PLEEEEEASE can we have Prezi on the iPad?

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Since we are all visual thinkers and passionate about Prezi, an attempt to lighten the discussion (and still illustrate we definitely would LOVE Prezi for iPad!! ;o)

People have been begging apple for flash forever, but ultimately, that doesn't matter what apple decides to do. They have a successful product with a large chunk of the market share. Other companies have found ways to develop exclusive applications for iOS and have found success there. Some have not and continue to be successful in a Flash-only environment.

What matters now is whether Prezi is working to create an IOS app or not. If they are, and it comes quickly enough to discourage competiton great. If it doesn't and a competitor steps up, you could lose market share.

If you guys are planning an app, please let us know. If not, then your iPad customers have a decision to make. Is it worth using Prezi, or is there a competitor.

I can only assume Prezi is discussing it internally based on the volume of comments here. I realize it requires a lot of programming muscle and resources and will be difficult, but shortly I assume you will make a decision as a company as to whether you will be pursuing development, or sticking exclusively with Flash.

So my question is blunt. Will Prezi develop an iOS application, yes or no.

Julio, I completely disagree that Apple has a monopoly. It's not as if there weren't smart phones before the iphone, and it's not as if there weren't tablets before the iPad. Its just that once those products (and more importantly iOS) was developed and released, consumers responded with their wallets.

That customer base has proven to be incredibly loyal and willing to forgive shoddy service, one major design flaw and missing functionality available on other devices. In fact, their customer base is so loyal that they love the product (97% were either very satisfied or satisfied with the 3gs), while they HATE their provider, almost 50%. (http://www.computerworld.com/s/articl...)

One of the main reason is that there truly is "An App For That", and the quality of the experience is much better than say on a Droid (in their perceptions).

I had much the same reaction that I did with the iPhone when I first saw Prezi. In fact, 24 hours before a HUGE presentation, I scrapped all the Powerpoint stuff we had, and bought Prezi and worked through the night on building my presentation, which was a hit. I took that enormous risk because I thought there was such promise, and Prezi has consistently delivered since then.

Since then, much like my experience with the iPhone, I told everyone who asked about Prezi how good it was, and that we were using it exclusively. Sure, Prezi has flaws, like you can't put a custom background/fonts in yourself, and it's a little buggy, but they seem to be pretty responsive, and no one out there is even close in the Market.

And for now, while it won't work on IOS, Prezi is relatively safe from competition, as your innovation in the market has been strong. Much in the same way that iPhones and iPads are dominating their respective markets. But if something comes along that's much better (HTC Hero, Droids for example), then people will switch.

But without strong competition, more and more and more people are moving towards ipads rather than laptops (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/0..., and either Flash will be replaced, or their consumers will become independent of Flash and Flash-based products. The rest of the marketplace will be forced to either accept a smaller target of customers, or develop a more universal platform. However once a customer has switched away from something, they will likely never return to a former product.

I know I'll never go back to Powerpoint.

Also, claiming that Apple is mean and we should take our complaints there is a valid point. You have every right as a company to say that. Apple and Microsoft both frequently take the attitude that is very anti-consumer, and Prezi can follow along in their footsteps if you like, however, I would remind you that most of your customers who use IOS use their iPhones and iPads a WHOLE lot more than they build presentations, and probably have more loyalty to devices they use throughout the day.

If something comes along that's as easy and innovative to use as Prezi and works on the iPad, many will switch and a new dominant force will emerge in the market place.

You have no responsibility to nor are not being forced to develop an iOS app. I realize that this goes against your fundamental core programming in Flash. All I'm saying is that if a competitor shows up, it could be worse for your company. Someone will innovate, and for your company's sake, I hope it's Prezi.

After 15 years of using powerpoint, I dropped it permanently in about 5 minutes of playing with Prezi, flaws and all. If something else came to the market I might drop Prezi as well. I love it now, the way I love my iPhone, but I did look at the droids and Hero, and while I didn't switch then, something may come along one day that's better. All I can say is, my company is now planning a large purchase of iPads to take on the road to presentations, and the Prezi issue is looming large.

For now it's great, but then again, Powerpoint was great once too.

I'd love to have Prezi for iPad. - As we equip everyone of our 80 teachers with iPads they would love to use Prezi for teaching. We are currently in project-planning phase so we would love to integrate Prezi. It'd be also great publicity for Prezi as we might be featured on Apples Website as a model-school. Imagine Prezi becoming the Microsoft Office for teaching in the 21st century ;) - you just have to give us an iPad app ;)