single most important thing you'd like to see on touch. [Archive]

eplchamps0304

Mar 26, 2008, 09:36 PM

FM Radio Tuner and speaker:)

I meant on the current generation. What one thing you could add to your current touch via software or hardware that would send you into a state of utopia.

telf22

Mar 26, 2008, 09:41 PM

i'd love to be able to rent/buy vids and podcats from the itunes store

swiftaw

Mar 26, 2008, 09:45 PM

ical's to do list

DuckSoup

Mar 26, 2008, 10:05 PM

I meant on the current generation. What one thing you could add to your current touch via software or hardware that would send you into a state of utopia.

If that's the case, would the GPS you wished for in your OP simply be a software upgrade? I have no idea but it seems to me that if the hardware was GPS capable we'd have it enabled right now.

For me, it would be a spreadsheet app, then it could pretty much totally replace my present 4.5 year-old HP Pocket PC/PDA (with a few missing features the Pocket PC has, like bluetooth, but I'd live)

Mike

iTeen

Mar 26, 2008, 10:15 PM

A radio section in the itunes.app for internet radio.

eplchamps0304

Mar 26, 2008, 11:50 PM

If that's the case, would the GPS you wished for in your OP simply be a software upgrade? I have no idea but it seems to me that if the hardware was GPS capable we'd have it enabled right now.

For me, it would be a spreadsheet app, then it could pretty much totally replace my present 4.5 year-old HP Pocket PC/PDA (with a few missing features the Pocket PC has, like bluetooth, but I'd live)

Mike

the gps would be an add on device through the dock. There is already one in the works.

DuckSoup

Mar 27, 2008, 06:37 AM

the gps would be an add on device through the dock. There is already one in the works.

Yeah, I thought of that after I posted and re-read your second post (which replied to the FM-Tuner/speaker request).

However, couldn't the same (through the dock port) easily be done too for the FM tuner and speaker? Or am I (most likely) missing something?

Mike

tacofreak

Mar 27, 2008, 07:24 AM

they already have a GPS but its an add on which plugs into the bottom and you must JB your device.

then they already have mini speakers in which you plug into the bottom..

and the FM tuner i would like to see in the future:apple:

baadtaste

Mar 27, 2008, 09:54 AM

With the new software-update there is a GPS-like function via Yahoo maps - although it does not work everywhere. To get GPS you need a satelite sender/receiver as the Ground Position System is based on satelite information.

What I would like is a separate more powerful interface to manage my touch because I use it for other stuff - contact info etc. Not too happy with iTunes for this task.

Philsy

Mar 27, 2008, 12:43 PM

ical's to do list

I'll second that!

Moocher

Mar 27, 2008, 01:19 PM

accessible volume control with screen off

dbyl2

Mar 27, 2008, 04:32 PM

I would like to be able to see comments in the youtube player,flash, and to get movies/tv shows from the wifi store

marold280

Mar 27, 2008, 05:11 PM

built in speaker, doesnt have to be that good.
i dont need gps, maps is good enough.
rent movies from the itunes store.
volume controls on the side
:D

blodwyn

Mar 27, 2008, 05:56 PM

The ability to sync notes would be good, surely it can't be that difficult.

4DThinker

Mar 27, 2008, 06:10 PM

I want a screen that is fingerprint/smudge proof. Surely some engineer or chemist can figure this out. If touch interfaces are the future it is going to be a smudgy one unless they do.

4D ;)

Zwhaler

Mar 27, 2008, 06:39 PM

Speaker, YouTube comments and the ability to adjust volume while the thing is in sleep mode. :cool:

eplchamps0304

Mar 27, 2008, 07:43 PM

AceFernalld

Mar 27, 2008, 07:49 PM

Bluetooth via Software Update
No one knows if the chip is in there or not, yet.

PMB

Mar 27, 2008, 08:14 PM

Bluetooth via Software Update
No one knows if the chip is in there or not, yet.
Yep, its NOT there. so it would be a new ipod.

For me its a camera.

richpjr

Mar 28, 2008, 02:24 AM

A GPS without maps is kinda useless, so a company like TomTom or one of the others will have to come out with software and maps that can be downloaded onto your iPod. With the limited memory on the devices, I'm not sure how much sense a GPS makes, unless they bump up the storage capacity by a pretty large amount.

Scott Zargold

Mar 28, 2008, 03:11 AM

Gps

Cinematographer

Mar 28, 2008, 04:37 AM

ical's to do list

This and Keynote. I'd like to connect the iPod touch to the beamer and play a Keynote presentation, and use the Apple remote with it. Would be awesome. :)

djjoja

Mar 28, 2008, 10:03 AM

speaker!!

