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Who makes all those great iPhone apps?  How do people find others to write customize apps for them?  The searches you do can be alot to dig through.  When searching for a company to make your iPhone application consider the following:

1. Price – Yes price does matter the most, because it matters the most to you.  When looking at companies dont just look at the overall sticker but the hourly charge on development hours.  You can and will have changes through the process but if you know hourly one company is better than another you will be better off.
2. Quality – Ensuring your app works, does not crash the iPhone and will have improvements made should a bug be found (and most likely will).  You can assess quality based on the developers resume.  Applications have not been around so find out what they did before they came into the business.  That will tell you more than the apps they made.
3. Time – Will your new iPhone application take 6 months to build or longer? What will your market look like in the future? Assessing where you are and where the competition will be can be a huge factor in pulling the trigger on building an app.  Try to find reasonalbe time frames and your true expectations up front.
4. Communication – Do your new iPhone app developers communicate effectively? accurately? timely? honestly?  This will make your job easier and lessen the time it takes to build.

Following these main points and asking the right questions first can help you narrow down your search.  Also don’t be afraid to call them, as in point number 4, you can do more in 5 min phone call then 36 emails over the course of two weeks.