Good ideas, I like that one Junky - that's what I'm suggesting, a simple little app that can be used on any device/PC that allows players to get intel on what's going on in the game, there are probably other details not mentioned here as well that could be added to it, all with the same goal - for players with limited time, or unable to actually log in at certain times and such, to track their friends, maps, opponents they like to fight, numbers in the arena, and so on, as to be able to optimize the time they DO choose to actually log in and play. The 200 chatter is pretty much the back burner, the other information would be far more valuable and important IMO.
I do much of this manually, and pop into the login screen, even log right into the MA often, just to see if anyone is on I want to fly with or against, check the map, and lastly the goings on in 200. I do this from both a laptop and a home theater PC, neither of which are even set up to play the game. I can't be the only one who does this. Having a streamlined, small app that allows all of this, but from a phone/device/ipad/etc instead of a PC is what I would personally be after.