Cinematographer

Mar 28, 2008, 10:31 AM

No speaker, please. That would be horrible. :eek:

PMB

Mar 28, 2008, 11:57 AM

For me its a gps add-on.

With the new software-update there is a GPS-like function via Yahoo maps - although it does not work everywhere. To get GPS you need a satelite sender/receiver as the Ground Position System is based on satelite information.

What I would like is a separate more powerful interface to manage my touch because I use it for other stuff - contact info etc. Not too happy with iTunes for this task.

Gps

What the heck is with GPS? the iphone basicly has this with the positioning system, and maps? so, why not get a iphone?

brandonzar

Mar 28, 2008, 11:58 AM

I would love to be able to get podcasts over Wi-Fi. I like to watch the NBC nightly news podcast and I hate syncing every day just to get it on the touch. I would also like to see a speaker on the touch, I saw this case www.ifrogz.com for the nano and I really want it for the touch. If they added a landscape stand it would be even better.

PMB

Mar 28, 2008, 12:00 PM

digitalnicotine

Mar 28, 2008, 12:14 PM

I got the case from ifrogz.com too, and have since replaced it. I didn't hate it, and have their cases on all of my iPods, but for my touch, I decided to get the Paul Frank (red) case on :apple:.com, and like it better. My complaint with the ifrogz case is that it was a dust/lint magnet, as I got the black one, because they don't have nearly as many color options as they do for other iPods. Other than that, it was great for protection.

I'd love to have installed games that I could play when outside a hotspot. I'd also like it to allow for a customized interface like available with Jailbreak.

brandonzar

Mar 28, 2008, 12:58 PM

I don't care nearly as much about the case as I do the speakers it has built in.;)

Philsy

Mar 28, 2008, 04:37 PM

The ability to make phone calls, send text messages and take photos.

Oh, hang on.... :)

the vj

Mar 28, 2008, 05:07 PM

Just like the Lemur: http://www.cycling74.com/products/lemur

eplchamps0304

Mar 28, 2008, 07:58 PM

I would love to be able to get podcasts over Wi-Fi. I like to watch the NBC nightly news podcast and I hate syncing every day just to get it on the touch.r.
well I'm doing that right now. Espn, bbc, etc

chrisb.

Mar 29, 2008, 02:49 AM

adobe flash

LizKat

Mar 29, 2008, 03:36 PM

No speaker, please. That would be horrible. :eek:

I have thought a speaker would be great (and external volume controls like on the iPhone). But, speaker quality for the desired price point could end up not so hot -- and then why bother?! Probably Apple went around on this already when they dumbed down the iPhone design for iPod touch the first time.

clyde2801

Mar 29, 2008, 04:13 PM

pron?

KIDDING! KIDDING!!!

Philsy

Mar 29, 2008, 04:54 PM

pron?

KIDDING! KIDDING!!!

Spell check? :D

clyde2801

Mar 29, 2008, 05:48 PM

Spell check? :D

Oh yeah, that would make it easier to search for pron!

Skilgannon

Mar 29, 2008, 06:31 PM

A camera.

If in the next gen they put a 5MP camera with 3x optical zoom I'll buy it in no time!

davidy

Mar 29, 2008, 06:41 PM

ical's to do list

ToDo list available through Installer. PolarBearFarm.com as source.

ynotds

Mar 29, 2008, 07:09 PM

For things that can't be said in words.

(Yeah I do remember the Newton.)

eplchamps0304

Mar 29, 2008, 07:09 PM

To clarify, this thread is about the current touch and not next gen.

cbrain

Mar 29, 2008, 07:11 PM

A speaker.

davidy

Mar 29, 2008, 07:18 PM

accessible volume control with screen off

Pocket Touch through installer. Source http://www.touchrepo.com/repo.xml

When playing music it blacks out the screen and allows volume changes with a up or down swipe; track changes with left and right swipes; pause and resume with screen tap.

aethelbert

Mar 29, 2008, 07:53 PM

If in the next gen they put a 5MP camera with 3x optical zoom I'll buy it in no time!
If that's what you want, you might as well go buy a real digital camera.

crazzyeddie

Mar 29, 2008, 09:32 PM

I would really like the ability to download podcasts over wifi (as mentioned previously). This should be very simple. iTunes should just tell your Touch what you're subscribed to...

