June 17, 2009

Posted by: whoiskb

Category: Opinion

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iPhone 4.0 OS WishList

So now that the 3.0 verison of the OS is a few hours away from being released, lets start focusing on the next version.  Here is whats on my wish list for next major release of the OS

  1. Local document storage – we get to store photos and email locally, but why not other things?  I would love to be able to save PDF’s and Word docs to a local storage area on my iPhone and be able to sync them through iTunes with my desktop
  2. Over the air sync – I would love to be able to sync with my desktop either through bluetooth or over my wireless network.
  3. Flash support – I know this is more on Adobe than Apple, but this needs to happen sooner than later.
  4. Improved Push Notifications – modal dialogs suck!  The Pre seems to handle the push notifications more gracefully and it would be nice to see Apple follow with something similiar
  5. Custom Home Page – why do I have to unlock the phone to do anything?  It would be nice if the home page (screen that is shown when the phone is locked) could give some info on latest texts, missed calls, voice mails…
  6. Better Email Client – switching between 3 email accounts suck!  The breadcrumb navigation makes it cumbersome.  I saw the suggestion a while back about having a single inbox, which could help.  Also, what about a built in browser?  Another slow task is clicking on a link from an email and opening up Safari.
  7. Better Calendar Management – What about multiple calendar support, the ability to create meetings, and how about a snooze button on that alert box?
  8. Background Processing / App Multi-tasking – some native apps are able to run in the background and it would be nice to have some of the other apps run in the background.  Even if this is a drain on the battery, there are some apps where this could be helpful
  9. Printer Support – how about support for wifi printing?

Whats on your list?