I'm pretty sure this has something to do with music licensing laws... or something. That's what I read somewhere anyway.
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iPhone 2.2 Firmware: What should it include?
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I'm pretty sure this has something to do with music licensing laws... or something. That's what I read somewhere anyway.
I think that it should include support for more languages. at the moment Greek language is not supported, one of the few languages not to be supported. This is odd as the iphone is available in Greece for some time now...
What needs to be included are the basic functions of any basic phone...
mms
delete individual SMS
SMS counter
........and the many other basic functions that idts lacking.
mms
delete individual SMS
SMS counter
........and the many other basic functions that idts lacking.
Update 2.2
How come everyone is always talking about copy and paste?
I can't see it being that useful, when would it really help that much?
I think it'd be much better to have a web browser that doesn't crash after 5 minutes... or get flash support, at least at some level
What do you think will happen in the next updates?
How come everyone is always talking about copy and paste?
I can't see it being that useful, when would it really help that much?
I think it'd be much better to have a web browser that doesn't crash after 5 minutes... or get flash support, at least at some level
What do you think will happen in the next updates?
Although I only occasionally would use copy and paste, I can see why so many people want it. Just tonight someone asked me to post an Ebay item number on another forum where I'm a member. Well, I couldn't memorize the number and it was silly to have two pages loaded and try to go back and forth. Copy and paste would have been extremely useful for that. Think about how much you use copy and paste on your computer. I'll bet, if you got it on the iPhone, you'd find yourself using it WAY more than you realize.
erm.. i could see it to be useful in many ways, just to name you a few on top of my head now:
-what if you send an text message and forgot to add (a) recipient, copy and paste would be handy to duplicate the text before, paste it, then send..
so much less trouble than to memorising the text and RETYPE THE WHOLE THING AGAIN!! (hate it)
-same goes with email..
-what if you found something really nice on safari and would want to email it to your friend? copy and paste would be GREAT for text or email? instead now we don't have this option??
-to do's application?? how great could it be to have copy and paste?
that's the few i could think of right now(just got up from sleep), there is more to it though!!
-what if you send an text message and forgot to add (a) recipient, copy and paste would be handy to duplicate the text before, paste it, then send..
so much less trouble than to memorising the text and RETYPE THE WHOLE THING AGAIN!! (hate it)-same goes with email..
-what if you found something really nice on safari and would want to email it to your friend? copy and paste would be GREAT for text or email? instead now we don't have this option??
-to do's application?? how great could it be to have copy and paste?
that's the few i could think of right now(just got up from sleep), there is more to it though!!
I would only want Copy and Paste for when I recieve a Text Message that sends me to viewmymessage.com and they give you that ridiculous login and password.
Or they could just give me MMS, which if I had to pick one over the other it would always be MMS.
Or they could just give me MMS, which if I had to pick one over the other it would always be MMS.
I really could have used it this week when I received a FedEx tracking number that was not hotlinked. That has happened several times before too. Also when someone sent me a hexidecimal WEP code that I needed for a secure router to get my iphone on wifi. Would have been REALLY handy then!
The stupid thing about that is that viewmymessage.com works just fine with GET requests so AT&T could easily format that URL to include the username & password and direct link to the message. It wouldn't be as secure as a POST as the username/password is in plain text within the URL but who really cares for a MMS?
You get a text message or email containing the venue for a meeting. From that text message you want to do the following things:
1) Forward the details on to a colleague/friend who is also attending.
2) Add the details to your calendar including the address, etc.
3) Create a new contact for the venue, should you get lost/delayed.
Apple adding copy and paste would certainly make life easier, meaning you didn't have to have a pen and paper to write it all down and type it back in three times in the different apps.
1) Forward the details on to a colleague/friend who is also attending.
2) Add the details to your calendar including the address, etc.
3) Create a new contact for the venue, should you get lost/delayed.
Apple adding copy and paste would certainly make life easier, meaning you didn't have to have a pen and paper to write it all down and type it back in three times in the different apps.
While all these things sound great........
I would really like Jobbs and his team to let us have the option to personalize our iPhones a little more. I know this isn't going to happen in 2.2 but hopefully in future Firmware updates.
I have resisted the urge to jailbreak my iPhone in hope that one day we will be given programs like Winter board to customize backgrounds etc.
I know this isn't as important as cut and paste (not that that is important to me) or Push or MMS etc.
But it really helps make it your own, I'm sure you all know what I mean. Even a few preset themes would be nice (like what the BlackBerrys have!) I'm just getting sick of that black background!
I would really like Jobbs and his team to let us have the option to personalize our iPhones a little more. I know this isn't going to happen in 2.2 but hopefully in future Firmware updates.
I have resisted the urge to jailbreak my iPhone in hope that one day we will be given programs like Winter board to customize backgrounds etc.
