Free Stuff Times

November 2009 – November 2009

FreeStuffTimes is an iPhone deal aggregator that fetches and presents free-stuff listings, letting users browse offers, view details, and page through the latest free-product news.

Business Purpose & Overview

FreeStuffTimes is an iPhone consumer app that aggregates free-product and promotional listings from a remote XML feed. Users browse a paginated list of offers, tap into detail views, and continue reading previously loaded content even when connectivity is poor.

Key Features & Capabilities

Remote XML feed parsing for free-stuff listings
Paginated news/deal list with browsing controls
Offer detail view with rich text content
Offline-friendly browsing of previously loaded items
Network status messaging for failed loads

Technical Architecture

FreeStuffTimes is a single-tier iPhone app written in Objective-C with UIKit. It consumes a remote XML feed through NSXMLParser, stores parsed news objects in memory, and uses UITableView-based navigation. The app was built with Xcode 3.1 for iPhone OS 3.0+.

Component Ecosystem

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Free Stuff Times

iPhone Only

FreeStuffTimes is an iPhone deal aggregator that fetches and presents free-stuff listings, letting users browse offers, view details, and page through the latest free-product news.

iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4

OS: iPhone OS 3.0 – iOS 6.1.6

Features (5)

Remote XML feed parsing for free-stuff listings
Paginated news/deal list with browsing controls
Offer detail view with rich text content
Offline-friendly browsing of previously loaded items
Network status messaging for failed loads