like many of the cheap phones when you go into your messaging it asks if you want to do a sms text, mms text, or voice text. iphone should do the same
This is unlikely due to the fact that the iPhone can not send MMS messages or voice text.
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This is unlikely due to the fact that the iPhone can not send MMS messages or voice text.
If this were to be implemented, never going to happen, you could use the three finger hold and the page swipe
They should introduce new gestures to the springboard - swipe up and down - that take you to user-set features. For example, swipe up could take you to the phone keypad, and swipe down could take you to a new SMS. Would save some time/presses in getting at those frequently-used features.
What I'd Like To See
These have probably been listed already but there are too many posts to read to check:
- Ability to turn off Cover Flow. Don't use it and it's a pain when you're handling your phone with one hand and it switches and you can't get it to flip back.
- Syncing of notes (just don't understand why this isn't included)
- Verbalization of instructions on map directions
- Ability to answer phone by clicking a speaker button
- Flash - oh please please please add Flash
- Home page wallpaper
- Ability to use music library in Alarm
- Picture messaging
- Sync via Wifi or bluetooth
- Ability to link contacts with calendar events
- Disk mode (preferably via usb as well as wifi)
- Bookmarkable Podcasts in iPhone iTunes store
- Landscape on all apps in which you type (mail, SMS)
- Video recording
That's it for now.
These have probably been listed already but there are too many posts to read to check:
- Ability to turn off Cover Flow. Don't use it and it's a pain when you're handling your phone with one hand and it switches and you can't get it to flip back.
- Syncing of notes (just don't understand why this isn't included)
- Verbalization of instructions on map directions
- Ability to answer phone by clicking a speaker button
- Flash - oh please please please add Flash
- Home page wallpaper
- Ability to use music library in Alarm
- Picture messaging
- Sync via Wifi or bluetooth
- Ability to link contacts with calendar events
- Disk mode (preferably via usb as well as wifi)
- Bookmarkable Podcasts in iPhone iTunes store
- Landscape on all apps in which you type (mail, SMS)
- Video recording
That's it for now.
BFrench hits on some good ones which I expand upon.
More so we need a file system browser and a full scale PDF viewer supported by Apple. The primary concern is the viewing of documents in the field. Preview for the iPhone if you will.
The API also needs to be expanded so that apps have a common storage area. This so things like Safari can download docs and save them for later viewing. I believe Apple can do this in a secure way.
To the list I'd like to add the following:
Finish off the contacts app so that simply things like setting how the contact is viewed (company or persons name) are possible.
Offer up the option of manual exposure controls on the camera.
The iPhone needs fuller support of common media files found on the internet, especially within the E-Mail and Safari apps. Safari would likely need to be updated to HTML 5 standards but the ability to handle MPEG MPV and other media files seen commonly on the web must be resolved. Even when Flash is taken out of the loop there are still to many compatibility problems with Safari. In other words Safari still needs a lot of work and it crashes too MUCH.
Dave
So far this hasn't been an issue for me. I will admit though the way Cover Flow is handled at times is clunky and sometimes you just want a landscape view list.
This one I don't understand myself, more so I want my stocks app to stay in sync with my Dashboard stocks app. Frankly I'd like both of these apps to work well with my @mac.com account. That includes mac.com(me.com) programs that work just like E-Mail and contacts do as far as synchronization goes. Notes is currently a bit useless as the whole point of an iPhone machine is to be able to keep your main platforms up to date while in the field.
Well I sort of understand this but what is really needed on iPhone is a real GPS app. That is one that works even when you are out of range of any data connection. Getting it to speak is just icing on the cake.
OK we are not going to agree on every item here. Flash sucks but I will admit it is handy to have installed. The problem on iPhone is the lack of memory and processor resources. Flash might be OK on a more advanced iPhone but I'm not excited about what flash might do to an otherwise responsive iPhone.
Not a bad idea, but likely a licensing issue. I calendar though I'd like to be able to specify alarms that don't stop until acknowledged by the user.
I don't sue so I have no desire for it. In fact I disabled SMS on my machine due to AT&T raping users. It is very possible to wean yourself from the old ways of doing things. I'm not so much one to object to the tech but do object to the screwing the carries give their customers for what is in effect a service that costs them nothing.
Yes that would be nice (the syncing), but I'd go further. That means a full BluTooth stack and associated profiles. If not all Blutooth profiles at least the common ones.
I'm not sure what that is all about, but sounds interesting.
YES!
More so we need a file system browser and a full scale PDF viewer supported by Apple. The primary concern is the viewing of documents in the field. Preview for the iPhone if you will.