Also, although not possible in this version of the Touch, a vibration function would be nice. It would alert you to new emails when you don't have your earphones on and would be really nice for games.

eplchamps0304

Mar 30, 2008, 01:29 AM

Algalli

Mar 30, 2008, 08:07 AM

I would like the ability to record voice via an external microphone. This should be easy to add.

scotty96LSC

Mar 30, 2008, 09:17 AM

Another vote for Flash.

menthol moose

Mar 30, 2008, 11:51 AM

I'd like to see some sort of IPTV. I'm not sure if it's doable, but it would be awesome just to pick up television shows on on an airplane with Wi-fi.

ipodtouchpros

Mar 30, 2008, 05:40 PM

I want the Flash player on the iPod Touch soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad!!!!!!!!! It drives me crazy that I can only watch videos on youtube and I can't see pictures on a lot of websites!!!!!!! The next best thing would definitely be the speakers!!!!!! I know it has one because whenever you jailbreak it, you can hear all of the clicking when you type out loud!!!!

davidy

Mar 30, 2008, 09:15 PM

I would like the ability to record voice via an external microphone. This should be easy to add.

The microphone is here http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/12/touch-4-voip-mi.html

The program is VNotes available through Installer. PolarBearFarm.com is the source.

herve5

Mar 31, 2008, 04:05 AM

if there is a port of pingtunnel scripts to the touch/phone, then you get free access back home and from there to anywhere, from any location with a wifi signal, without even bothering to think about open or closed network...
check it out, it already works on linux, win, and macos...

baadtaste

Mar 31, 2008, 06:56 AM

What the heck is with GPS? the iphone basicly has this with the positioning system, and maps? so, why not get a iphone?

I would LOVE to get an iPhone extept Apple is haggling with the Phone companies where I live, and most likely they will bind it to one I don't use!!!!!! In other words, it is not even on the market yet - unless i could get someone to bring me one from US and then hack it... a possibility of course, but I would rather spend time using it, not hacking it!

JAT

Mar 31, 2008, 07:29 AM

accessible volume control with screen off

That's built in. Double-click the Home button.

Or the post above for an app that takes away the need to look at the screen to use the controls.

Algalli

Mar 31, 2008, 08:07 AM

The microphone is here http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/12/touch-4-voip-mi.html

The program is VNotes available through Installer. PolarBearFarm.com is the source.

Has anyone used the touch 4 voip microphone?

hansvon

Mar 31, 2008, 10:23 AM

I want to see removeable disk drive use enabled! gah, it's so obnoxious that I still carry around my old brick zen to use as external storage when I could just carry everything I need on one device (I don't have a base computer, I'm hoping to get one at graduation, and I travel around to a lot of people's computers in my dorm who don't have iTunes 7.4, so I would like to be able to carry the Installer around with me)

sers

Mar 31, 2008, 11:22 AM

Rent / buy movies from iTunes and listen to Internet Radio. Cut and paste feature would be nice, too.

davidy

Mar 31, 2008, 11:34 AM

Has anyone used the touch 4 voip microphone?

I use it, and VNotes, every week for one thing or another. It's a lot easier than writing a note down on the fly.

The microphone inserts right into the docking port. It sticks out only 11/16 inches and is 1 1/64 inches wide.

The program is simple to use. Touch the icon, touch two "buttons" and start talking. Touch again to stop. The message is saved with a date and time but can be renamed to anything you want. It can also be sent to an email address.

Hi-Fi? No. But it does produce recognizable, understandable and undistorted speech.

Highly recommended combination.

miranon

Mar 31, 2008, 02:28 PM

Better sound quality!

dtommyd

Apr 1, 2008, 04:06 AM

1. I want and offline news reader. I just got mine ipod touch 2 days ago so maybe I'm missing something. iWebsaver doesn't cut it for me. I'm already sick of emailing myself news and reading it offline with the google.
2. a speaker. I have a small one that goes into the bottom later this week but...
3. Orb.com integration. I can get lots of my video streamed to me but I need my tv streamed live (the whole flash problem). I don't even watch that much tv I just want it.

Other than that I love it. I do know though, if I can't get the offline news thing figured out (workaround) I'm going to Jailbreak this thing. I paid 300 bucks for it and it is mine. Not Apple's. I paid for it. Mine.

baadtaste

Apr 2, 2008, 09:55 AM

I paid 300 bucks for it and it is mine. Not Apple's. I paid for it. Mine.

My Precious

drkrobotnik

Apr 2, 2008, 11:13 AM

Snips

Apr 2, 2008, 12:06 PM

General wireless iTunes syncing when in range of host Mac / Windows machine. This would go someway towards take care of those wanting wireless podcast pick-up.

