AppMakr Lets Anyone Be an iPhone App Developer (Not Really)

AppMakr Lets Anyone Be an iPhone App Developer (Not Really): "PointAbout has unveiled AppMakr, a service that lets developers cobble together basic content-focused iPhone apps in as little as an hour for $199.

As MediaPost reports, that compares well to the usual $10k+ budgets and weeks-to-months of development time the average iPhone app takes. But there's less here than meets the eye, as the service concentrates on text, video, and RSS-type services--not games, tools, utilities, or other rich media.

Still, it's an interesting concept. To get started, users enter a site address, upon which they receive a sample iPhone app built with content from that site within about 30 seconds. After that, publishers can customize the app by adding feeds, Twitter compatibility, new graphics, and so on--and then even sell the app in iTunes (pending approval) or hook into Google AdSense and AdMob for extra revenue streams.

The $199 price stamps an AppMakr logo on your app. For $499, developers get more control with separate Apple developer accounts, although AppMakr still handles provisioning, according to the report. A $99 discount coupon through January 15th is available to the first 1,000 users to sign up.

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