AppLoop is a new service that allows you to make an iPhone App for your blog. It’s App Generator tool can take any RSS feed and turn it in to an iPhone app.
The process is straight forward according to Techcrunch, all you have to do is answer few questions, your blog name, url, icon, logo and how much you would like to charge for the application (if you want). Once you finish this step you may need to verify that you are the owner of your blog, then Apploop will submit your app to iPhone app store. Once approved your readers can read your blog on their iPhones.
The basic version of the service is free but later they will introduce paid options for advanced features. If you decide to charge for an application they will share the revenue with you. Apploop also tracks the application usage and gives you stats about your application is doing, what people are reading etc. The content is cached locally so readers can access the content even with out internet connection.
Currently the invitations are closed but you can add your blog to the queue, go here and enter your blog url and associated email address to receive an invite.
iPhone Application Generator Demo from AppLoop on Vimeo.
Very cool idea, maybe I can get enough readers to convert mine to an iPhone app. 🙂