Ask HN: How to successfully launch an iPhone app?

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I have developed an awesome iPhone application. The UI is cool, the idea is right, what are some ways to improve my odds of getting a good launch?

The idea is fairly simple so I am leery of just submitting to the appstore and letting competitors with PR teams copycat me.

Cheers!

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Try prmac.com -- Ray Barber will help with PR for a completely reasonable price.

Your worries are unfounded. Release.

If it's great, you'll sell a lot of apps.

Thanks! Anyway to jumpstart PR about it?

EDIT: Just checked out trailbehind.com, looks interesting! I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Not to derail my post, but is there a way to filter by additional criteria other than genre of activity?

For instance suppose I would like to see all 5.11 sport routes near Philadelphia PA. Is there a way to do that?

Also is there a way to specify sort criteria?

Nope, for now what you see is what you get. You can only sort by type of activity and distance.

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