MINNEAPOLIS — We’ve all done it: flipped open a cellphone in the dark to hunt for a dropped pen or the keyhole on a car door. Now a software developer has capitalized on this alternative use of the cellphone and found itself in the spotlight on the new Apple iPhone App Store.
DoApp quietly released its program to convert the iPhone into a flashlight, a strobe light or even a night light. But after Apple opened its online applications store, DoApp’s “myLite Color Strobe and Flashlight” program quickly broke into the store’s top 10 free downloads.
The potential with the iPhone is endless, said Damon Allison of CodeMorphic, because of its versatile platform and complex operating system. “What’s interesting about the phone is it’s a computer that just happens to have a cellular antenna,” he said. Minneapolis Star Tribune
