I have an iPhone, but I also have an android tablet. For me, it wouldn't really matter which platform I made it on first. My goal is to make it accessible for everyone I work with as well though, so both platforms would be a must as everyone I work with uses different devices.
Out of curiousity, if I were to pay someone to do this instead of taking the time to do it myself, how much money would I be looking at spending?
I make marketing applications for a living.
What kind of app do you want to make?
Do you ever plan on releasing it on Android?
Does it have S/P/A?
Does it make use of any special features of the phone (camera, nfc, gestures)?
If you know web technologies you could use something like Phonegap. I'm not a fan of these kinds of things though as they end up being more headache than they're worth.
I had some free time the other day to draw out what I would like the basic layout to look at. There are a couple of other things I want to add to it though. Basically, I want an app that I can use to add specific types of information into a database that can then either be stored for later use and review or exported into either cloud storage or emailed out as a spreadsheet. This is all for the purpose of making "calls" as an insurance agent, but could easily be used for any profession where the sales agents are out making contacts with clients (real estate also comes into mind).
I have the spreadsheet already, as it's one that has been designed for my associates and myself a long time ago. The problem I find is that trying to enter data into this spreadsheet through a third party app like (iOS) Pages or (Android) Google Docs is that they are too clunky and time consuming to use properly where the spreadsheets are too large to properly view on a phone or tablet sized screen.
I have no idea what you mean by S/P/A. It wouldn't require any special features like gestures or use of the camera as far as I can think of.
