What WoW mobile app would you like to see next?

For those of us who simply can't get enough WoW time in while we're in front of a computer, Blizzard has already created the Mobile Armory and Mobile Auction House applications. We can look up character stats, achievements, gear, and talents as well as buy, sell, and collect gold from our auction house deals. These are very cool tools to give yourself a little more Warcraft on the go or at work.
I think there are a lot more possibilities, though. There's a new app out there that can solve sudoku puzzles just by taking a picture of them. There's an app that can tell you where you are based on star constellations or tell you what the sky looks like above you based on your GPS and the angle of your phone.
Don't you think WoW could take advantage of some of these amazing advances in phone technology? What about an app for crafting? It could work in conjunction with the auction house application and let you do crafting from your smart phone. I can picture an easy interface that would be similar to our in-game crafting menu, showing the recipes with the sort by categories such as item type, materials on hand, or gem color. Of course, considering how fast our technology is rolling out, it might not be too long before we could see a slimmed-down version of Warcraft in our hands. Can you imagine WoW Lite? It probably wouldn't be suitable for raiding, but questing, gathering, or maybe easy dungeons could be a blast on a long bus ride.
Would you get excited about a crafting app or WoW Lite, or is there another application idea you've been dying to see Blizzard develop?
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Enzo858 Feb 28th 2011 4:28PM
+1 Guild Chat. +1 Android platforms.
I've developed one app that works with Apple devices. It is called MobileWoW and can be found here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobilewow-discreet-gaming/id384889662?mt=8
in the app store.
The idea here was to make an app that serves as a gaming keypad for WoW. This one in particular, was so students / people in the workplace can control their characters from under their desks via keypad on smartphone.
The real estate doesn't allow for full function controls.
There is another app (both android and ios) in the pipes that changes the keypad layout also to incorporate a mousepad on the right side of screen. Therefore users can hold their smartphone landscape and use their thumbs to control their characters shown on their computers or tv displays.
Unfortunately Apple limits the ability for Apps to use bluetooth (they do not allow any app developed and sold in their stores that can interface with 3rd party bluetooth devices). So I use a client/server relationship whereby users purchase the app on their mobile device and visit my website for a free desktop client. The app and desktop client then relate keystrokes. Google doesn't limit these capabilities.
I too agree very soon we will see full (not lite or minigame) versions WoW and similars on tablets. As tablets continue to take over the market, developers, to remain competitive, become forced to develop this compatibility.