The API also needs to be expanded so that apps have a common storage area. This so things like Safari can download docs and save them for later viewing. I believe Apple can do this in a secure way.
Yep this is huge too. In fact landscape in Mail is an extremely important feature and should be extremely high on Apples list. The problem of course is that some E-Mail is formatted in such a way that landscape mode just works better.
Actually I would hope that Apple implements a measurably better camera and offers up manual exposure controls for that camera.
To the list I'd like to add the following:
Finish off the contacts app so that simply things like setting how the contact is viewed (company or persons name) are possible.
Offer up the option of manual exposure controls on the camera.
The iPhone needs fuller support of common media files found on the internet, especially within the E-Mail and Safari apps. Safari would likely need to be updated to HTML 5 standards but the ability to handle MPEG MPV and other media files seen commonly on the web must be resolved. Even when Flash is taken out of the loop there are still to many compatibility problems with Safari. In other words Safari still needs a lot of work and it crashes too MUCH.
Dave
What I mean by linking calendar events and contacts is this:
I've had a couple of occasions where I have an appointment for something and it is with someone in my contact list. Right now you either have to write the phone number into the calendar event or go into contacts and pull up the record. You should be able to click the contact name or something in the calendar event that either pulls up the contact record or dials the number associated.
Oh, one more thing:
As with text messages where you get the 'dialog' when you get a message, how about one when you get email so you don't have to exit out of what you are doing to check to see who the email is from.
I've had a couple of occasions where I have an appointment for something and it is with someone in my contact list. Right now you either have to write the phone number into the calendar event or go into contacts and pull up the record. You should be able to click the contact name or something in the calendar event that either pulls up the contact record or dials the number associated.
Oh, one more thing:
As with text messages where you get the 'dialog' when you get a message, how about one when you get email so you don't have to exit out of what you are doing to check to see who the email is from.
I would like to have the option for Cover Flow to be limited to the playlist you're currently viewing.
Everytime I enter cover flow it just shows every album I've got. I just want to see the playlist lol
So perhaps that could be an option to at least turn on, since I'm sure some would still want to see everything no matter which playlist is active.
Everytime I enter cover flow it just shows every album I've got. I just want to see the playlist lol
So perhaps that could be an option to at least turn on, since I'm sure some would still want to see everything no matter which playlist is active.
Here's what I sent apple via their iPhone feedback crap on their website
You promised us push notification service for August 2008. Obama was behind in the polls when you guys were announcing these features and he's already sworn in as president. What's going on? I clearly remember watching the Keynote presentation and you specifically stating that we would have these features by August. You're 5 months late.
In January 2007 you also mentioned that Notes would sync. You're 2 years late on that.
You're also behind on cut/copy/paste. Why? BlackBerry seems to do it just fine.
iPhone still doesn't do MMS. You say email solves this, but most phones don't do HTML emails. MMS is needed. Why not? Just do it! darn... sigh... all that...
iPhone's Safari browser still doesn't do Flash nor Java. Why? sigh.. darn... all that... Java would be nice, but Flash is needed.
The iPhone doesn't let me know when I'm over 160 characters when sending SMS, so I don't know when my text message turns into 2 messages instead of 1.
I'd like a blinking LED to let me know I have an email or missed call. I'm tired of having to manually turn the screen on to check for missed calls when there's a better way for the phone to inform me of this. Saves battery, I think.
I want landscape mode for every app. The little upright keyboard is hell to type into. SMS and Mail could sure use this.
I want iChat with video.
I want voice dialing.
I want to record video. A 10 dollar phone can do it. Why can't my 300 dollar iPhone do it too?
It needs a flash for the camera. It NEEDS this. iPhone can't take pictures at night. So basically the iPhone has a camera for 12 hours a day and a black abstract photo generator the rest of the time.
I want to record audio.
iPhone lacks tactile feedback... I can't type with 1 hand without making 10 mistakes per word. Either give us a real keyboard or give us tactile feedback.
I want UMS
I want to be able to edit and create documents. All smartphones do this.
I want to tether. For free, I'm already paying for unlimited data. Doesn't the word "unlimited" actually mean without limit? This means that I don't have any limit as to the use of the data. I want to tether. Don't charge me extra, my carrier doesn't charge me extra, my phone manufacturer shouldn't either.
I want a file browser.
I want to attach files to my emails, many files. Not just 1 photo.
My carrier only charges me for outgoing calls, incoming calls are free. I want them measured separately.
I want a battery life time estimate like on OSX Desktop.
Spotlight search EVERYTHING. Mail, Calendars, Contacts, Files, Photos.... etc...