I know this isn't as important as cut and paste (not that that is important to me) or Push or MMS etc.
But it really helps make it your own, I'm sure you all know what I mean. Even a few preset themes would be nice (like what the BlackBerrys have!) I'm just getting sick of that black background!
font size options
background customization
list view in main menu
bluetooth file transfer !!! shame on you APPLE!!! i want to share my low quality photos taken with this phone with others!
turn by turn navigation !!! APPLE, i never use my internal GPS !!! let the developers release a damn app that does that!
wireless sync for contacts, ical, bookmarks etc. by connecting my phone every time to sync stuff i ruin my battery.
FLASH plugin in safari !!! half the internet is flash content !!!
video capture!!! APPLE wtf !!!
add a beep on low battery
add more icons to the dock
let me add and manage notes from my mac
let me manage messages and e-mails from my mac
reinvent your included ipod! make it continue to the next track when i'm in the cover flow view.
i want to receive and take calls while on my mac via bluetooth.
real log for my calls !!! APPLE my 5 years old nokia 6600 can do that!!!
profiles
let me use my iphone as an external hdd.
and i can do this all night
Steve, just get a nokia phone with symbian os and learn from them! if u want to produce the best phone out there don't let out the features that other phones have for years!
!!! APPLE !!! you make the BEST computers with the BEST operating system out there, BUT my n95 beats the sh#t out of my iphone. shame on you APPLE!!!
background customization
list view in main menu
bluetooth file transfer !!! shame on you APPLE!!! i want to share my low quality photos taken with this phone with others!
turn by turn navigation !!! APPLE, i never use my internal GPS !!! let the developers release a damn app that does that!
wireless sync for contacts, ical, bookmarks etc. by connecting my phone every time to sync stuff i ruin my battery.
FLASH plugin in safari !!! half the internet is flash content !!!
video capture!!! APPLE wtf !!!
add a beep on low battery
add more icons to the dock
let me add and manage notes from my mac
let me manage messages and e-mails from my mac
reinvent your included ipod! make it continue to the next track when i'm in the cover flow view.
i want to receive and take calls while on my mac via bluetooth.
real log for my calls !!! APPLE my 5 years old nokia 6600 can do that!!!
profiles
let me use my iphone as an external hdd.
and i can do this all night
Steve, just get a nokia phone with symbian os and learn from them! if u want to produce the best phone out there don't let out the features that other phones have for years!
!!! APPLE !!! you make the BEST computers with the BEST operating system out there, BUT my n95 beats the sh#t out of my iphone. shame on you APPLE!!!
In order of importance:
STABLE mobile safari (been crashing since original launch of 1G)
Push Notification Service (APNS)
MMS
Copy, cut and paste
Video recording
Minor tweaks and small features (forward sms etc.)
But we will probably not see any of these in a long time. APNS is up next in 2.3 if it's not included in 2.2. The last on the list come with something small added each fw update
STABLE mobile safari (been crashing since original launch of 1G)
Push Notification Service (APNS)
MMS
Copy, cut and paste
Video recording
Minor tweaks and small features (forward sms etc.)
But we will probably not see any of these in a long time. APNS is up next in 2.3 if it's not included in 2.2. The last on the list come with something small added each fw update
Firmware 2.2
1) Cut & Paste - Should have been here from the beginning but I dont think Apple has a system that works yet. Because apps cant write to other apps in the current iPhone OS so that makes it very challenging to apply a system to copy & paste. In order to do this Apple may have to change alot things in the OS which their not willing to do. So we may never see this but since Apple is marketing the iPhone towards the business class they gonna have to come up with something.
2) Mail App - I think Apple have their killer app here but it needs work. First of all it needs to support push. I use Gmail that supports IMAP IDLE which I think is just as great. I have an T-Mobile G1 which supports push gmail. My emails actually come faster to my iPhone than to my G1 but i do understand why having push is very important. There should also be a way to to mark all emails as read or unread because I receive notification emails. I want to receive them but I don't have to read them so it would be nice to mark them as read. There should also be a way to sync notes and To dos. I'm listing this here because its apart of Mail(OS X)/Outlook(PC). Also since we cant MMS you should at least give us the ability to email multiple photos. Last, I would like to have a screen to see all incoming mail for all mail accounts. I hate switching between accounts.
Really all i'm trying to say is the Mail app on the iPhone should be able to do everything the mail app on my Mac can!
3) Calendar App - The iPhone should have CalDAV support. CalDAV is a standard allowing a client to access scheduling information on a remote server. Let me put this in lame-mans terms. If you don't use Exchange/Mobile Me on your iPhone theres no way to sync events over the air. I use Google calendar so theres no way for me to add/edit/delete/move (add attendees) an event over the air. I have to sync it to iTunes which I don't always have time to do. Its funny because Apple were one of the first big companies to adopt CalDAV support as a standard in OS X. So why not support it in the iPhone? Also I would like to have a week view but thats not that important.