Video out supported by all apps (or the device in general), not just YouTube and video play-back.

Comprehensive bluetooth support for GPS, car-stereo integration, wireless full-size keyboard - the works!

RSS reader.

AFAIK, all this could be achieved through software.

miranon

Apr 2, 2008, 06:04 PM

My Precious

lol. :apple: :D

cbrain

Apr 3, 2008, 03:00 AM

The next best thing would definitely be the speakers!!!!!! I know it has one because whenever you jailbreak it, you can hear all of the clicking when you type out loud!!!!

That's all that speaker is capable of, even if you did get it to play proper sounds, the quality would be appalling.

thatonekid393

Apr 3, 2008, 08:08 AM

A custom-designed app for Pandora internet radio. You put in a song or band name, and it lets you listen to music that is similar to it. I've expanded my little library quite a bit through listening to Pandora :)

pandora.com if anyone's interested.

In the app, you'd be able to store the song name and artist in some sort of built-in list, and when you get home, you could download that song.

atomheartmother

Apr 4, 2008, 09:55 PM

Another vote for Flash.

Definately Flash. Why hasn't this been included already? It's annoying that I can't watch most videos on the internet (such as TV shows I'm trying to catch up on). Is it just a ploy to get people to buy them in the iTunes Store?

atomheartmother

Apr 4, 2008, 09:58 PM

WPA-ENTERPRISE COMPATIBILITY

how frustrating when there is badass wifi all around and you cant use it?

i've emailed apple a few times and nobody ever replied or did anything about it.

i think my school has found a way around it though which i should go investigate.

If you find anything out, pass it along. I'm in the same boat with you (along with TONS of other people). Supposedly the June update is supposed to fix it. *Fingers crossed*

aethelbert

Apr 4, 2008, 10:26 PM

Definately Flash. Why hasn't this been included already? It's annoying that I can't watch most videos on the internet (such as TV shows I'm trying to catch up on). Is it just a ploy to get people to buy them in the iTunes Store?
First off, flash sucks and always has on basically every mobile platform. Choppy playback and whatnot. Secondly, most useful flash files on the intenet require some sort of user interaction, something that can't really be done with the current UI. Thirdly, you do realize that 90% of the flash on the internet is advertising, right?

cwmehring

Apr 5, 2008, 08:37 AM

I'd like to be able to port my KeyChain over from my MacBook. I hate typing in my passwords and usernames all day long.

atomheartmother

Apr 5, 2008, 09:51 AM

First off, flash sucks and always has on basically every mobile platform. Choppy playback and whatnot. Secondly, most useful flash files on the intenet require some sort of user interaction, something that can't really be done with the current UI. Thirdly, you do realize that 90% of the flash on the internet is advertising, right?

I meant for watching videos. TONS of videos are Flash-based, especially online episodes of TV shows (e.g., Grey's Anatomy). I want to watch those on my Touch.

rsowers81

Apr 6, 2008, 09:05 PM

doesnt the itouch have to have a speaker in it for the alarm clock and stuff, someone just needs to make it so music can play over it.

The iKid

Apr 6, 2008, 10:38 PM

For me it has to be a flash player. I hate only being able to watch youtube on my touch. Also some offline applications for the news and other things. Also some games would be nice where I don't need a wifi connection.

Hawkeye411

Apr 6, 2008, 10:39 PM

A camera would be great.

aethelbert

Apr 6, 2008, 10:45 PM

I meant for watching videos. TONS of videos are Flash-based, especially online episodes of TV shows (e.g., Grey's Anatomy). I want to watch those on my Touch.
Still, they'll be slow as hell and probably not even watchable. You wouldn't be able to control them with the current UI, either. And that would take up a lot of battery life... Flash takes power, the streaming takes power, the playback takes power and so does everything else that normally would.

bloodycape

Apr 7, 2008, 04:06 PM

ums support.

wizard

Apr 8, 2008, 08:11 PM

This just came to mind but I'm thinking more physical or environmental sensing. Things like temperature, humidity, air pressure and the like. There are all sorts of applications for such sensing but a couple of things come to mind.

1.
Would be games. Imagine tying game action into the physical environment, I think it would be pretty cool actually. A change of game play based on the local temperature for example or the sensing of sweat from a users hands, could be used to enhance gaming experience.

2.
The information would be useful when logged with location data.

3.
Local weather information.

Since much of this sort of sensing can already be done inexpensively, possibly with micromechanical devices like the accelerometers, price should be impacted significantly

Dave