Delete an individual entry in the phone log. Sometimes I want to get rid of just 1 call I made and I'm stuck with wiping all the calls. Separate incoming/outgoing calls and add a call timer for each call made so I can better manage my minutes.
Undo/redo feature.
Photobooth effects for the camera (would be nice to have, but not essential).
A hardware button for the camera. Kind of hard to figure out where the button is on the screen when you're taking a picture of yourself.
I want free VoIP. Yes, you heard me... FREE. I'm paying for unlimited data, why should I be restricted to the data my carrier believes I should use. I'm paying for unlimited, I want unlimited. That means no limits.
Louder speaker. The BlackBerry Bold crushes the iPhone in this. And the iPhone is supposedly the best of the two when handling multimedia. I'm tired of taking crap from BB users. Help a brother out here.
Mail needs junk mail filters built into the iPhone.
I want to send VCards trough bluetooth.
I want the iPhone to tell me, when connected to my computer, of incoming calls through my computer's screen. Also I want Address Book on my mac to be able to send SMS through the iPhone when connected. I think Sony Ericssons can do this.
FM Radio. Sony Ericssons do this. Cheap 10 dollar phones do this!
Single Inbox option like in the Mail desktop app.
Store passwords for Safari so I don't have to manually log into every single website I use every time I want to use it.
I want iPod to create smart playlists.
I want Mail to create smart mailboxes.
I want to be able to delete a SINGLE text message from a conversation. Not the entire conversation.
I want detailed info on when a message was sent (specific time/date). Would be nice if you tapped the message bubble and it would flip around to display the info. All phones give me this info, iPhone doesn't.
When typing an email address I want the first spacebar tap to be the @ and the following ones to be periods.
When typing a web address I want the single spacebar taps to be periods.
I want to be able to stop my SMS messages, if I choose to, from showing up on my screen when the phone is in sleep mode. I don't want everyone around me reading my private info.
Music search in iPod. I want to type song names/artists/albums/genres without manually browsing them.
I want to stream music from my iPhone through AirTunes. Or at least enable the bluetooth so we can buy 3rd party hardware that will let us do this.
I want my contacts' birthdays to automatically be added to the Calendar app as an event and then to iCal as well.
I want to be able to flip the entire interface upside down. That way I can listen to music with the headphone jack facing down, not up. Would be nice to have.
I want to see shared media on my current wi-fi network like I do on my Mac. Open up iPod or Photos and have people's shared libraries available for use on my iPhone.
I want to be able to record voice calls. When someone is giving me instructions, like my boss, it would be nice if I could record this phone call so I can carry out the orders to perfection. Works well when someone is giving you directions to go somewhere as well.
Steve Jobs is a big "Fonts" guy. I know this. Cummon, gimme different fonts in the Notes app. I know you want to
Caps lock key.
Checkmark boxes in the Notes app.
More megapixels. Don't overdo it. 3.2 is just right. 5 is overkill.
If my phone is better, how come I see BlackBerry people using their phones more than I do? BB Messenger! When a good idea is out there, you copy it. Just copy BlackBerry's BB Messenger and name it iChat for iPhone. Please... pretty please...
I want to use my music library for my wake-up alarm. Sucks to wake up to "rriiingg".. but rocks to wake up to Dave Matthews. Makes a better start of the day.
Sync via Wi-Fi. The Zune does it.
That about covers all the features that would make the iPhone the best phone in the world.
P.S. My iPhone fell into a pool on New Year's eve, so I bought myself a Blackberry Bold until you guys figure out your push notification service mess and clusterf*ck. Give me some credit for waiting 5 extra months.
-J
You promised us push notification service for August 2008. Obama was behind in the polls when you guys were announcing these features and he's already sworn in as president. What's going on? I clearly remember watching the Keynote presentation and you specifically stating that we would have these features by August. You're 5 months late.
In January 2007 you also mentioned that Notes would sync. You're 2 years late on that.
You're also behind on cut/copy/paste. Why? BlackBerry seems to do it just fine.
iPhone still doesn't do MMS. You say email solves this, but most phones don't do HTML emails. MMS is needed. Why not? Just do it! darn... sigh... all that...
iPhone's Safari browser still doesn't do Flash nor Java. Why? sigh.. darn... all that... Java would be nice, but Flash is needed.
The iPhone doesn't let me know when I'm over 160 characters when sending SMS, so I don't know when my text message turns into 2 messages instead of 1.
I'd like a blinking LED to let me know I have an email or missed call. I'm tired of having to manually turn the screen on to check for missed calls when there's a better way for the phone to inform me of this. Saves battery, I think.
I want landscape mode for every app. The little upright keyboard is hell to type into. SMS and Mail could sure use this.
