The day after I wrote that post I had some downtime in a part time job that I do for the university (iPad support for staff, it's handy, I get an iPad to use out of it) and I looked into whether one could request location data from within Safari (which I thought must be possible on and iPhone, it is possible everywhere else after all) and yes you can and yes it's very easy. This suddenly got me thinking about how I could implement v1 of this app using a web technology instead which would enable me to actually get something working really quickly. So I got excited by this prospect and started working on it. This is of course ground that is well covered in development circles but it's all new to me. In the process I have discovered the things that I can't do easily. One is access the camera or the camera roll. There are ways around it, but none are elegant. iOS6 however will enable which is what I'm looking for. But that is iOS6... That isn't released until September some time (probably) and then there is the take up. Fortunately on the other hand, Apple devices tend to get updated. Unless the device doesn't support it the upgrade. I'm a bit puzzled why the iPad 1 isn't supported for example, not that it affects me.

Happy with this revelation about creating a Webapp that could possibly work enough for testing until I can make the native app, I decided to go down the route of actually buying an iPhone. Not an expensive one. Just a 3Gs. That will support iOS6, and I have a friend with a 4S so I can test applications on 2 different models of phone. The decision to buy an iPhone only came about because I was discussing running, mp3 players, the Nano with it's pedometer with a friend (Lidy) who then pulled out her iPhone with a GPS-enabled running app and all her running data. I managed to find a bargain on Trademe so swooped in. Hopefully it will turn up in the next week and I can use it to text my application (and for running with).

I've managed to book meetings with just about every tutor over the next 2 weeks so I hope I'll have something to show them before then and I can concentrate more on other issues.