Comments on: How my simple iPhone app made it to the top of the App Store

By: En Wee

En Wee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:39:45 +0000

Would have got the 3GS, phone UI response is so important since it affects every app and every time i use the phone. but well, the good offer was on a WM6 HTC phone and i think i need 800×480 for pdf documents. yes its 5MP camera that i’d have to destroy. with 12GB can prob prob come out of my internet cave be online all the time and discover whats twitter and RSS now. have stopped using FF, it started to get slow esp the predictive URL dunno why. my new ‘computing platform’ now is a touch screen laptop running windows7 64bit and 100% chrome browser. are we still friends? :)

By: Chu Yeow

Chu Yeow — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:45:00 +0000

Ouch, if you have to destroy the camera I recommend buying a cheap 3G (not 3GS) model. You’ll have to bear with the slowness compared to the 3GS though.

As for finding a use for it, it’s great for times when you need Internet access and there’re many nice apps.

I haven’t been checking the number of downloads recently because it has dropped off the top 25 for quite awhile. With 12GB plans I don’t see a need for myself to use my app anymore either.

As for the pop-up warning, yeah it can be done via push notifications – something I’ve thought of adding before but not so much now.

By: En Wee

En Wee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:04:22 +0000

Pal, this will be the first app i download when i get an iPhone, that is, once i figure a use for it and can get over destroying the camera.

Just curious, any correlation with number of downloads now that data plans are upped to 12GB?

i know nothing abt the iPhone environment but can the app also be something like a background service and pop up a warning to the user once data usage hits some user predefined value? If only the telcos also allow us to query our voice and sms usage.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:24:25 +0000

Great app! one of the first few I downloaded. Just a few glitches – have to keep refreshing cos sometimes it shows as not recognising the NRIC/mobile number when it’s the same information stored in the phone.

Anyone doing one for Singtel’s internet SMS?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:25:31 +0000

Stumbled upon your blog by accident, but then realized that I already use your app. Thanks for a great application! This is an example of an app that does only one thing, but does it well. I love it.

By: joel

joel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:51:52 +0000

Can you make a simplified version p.s. EZ- Form

http://www.keithmall.com/

By: PT

PT — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:21:30 +0000

Try writing a iPod Touch equivalent of the Singtel Internet SMS..That will be really useful for iPod Touch users.

By: xtine

xtine — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:54:05 +0000

hi! i tried logging in but it says that i have entered incorrect ID and mobile number! Please help! i tried several times and I am not using a corporate line.

By: perper

perper — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:17:05 +0000

Hi!! (:

I’m having the same problem where they tell me my NRIC number is wrong and that is a total lie!! ):

Please help me solve it cause i’m not on a business plan?

By: KahWee

KahWee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:54:46 +0000

Hey I saw this app too. I have an iPod Touch so this isn’t useful for me. If not I would have gotten it. Looks good.

By: Chu Yeow

Chu Yeow — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:16:19 +0000

@Vaibhav Thanks for the suggestion, I saw a similar review in the App Store about BRN (maybe it’s yours?)

I’ll update the app to be more flexible with BRNs. Some users mentioned that they have BRNs like “123456789A-0001″. I’ll be removing the validation on the ID field so that it will be more future-proof like you suggested.

Thanks!

By: Vaibhav Narayan

Vaibhav Narayan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:10:34 +0000

Hi,

Even with the update 1.1, I am unable to use the app as my BRN number is in the format A123456789 and not 123456789A because of which the app does not accept the string of BRN number. The singtel BBOM website does accept my BRN in the A123456789 format.

I would suggest that you place a check for that string array to count the input characters to be 10 instead of checking which character is an alphabet. Later if the data retrieval fails, then you can pop a message to the user to check the input credentials. That way your app is more likely to be future ready :)

Cheers

By: Chu Yeow

Chu Yeow — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:21:09 +0000

@TC_H: Thanks for reporting the problem. I’m really glad you wrote in so that we can solve it.

We’ve solved the problem over email but here’s what happened for future readers of this blog post.

Turns out TC_H was a corporate plan user and had to use his Business Registration Number (BRN) instead of NRIC. The format of the BRN looks something like “123456789A”.

By: TC_H

TC_H — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:04:06 +0000

Hi, I downloaded the app, but it doesn’t work. I keep getting an error message stating that my NRIC/Mobile Number is incorrect. Tried several times but no avail. Any fix for this?

By: choonkeat

choonkeat — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:45:55 +0000

Congrats! Now you have a great platform to launch subsequent apps :-)