{"id":1396,"date":"2011-04-19T00:20:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T23:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2011-04-19T00:20:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T23:20:30","slug":"my-badges-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1396","title":{"rendered":"My Badges App"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scout Association has launched the My Badges app<\/a> which contains all the information and requirements for each badge and award from Beavers through to Network. This is an excellent idea which means we can have all the badge requirements available in our pockets on our mobile devices. I think the BSA have had some of their information available electronically for a while now (The Boy Scouts Handbook?), so we are now catching up with them!<\/p>\n

This app costs \u00a31.19, which isn’t too bad when you consider that to print out all the info or to buy the relevant books would cost a lot more.<\/p>\n

However, the SA have goofed by only releasing it as an iPhone \/ iPod touch app. Now, I don’t have an iProduct, I have an Android phone. OK, that’s not strictly true, Carol has an iPod touch and has bought the app for me, but its not\u00a0 MINE!
\nQuite why they decided to release it just on the iOS platform is beyond me. There are far more Android users and Blackberry users aren’t far behind the iOS users – see here for a rough idea.<\/a><\/p>\n

The slightly worrying thing is that Chris James, the Creative & Brand Advisor for the SA has said –<\/p>\n

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we will gauge interest before looking at developing on other platforms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hmm. I’m not too impressed about that. I think they’ve missed a great opportunity to release the app across multiple platforms to ensure that it can get to the widest possible audience.<\/p>\n

What do you think readers?<\/p>\n

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