I need some advice on the best way to display info to the screen for my iPhone app.

The first screen of my app allows the user to input an item code (or flip to search for an item) and then will display more info about the item before the user continues to the next screen showing depot stock info.

The problem I have is how to display the info.

The view needs a text field in order to be able to type the item code. Apart from that all the other info is read-only. Should I be using text fields or labels or a grouped table view to display this info? Or is there something more suitable? The textfields I have used so far seem very primitive and I was wanting to get a more professional look from it.

Also, is it possible to have a table view with a search field at the top and then populate the table view with the search results?

For my app I had instead of a table I had a list of labels, as it was easier to populate than a table, and I could have an event for when one was selected etc.

I'm thinking that that might be easier.

Also I can get that to look a lot nicer.

I've got the flip side of the front screen working now

It's coming together very nicely

You can enter an item code directly or you can flip the view and search by description.
Then you view the list of depots with stock of the chosen item.
Then you choose a depot and view the details of the depot. You can even press the button on the telephone number and it will make a call to the depot

My next task is to add a flip view to the depot info screen and add a mapp with directions to the depot Should be fun. Although I'll have to check the legality of using the google maps webservice.

Then I just need to smarten up the front screen a bit and it's done.

Oh, do you know a way I can add a startup screen to my app? I would like a start screen with the logo of the company and a selector wheel to choose which subsidiary company database to connect to and then a username/password field. On entering the details you hit "Login" and it takes you into the app proper.

I have been thinking while I type and it shouldn't be too hard. I just need to change the starting viewcontroller and then dump the login one and move to the main view if the login details are correct.