The app was inspired by Het Parool’s website and its map of reviewed restaurants but this was before iOS 3.0 and MapKit. Solution: use a webpage for the map, and so might as well use a webpage for the entire thing. The PhoneGap framework was used to wrap the webpage into a local app with access to the phone’s location information. I hired Gerard van Enk to development the app and he did a great job, though I also pitched in occasionally with some of the Javascript tweaks. API HTTP requests needed to very efficient, and I worked with Persgroep engineers in Brussels to improve their XML API so the iPhone’s data usage would be as parsimonious as possible. The app is no longer available but the (Dutch) iPhone Club review gives a decent overview.