I want iChat with video.
I want voice dialing.
I want to record video. A 10 dollar phone can do it. Why can't my 300 dollar iPhone do it too?
It needs a flash for the camera. It NEEDS this. iPhone can't take pictures at night. So basically the iPhone has a camera for 12 hours a day and a black abstract photo generator the rest of the time.
I want to record audio.
iPhone lacks tactile feedback... I can't type with 1 hand without making 10 mistakes per word. Either give us a real keyboard or give us tactile feedback.
I want UMS
I want to be able to edit and create documents. All smartphones do this.
I want to tether. For free, I'm already paying for unlimited data. Doesn't the word "unlimited" actually mean without limit? This means that I don't have any limit as to the use of the data. I want to tether. Don't charge me extra, my carrier doesn't charge me extra, my phone manufacturer shouldn't either.
I want a file browser.
I want to attach files to my emails, many files. Not just 1 photo.
My carrier only charges me for outgoing calls, incoming calls are free. I want them measured separately.
I want a battery life time estimate like on OSX Desktop.
Spotlight search EVERYTHING. Mail, Calendars, Contacts, Files, Photos.... etc...
Delete an individual entry in the phone log. Sometimes I want to get rid of just 1 call I made and I'm stuck with wiping all the calls. Separate incoming/outgoing calls and add a call timer for each call made so I can better manage my minutes.
Undo/redo feature.
Photobooth effects for the camera (would be nice to have, but not essential).
A hardware button for the camera. Kind of hard to figure out where the button is on the screen when you're taking a picture of yourself.
I want free VoIP. Yes, you heard me... FREE. I'm paying for unlimited data, why should I be restricted to the data my carrier believes I should use. I'm paying for unlimited, I want unlimited. That means no limits.
Louder speaker. The BlackBerry Bold crushes the iPhone in this. And the iPhone is supposedly the best of the two when handling multimedia. I'm tired of taking crap from BB users. Help a brother out here.
Mail needs junk mail filters built into the iPhone.
I want to send VCards trough bluetooth.
I want the iPhone to tell me, when connected to my computer, of incoming calls through my computer's screen. Also I want Address Book on my mac to be able to send SMS through the iPhone when connected. I think Sony Ericssons can do this.
FM Radio. Sony Ericssons do this. Cheap 10 dollar phones do this!
Single Inbox option like in the Mail desktop app.
Store passwords for Safari so I don't have to manually log into every single website I use every time I want to use it.
I want iPod to create smart playlists.
I want Mail to create smart mailboxes.
I want to be able to delete a SINGLE text message from a conversation. Not the entire conversation.
I want detailed info on when a message was sent (specific time/date). Would be nice if you tapped the message bubble and it would flip around to display the info. All phones give me this info, iPhone doesn't.
When typing an email address I want the first spacebar tap to be the @ and the following ones to be periods.
When typing a web address I want the single spacebar taps to be periods.
I want to be able to stop my SMS messages, if I choose to, from showing up on my screen when the phone is in sleep mode. I don't want everyone around me reading my private info.
Music search in iPod. I want to type song names/artists/albums/genres without manually browsing them.
I want to stream music from my iPhone through AirTunes. Or at least enable the bluetooth so we can buy 3rd party hardware that will let us do this.
I want my contacts' birthdays to automatically be added to the Calendar app as an event and then to iCal as well.
I want to be able to flip the entire interface upside down. That way I can listen to music with the headphone jack facing down, not up. Would be nice to have.
I want to see shared media on my current wi-fi network like I do on my Mac. Open up iPod or Photos and have people's shared libraries available for use on my iPhone.
I want to be able to record voice calls. When someone is giving me instructions, like my boss, it would be nice if I could record this phone call so I can carry out the orders to perfection. Works well when someone is giving you directions to go somewhere as well.
Steve Jobs is a big "Fonts" guy. I know this. Cummon, gimme different fonts in the Notes app. I know you want to
Caps lock key.
Checkmark boxes in the Notes app.
More megapixels. Don't overdo it. 3.2 is just right. 5 is overkill.
If my phone is better, how come I see BlackBerry people using their phones more than I do? BB Messenger! When a good idea is out there, you copy it. Just copy BlackBerry's BB Messenger and name it iChat for iPhone. Please... pretty please...
I want to use my music library for my wake-up alarm. Sucks to wake up to "rriiingg".. but rocks to wake up to Dave Matthews. Makes a better start of the day.
Sync via Wi-Fi. The Zune does it.
That about covers all the features that would make the iPhone the best phone in the world.
