Costs and Scope in developing a typical iphone application

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Iam new to iphone development and have been tasked to development a fairly simple iphone application.

It would basically show listings of information eg accommodations, restaurants...around 8-9 different types. Drilling on one would show the details of it. These are dynamically sourced from a db (through an xml feed) that powers an existing website.

Also users should have ability to save favourites and also an interactive google map showing locations of these places.

Just would like to know how long would such an iphone application take to develop and what would it costs. As iam new to iphone dev, i do not know how big the scope is, any complications to anticipate, scope creep issues, and how much to charge. Want to give a reasonable estimate so that i dont overcharge.

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