I just moved a few days ago and I would love an easier way of finding where to play basketball than calling every gym in town and asking tons of people for tips, which is what I started doing earlier today. I've also seen how the friction in this process makes lots of people simply stop playing basketball after they move away from their home town or lose easy access to a college gym, so the problem you're trying to solve is both real and important (and extremely difficult, of course).
But... I don't have an iPhone. Does it make sense to leave most people out, even for an initial launch? Especially since your biggest challenge will be getting critical mass in different locations.
Glad to hear we're not the only ones seeing the problems with this.
For us, as a small, bootstrapped startup it's tough to do everything at the same time. It's also very important for us to get the experience right on one platform first, before we move on to different ones.
This is only our version one and we need to look at the feedback to see if we've made the right choices or need to change fundamental things.
But... I don't have an iPhone. Does it make sense to leave most people out, even for an initial launch? Especially since your biggest challenge will be getting critical mass in different locations.