The App Wall

MG Siegler of TechCrunch:

Instead of building the me-too photo app, or the try-mine group messaging app, why not set out to do something completely different? Why not do something no one else has ever done before? Obviously, that’s much easier said than done — but I’m not sure it’s any harder than trying to compete in a totally over-saturated market.

I get what Siegler’s saying. There are so many apps now, and the majority of them are just basically copying what a previously successful app has done. Great apps come out every day, but it’s been a while since an iPhone app has completely blown me away. By that, I mean apps that are completely original and extremely useful. You know, apps like Shazam, Instapaper and Ego.