The same applies here. I want my calendar app on the iPhone to do everything iCal can!
4) SMS/MMS - I dont know what Apple was thinking but they got this all wrong. First of all we need SMS forwarding. We need the ability delete individual text. All text should be time stamped. Last but not least we need MMS! Come on Apple your killing me! This shouldve been here by now. I cant even think of a reason why Apple isnt allow this!
5) Bluetooth Profiles/A2DP - I'm listing this but I guarantee this will never happen. First of all Apple has the made for iPhone/iPod campaign. Apple makes money by charging 3rd party companies to make accessories for the iPhone/iPod. If they were to add more bluetooth profiles any company with a bluetooth device could connect to the iPhone/iPod without paying Apple. Also all the companies that already paid Apple would probably sue them. So without more bluetooth profiles there cannot be A2DP. Also Apple doesnt want you to transfer files from the iPhone. Thinking you might start transferring music. Which means iTunes make less money because you can just copy a song from a friend. So I can 100% guarantee that anything that uses bluetooth besides for bluetooth headsets wont be allowed by Apple.
I Know Apple see the iPhone as a iPod that makes calls and not a Phone thats also a iPod. Meaning its a iPod first so Apple intensionally handicaps the iPhone. Which is all wrong. The iPhone has the potential to be the best mobile phone ever. It can be the first phone to truly be your mobile office. Its almost like having your computer in your hand. So why not make it that way!
1) Cut & Paste - Should have been here from the beginning but I dont think Apple has a system that works yet. Because apps cant write to other apps in the current iPhone OS so that makes it very challenging to apply a system to copy & paste. In order to do this Apple may have to change alot things in the OS which their not willing to do. So we may never see this but since Apple is marketing the iPhone towards the business class they gonna have to come up with something.
2) Mail App - I think Apple have their killer app here but it needs work. First of all it needs to support push. I use Gmail that supports IMAP IDLE which I think is just as great. I have an T-Mobile G1 which supports push gmail. My emails actually come faster to my iPhone than to my G1 but i do understand why having push is very important. There should also be a way to to mark all emails as read or unread because I receive notification emails. I want to receive them but I don't have to read them so it would be nice to mark them as read. There should also be a way to sync notes and To dos. I'm listing this here because its apart of Mail(OS X)/Outlook(PC). Also since we cant MMS you should at least give us the ability to email multiple photos. Last, I would like to have a screen to see all incoming mail for all mail accounts. I hate switching between accounts.
Really all i'm trying to say is the Mail app on the iPhone should be able to do everything the mail app on my Mac can!
3) Calendar App - The iPhone should have CalDAV support. CalDAV is a standard allowing a client to access scheduling information on a remote server. Let me put this in lame-mans terms. If you don't use Exchange/Mobile Me on your iPhone theres no way to sync events over the air. I use Google calendar so theres no way for me to add/edit/delete/move (add attendees) an event over the air. I have to sync it to iTunes which I don't always have time to do. Its funny because Apple were one of the first big companies to adopt CalDAV support as a standard in OS X. So why not support it in the iPhone? Also I would like to have a week view but thats not that important.
The same applies here. I want my calendar app on the iPhone to do everything iCal can!
4) SMS/MMS - I dont know what Apple was thinking but they got this all wrong. First of all we need SMS forwarding. We need the ability delete individual text. All text should be time stamped. Last but not least we need MMS! Come on Apple your killing me! This shouldve been here by now. I cant even think of a reason why Apple isnt allow this!
5) Bluetooth Profiles/A2DP - I'm listing this but I guarantee this will never happen. First of all Apple has the made for iPhone/iPod campaign. Apple makes money by charging 3rd party companies to make accessories for the iPhone/iPod. If they were to add more bluetooth profiles any company with a bluetooth device could connect to the iPhone/iPod without paying Apple. Also all the companies that already paid Apple would probably sue them. So without more bluetooth profiles there cannot be A2DP. Also Apple doesnt want you to transfer files from the iPhone. Thinking you might start transferring music. Which means iTunes make less money because you can just copy a song from a friend. So I can 100% guarantee that anything that uses bluetooth besides for bluetooth headsets wont be allowed by Apple.
I Know Apple see the iPhone as a iPod that makes calls and not a Phone thats also a iPod. Meaning its a iPod first so Apple intensionally handicaps the iPhone. Which is all wrong. The iPhone has the potential to be the best mobile phone ever. It can be the first phone to truly be your mobile office. Its almost like having your computer in your hand. So why not make it that way!