load safari to get to it? Any chance of that happening?
January 17th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Yes @Jennifer. We are trying to decide what makes the most sense. I will likely look like and agenda and reminder tool.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
An iPhone app would be very much appreciated!
April 8th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I, too, would love to see a true iPhone app, assuming it will have full syncing… that is, it would actually download all my calendar data for viewing offline, and if I’m without connection and need to enter, change, or delete something, I can do it offline and sync up later. Otherwise, a full-blown app doesn’t really make sense. At least not to me.
I’d be very willing to pay for such an app as well, definitely. So far, 30B has been the best online calendar I’ve come across. It’s just smart. :-)
June 27th, 2009 at 11:24 am
yeah i want an app.
August 7th, 2009 at 3:50 am
Would love to see it as an app - would pay for it also.
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:12 am
I also would love to see an app. The iphone website is very good but I also find it lacking functionality compared to the normal website. My biggest issue for me is the (seeming?) lack of an ability to add tags, which causes some problems.
Any news on a possible release date for the app?
Appreciate all the hard work you’re putting into it though - it’s a great calendar!