Please take a minute to download the "NBC New York" iPhone app and use that as a 'rough base' on what we're trying to do.

-- Utilize an RSS feed
-- Display content in a novel way
-- Use content-type based display styles (gallery, post, etc)
-- Allow for basic user contributions

Please end along your estimate to create this type of an App for the iPhone.

In addition, include in your note an additional fee to adapt this type of interface for the iPad.

Finally, a firm which is able to build something similar using Javascript for mobile webkit / safari would be the top runner.

Budget is a starting point. Send detailed estimates and questions required if any.