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aer-julie · 07-18-2007, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by ieeefee

Here are a few feature requests we would like to see added to the iPhone at some point:
* 3G. not that it is available in my area, but some day it will be!
* The iPod application includes a handy volume control slider, but does not appear to include a method for changing the playing location of the current audio track (rewind/fast-forward/jump to point). This feature does appear in the video player.
* GPS with integration into Google Maps
* Use the built in camera to record video.
* Push email from Google. Not totally in Apple's control because Google does not currently offer IMAP. When/if Google adds this feature it would be nice to know that the phone will support it.
* Steve pointed out that iPhone parses phone numbers in email messages, how about parsing street addresses with a magical import into Google Maps?
* Support for multiple email accounts. This feature may already be present, I can't tell from the demos. These days people have many email accounts including work and one or more Gmail, Yahoo!, and Hotmail accounts.
* Display Favicon.ico (the little icon/logo next to the site address in most browsers) image on the bookmarks screen and the change page screen.
* Flash videos supported: At present, iPhone seems only supports mp4, h.264, mp3, aac. If it supports Flash files, iPhone will be more popular. Flash is working its way into all of todays popular sites (YouTube, MySpace, Google Talk (web), Yahoo! Messenger (web), etc)
* Third-party software: The list of applications available for Windows Mobile and Palm is huge! I am sure many of the Mac developers out there would love the opportunity to develop/sell applications that run on the iPhone like games, video conversion, DVD to iPhone software, music data recovery, media editor, etc.
* There has been some rumors of an Apple developed spreadsheet application for Mac. It would be nice if there was a mini-spreadsheet program for viewing/editing simple spreadsheets. The same thing goes for Word documents (as you might guess Microsoft makes mini-versions of these applications available on their phone OS).

First off, let me tell you that I absolutely LOVE my iPhone. It is the easiest PDA type phone on the market. I am actually looking at getting on for my husband who has a hard time turning on his computer-and I know he will have no problems using the iPhone.

I do have a fer suggestions (I am sure Apple has heard them all before, but I will reiterate anyways):

1) Flash Player (yes everyone has asked for this one).

2) The ability to Copy, Cut, Paste. This would solve the other individuals issue in calendar. I often have appointments (like doctor appts) that I schedule again on another date and would like to be able to copy them and paste them on a new date. Currently I have to write on paper at doctor and then go back to my PC to copy/paste old appt in new time slot. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

3) Ringtones-ability to add new ringtones to iPhone. (Keynote address showed a ringtone tab in iTunes....Why was this deleted?)

4) Games. It would be nice to have games loaded on the iPhone instead of "internet" Safari games. However http://macmost.com/iphonegames/ is a great site. Can anyone comment (probably not) on the rumor that Apple may be partnering with Nintendo to add games to the iPhone for a price?

5) Accessible Adobe Reader. One thing I miss from my old PDA phone is the ability to have ebooks on my phone. When waiting for appointments or simply "killing time" I liked always having a book with me. This would be very nice. Also accessing my son's textbooks via Adobe would be great.

6) I also agree with one of the other individuals who asked for a Contacts icon on the home page. It would be nice not to have to go through the phone icon to look up something on a contact.

Thanks

07-18-2007, 04:44 PM	#39 (permalink)
aer-julie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A Few Suggestions for iPhone Updates Originally Posted by ieeefee Here are a few feature requests we would like to see added to the iPhone at some point: * 3G. not that it is available in my area, but some day it will be! * The iPod application includes a handy volume control slider, but does not appear to include a method for changing the playing location of the current audio track (rewind/fast-forward/jump to point). This feature does appear in the video player. * GPS with integration into Google Maps * Use the built in camera to record video. * Push email from Google. Not totally in Apple's control because Google does not currently offer IMAP. When/if Google adds this feature it would be nice to know that the phone will support it. * Steve pointed out that iPhone parses phone numbers in email messages, how about parsing street addresses with a magical import into Google Maps? * Support for multiple email accounts. This feature may already be present, I can't tell from the demos. These days people have many email accounts including work and one or more Gmail, Yahoo!, and Hotmail accounts. * Display Favicon.ico (the little icon/logo next to the site address in most browsers) image on the bookmarks screen and the change page screen. * Flash videos supported: At present, iPhone seems only supports mp4, h.264, mp3, aac. If it supports Flash files, iPhone will be more popular. Flash is working its way into all of todays popular sites (YouTube, MySpace, Google Talk (web), Yahoo! Messenger (web), etc) * Third-party software: The list of applications available for Windows Mobile and Palm is huge! I am sure many of the Mac developers out there would love the opportunity to develop/sell applications that run on the iPhone like games, video conversion, DVD to iPhone software, music data recovery, media editor, etc. * There has been some rumors of an Apple developed spreadsheet application for Mac. It would be nice if there was a mini-spreadsheet program for viewing/editing simple spreadsheets. The same thing goes for Word documents (as you might guess Microsoft makes mini-versions of these applications available on their phone OS). First off, let me tell you that I absolutely LOVE my iPhone. It is the easiest PDA type phone on the market. I am actually looking at getting on for my husband who has a hard time turning on his computer-and I know he will have no problems using the iPhone. I do have a fer suggestions (I am sure Apple has heard them all before, but I will reiterate anyways): 1) Flash Player (yes everyone has asked for this one). 2) The ability to Copy, Cut, Paste. This would solve the other individuals issue in calendar. I often have appointments (like doctor appts) that I schedule again on another date and would like to be able to copy them and paste them on a new date. Currently I have to write on paper at doctor and then go back to my PC to copy/paste old appt in new time slot. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. 3) Ringtones-ability to add new ringtones to iPhone. (Keynote address showed a ringtone tab in iTunes....Why was this deleted?) 4) Games. It would be nice to have games loaded on the iPhone instead of "internet" Safari games. However http://macmost.com/iphonegames/ is a great site. Can anyone comment (probably not) on the rumor that Apple may be partnering with Nintendo to add games to the iPhone for a price? 5) Accessible Adobe Reader. One thing I miss from my old PDA phone is the ability to have ebooks on my phone. When waiting for appointments or simply "killing time" I liked always having a book with me. This would be very nice. Also accessing my son's textbooks via Adobe would be great. 6) I also agree with one of the other individuals who asked for a Contacts icon on the home page. It would be nice not to have to go through the phone icon to look up something on a contact. Thanks