My first iPhone application, GrandDialer has been downloaded more than 9000 times! I thought that it wouldn’t be that popular because people can’t get GrandCentral accounts. Boy, was I wrong! The reviews are pretty good, but some people expect way more than I can do with the application. As far as I can tell, the only external interface to GrandCentral is through an HTTPS connection. GrandDialer is based on a perl script.
While I’d like it to do more, pretty much all I can do is dial the number. Things may change in the future, but GrandDialer is going to remain a one trick pony until GrandCentral opens up more interfaces (I don’t plan on doing web scraping as that is very error prone and just not fun to program).
I encourage people to read the FAQ before contacting me as it answers a bulk of the questions people ask and the response time is fast!
If people like the program, please purchase something through my Amazon link.
Are you going to make a port for google voice?
I use grand dialer and love it.
I have no plans on making GrandDialer for Google Voice. While I did help out one developer, I don't approve of his distribution method. He decided to circumvent the AppStore (using ad-hoc distribution) because Apple didn't approve his application. While people may not like Apple's methods, you don't have much of a choice if you want everything that Apple brings to the table.
That's too bad about that developer. I was thinking about doing the same thing. Was it something he did that made Apple turn down his app?