iPhone Cigar App RELEASED

[LegalEagle]

Very nice! I downloaded it yesterday and played with it a bit. It is great as is, but if you're looking for some suggestions for the next update:

1. Add both a "Price paid" and "MSRP Price" field so that users can know at a glance what the cigar cost them. This would be especially useful for CBid since the price paid is almost never the MSRP. Going along with the pricing info, a fun display might be how much money worth of cigars is in each humidor.

2. In the "Acquired from" field, go ahead and add in the standard choices (e.g., CigarBid, Cigars International, JR, etc.) every time for some more "standard" online purchases. This will save a lot of typing for a majority of members here. In addition, code it so that once a user types in a local B&M, for example, then he can simply choose that each time thereafter, as opposed to having to type it over and over.

Again, it's a great program as is, but these are the things that jumped out at me as could use just a tiny bit of tweaking for the next release.

Thanks for making such a great program!!

[KenS]

Originally Posted by LegalEagle

Very nice! I downloaded it yesterday and played with it a bit. It is great as is, but if you're looking for some suggestions for the next update:

1. Add both a "Price paid" and "MSRP Price" field so that users can know at a glance what the cigar cost them. This would be especially useful for CBid since the price paid is almost never the MSRP. Going along with the pricing info, a fun display might be how much money worth of cigars is in each humidor.

Actually both of these fields are in the database itself, I just haven't added them to the interface. I figured we'd want them but they were a last minute cut to get the app out the door. Probably need to include this in the 1.1 update that I'm working on.

2. In the "Acquired from" field, go ahead and add in the standard choices (e.g., CigarBid, Cigars International, JR, etc.) every time for some more "standard" online purchases. This will save a lot of typing for a majority of members here. In addition, code it so that once a user types in a local B&M, for example, then he can simply choose that each time thereafter, as opposed to having to type it over and over.

Already done for version 1.1 . Actually, I'm not adding any "standard" choices, but each time the user adds one, it will become available from a picklist, so that list should get populated pretty quickly.

Again, it's a great program as is, but these are the things that jumped out at me as could use just a tiny bit of tweaking for the next release.

Thanks for making such a great program!!

Thanks for the feedback

[royhubbs]

I love this app. Great work. And I am looking forward to the update

[KenS]

I'm working on the MSRP and "price paid" fields. My current thinking is that I will make those both user-enterable fields in the "My Cigars" section, rather than reference data. For one, I hate to consider having to maintain that for thousands of cigars, and I don't know where I'd get all the info (cuban, non-cuban, etc.). Also, I'd have to manage so many currencies for the international users, and the prices are wildly different in various countries.

Design ideas anybody??

[LegalEagle]

Originally Posted by KenS

I'm working on the MSRP and "price paid" fields. My current thinking is that I will make those both user-enterable fields in the "My Cigars" section, rather than reference data. For one, I hate to consider having to maintain that for thousands of cigars, and I don't know where I'd get all the info (cuban, non-cuban, etc.). Also, I'd have to manage so many currencies for the international users, and the prices are wildly different in various countries.

Design ideas anybody??

Great point -- yeah, it definitely strikes me as a user-entered field and not a pre-designated field. I was envisioning it would go on the same screen as where the user selects which humidor, how many, acquired from, etc. But it's your program, and it looks great so far, so put it wherever you most like it!

[Mirrorlure7m]

I love the app I just bought it today from the appstore . It would be great if you can add all the cigars from Cigar Information, Cigar Reviews, Cigar Articles for Beginners and Experts . The larger the database the better. Looking forward to the updates !

[BlueyHK]

I just picked up the app Ken; great work. In addition to the suggestions already provided I would suggest adding:

- the ability to quickly 'check-out' a cigar. I.E. You have 5 cigars of a certain type and you just grab one from the humidor to smoke. A quick option of being able to remove one from your humidor would be great.

Hope this makes sense and thanks again for the great app.

[Brian65]

Just downloaded it this morning. Looks interesting.

[KenS]

Originally Posted by BlueyHK

I just picked up the app Ken; great work. In addition to the suggestions already provided I would suggest adding:

- the ability to quickly 'check-out' a cigar. I.E. You have 5 cigars of a certain type and you just grab one from the humidor to smoke. A quick option of being able to remove one from your humidor would be great.

Hope this makes sense and thanks again for the great app.

I'm expecting version to 2 to include lots of features around the smoking experience. Things like:

- shake the iphone to pick a random cigar
- pull from a humidor
- record tasting notes
- photo of the cigar
- more detailed notes on flavors, burn, etc.

Gonna take some design time, to be sure. In the meantime, I have some smaller enhancements coming in v1.1 to refine the existing capabilities, so that gets first priority.

[Mirrorlure7m]

KenS are you going to be making the Database larger ?

[KenS]

Originally Posted by Mirrorlure7m

KenS are you going to be making the Database larger ?

Short answer is yes, but that's not my primary focus, since each user has the ability to add cigars to the reference database on his/her device. I'm sure I'll never capture them all

That said, each time I do an update, I'll add some more to the database. Several people have made specific requests, and I'll try to include those in the 1.1 update that I'm finishing up now.

[Mirrorlure7m]

Originally Posted by KenS

Short answer is yes, but that's not my primary focus, since each user has the ability to add cigars to the reference database on his/her device. I'm sure I'll never capture them all

That said, each time I do an update, I'll add some more to the database. Several people have made specific requests, and I'll try to include those in the 1.1 update that I'm finishing up now.

KenS I would be happy to help you with adding them to the db if you would like. Just Private Message me if you would like . I would be using this http://www.puff.com/Cigar-Reviews/ and it would be a breeze to add them all.

[joncaputo]

Originally Posted by Mirrorlure7m

KenS I would be happy to help you with adding them to the db if you would like. Just Private Message me if you would like . I would be using this Cigar Information, Cigar Reviews, Cigar Articles for Beginners and Experts and it would be a breeze to add them all.

You wont be adding that without my permission would you

I certainly hope not..

I am already talking to Ken about a Puff Iphone application which would include our entire review database..but it is not open source for anyone to come and take..

[Mirrorlure7m]

Originally Posted by joncaputo

You wont be adding that without my permission would you

I certainly hope not..

I am already talking to Ken about a Puff Iphone application which would include our entire review database..but it is not open source for anyone to come and take..

I was not aware of that. That would be perfect !!! That is what I am looking for. It would be great just for the puff.com users. I am looking for a large db of cigars. Just like the puff.com db to lookup when I need it.

[joncaputo]

Well hopefully Ken and I can reach an agreement and make it all available through the Iphone..