On 08 Sep 2009, at 16:24, Richard Moreland wrote:

> I've been working with Carsten on a free iPhone app for Org.  We are  
> still working out some of the details, but so far we have it running  
> on the phone in a fairly usable state.  It needs some polish, but it  
> is very nice to see my Org data easily accessible on a mobile device  
> with offline access.  To be clear, we aren't trying to run Emacs on  
> the device.  The goal is to view Org files and agendas as well as  
> capture new notes.
>
> Here is a teaser video of the app running in the simulator:  http://ncogni.to/mobileorg-demo1.mov
>
> Once we feel the basics are worked out, we will solicit a request  
> for beta testers and feedback, but for now you'll have to be  
> satisfied with the demo video :)


Wow indeed. Some things immediately came up when viewing the movie; I  
hope you don't mind me posting them so soon.

I imagine the app does not require a live connection to the server. In  
order to work offline, I think that the app must
- clearly show the time of downloading each document,
- be able to capture and store multiple notes when offline and forward  
them when online. A way of reviewing the stored notes, possibly edit  
or remove them would be a bonus.

I could imagine that captured but not yet forwarded notes appear in  
the 'capture.org' document entry (on the App), marked as not-forwarded  
and being editable and removable. After syncing, these notes become  
part of the real capture.org document and thus read-only, just like  
the rest.


Oh well, you probably thought of all that, so I'll just shut up now...

Cheers,
Peter.