P.S. My iPhone fell into a pool on New Year's eve, so I bought myself a Blackberry Bold until you guys figure out your push notification service mess and clusterf*ck. Give me some credit for waiting 5 extra months.
-J
Good list, and kinda sad that a lot of these features aren't standard. However, a few of these are possible, many of which require Jailbreaking (JB):
Copy/Paste: Clippy beta -JB
160 char count. C'mon. My old Treo did this. How hard is it?
Ditto on the light. Or at least a nag beep to let me know I missed a call or text.
Voice dial: vlingo free at app store
Video camera: Cycorder -JB
Audio recorder: many in app store, my fave free one: QuickVoice
Tether: I'm with ya, but not likely. PDANet -JB
File browser - many in Cydia -JB
Spotlight: QuickGold -JB
Hardware camera shutter release: Snapture -JB
VCard via Bluetooth - yes please. Can email with several apps. One free one is FreeContact
Caps lock: enable it in Keyboard prefs and double click shift key for caps lock.
Improve integration between Contact and SMS apps
The seeds of this have already been posted, so I will add to the list:
1 - ability to send a contact to another phone via sms from the contact you want to send (on some phones this is called sending a business card)
2 - Ability to insert some/all contact details from your Contacts into an SMS (so maybe just select the work phone number or email and embed into an sms).
3 - Ability to receive and manage contacts from another phone, ie add to your own contacts list.
4 - Ability to forward an SMS to another phone (not just a mere reply option)
Otherwise a great product. I try not to read too much of the forum, I have not encountered any of these issues because I took a little time to educate myself and read the tips sections.
Keep up the good work,
MG
The seeds of this have already been posted, so I will add to the list:
1 - ability to send a contact to another phone via sms from the contact you want to send (on some phones this is called sending a business card)
2 - Ability to insert some/all contact details from your Contacts into an SMS (so maybe just select the work phone number or email and embed into an sms).
3 - Ability to receive and manage contacts from another phone, ie add to your own contacts list.
4 - Ability to forward an SMS to another phone (not just a mere reply option)
Otherwise a great product. I try not to read too much of the forum, I have not encountered any of these issues because I took a little time to educate myself and read the tips sections.
Keep up the good work,
MG
Page Jumps.
I would love to be able to tap on of the white page dots to jump to that page.
I know you can already switch pages by tapping to the left or right of the dots, but it would be nice to just tap the dot itself and jump to that page. I'm not a programmer, but this seems like it would be easy enough to implement....
I would love to be able to tap on of the white page dots to jump to that page.
I know you can already switch pages by tapping to the left or right of the dots, but it would be nice to just tap the dot itself and jump to that page. I'm not a programmer, but this seems like it would be easy enough to implement....
Not that small, but I guess they're kind of long and skinny...
You don't think you could hit the dots? How big are your fingers?
Do you think its a bad idea or just not feasible?
make a phone call from the phone # in a calendar app...
search email
one inbox for all accounts
different signatures per account
bt stereo
let me use my library for message tones
push notifications
turn by turn gps app
sync notes
search email
one inbox for all accounts
different signatures per account
bt stereo
let me use my library for message tones
push notifications
turn by turn gps app
sync notes
OK, I realize this has happening to my iPod touch, but I figured what the hell since it's the same OS. They need to fix this:
The accelerometer acts sluggish and occasionally leads to funky graphics issues, for example, above, when I selected a song from Cover Flow and rotated back to portrait mode, the menu bar stays stuck. The music plays fine without skipping or stuttering (never done that) but the messed up graphics are still annoying.
The accelerometer acts sluggish and occasionally leads to funky graphics issues, for example, above, when I selected a song from Cover Flow and rotated back to portrait mode, the menu bar stays stuck. The music plays fine without skipping or stuttering (never done that) but the messed up graphics are still annoying.
I don't know if anyone has said this, but the ability to reply to a text from any app would be extremely convenient. It gets frustrating to have to close an app to reply with a simple text. Also, why does hitting close when a text pop up take away the badge that notifies you that you have a new text? I sometimes miss texts because I forget
People would whine because their iPhones can't cook them breakfast, they always find something to whine about
Sluggishness and the buginess that would enevitably come with it
My wish list:
Fully enabled bluetooth.
-A2DP/AVRCP
-Bluetooth Tethering
-File Transfer
-Allow apps to utilise bluetooth
-Maybe create a pc/mac application which allows to manage contacts/send texts via your phone - im sure this is an area where apple could improve on existing offerings
Wifi Syncing
-Bluetooth is too slow
System Wide Instant Search
- A long shot but something similar to what is in the pre
Microsoft Exchange
-Task and Notes syncing
Wifi
-better 802.1x compatibility