iPhone OS 3.2 — What Do You Want and When Do You Want It?
Apple is no doubt already hard at work on iPhone OS 3.2, the second minor update to the third major release of their mobile platform. Sure, we got iPhone 3.1 just over two weeks ago on Sept. 9, but looking back, we should expect to see the first beta versions of 3.2 sooner rather than later.
By way of comparison, iPhone 2.1 was released on Sept. 12, 2008. iPhone 2.2 Beta 1 was released on Sept. 25, with some tweaks to App Store and Safari’s UI. iPhone 2.1 Beta 2 dropped on Oct. 24, with Google Street View, SDK support for line-in audio, and direct podcast downloads and streaming. The final iPhone 2.2 firmware was released on Nov. 21, and both Google Street View and the ability to get podcasts on-device were great enhancements.
So, it’s not unreasonable to imagine 3.2 Beta 1 could show up before the end of the month, with a final release before the holidays.
Since we’ve already gotten direct TV and Movie downloads (over Wi-Fi), there may not be an analogous improvement to iPod and iTunes this time around. Subscribing to podcasts on device, however, where a push notification alerts you when a new episode is available and you’re on Wi-Fi to download it, is something we’d adore. iTunes LP and iTunes Extras support would also be dandy give their introduction in iTunes 9.
Likewise, Google Voice and Google Latitude having been rejected/held-for-study by the App Store, we may not get a Maps app update either (though Apple baking Latitude into the existing Maps app, Google-willing, could be a great compromise solution). We won’t hold our breath for push Gmail either (not GoogleSync, we mean built-in, doesn’t use up your only ActiveSync slot, genuine push email like MobileMe and Yahoo!)…
Enabling 720p TV-out from the iPhone 3GS and iPod touch G3 would be a great, and competitive addition, especially with a souped up dock-to-HDMI video cable to go with it.
We have our ongoing (though admittedly greatly reduced since 3.0) wish-list: better support for Bluetooth controls (AVRCP), APIs to allow apps to interact with the calendar, some form of background support for streaming audio, turn-by-turn, and other apps that cry out for it, Mobile iChat, remote backup and restore, iTunes music and video streaming, file system access for document handling, etc.
(Yes, we left out bug fixes, as we hope Apple sees those as urgent enough to address in an iPhone 3.1.1 release much, much sooner).
But what do you want to see Apple prioritize for iPhone 3.2?
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Aside from MMS, a user-defined dictionary is long overdue.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
3.2? Sure it wont be 3.1.1 first, with MMS?
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
“some form of background support for streaming audio”
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
TETHERING AND FLASH!!!
oh and the ability to customize the iphone more like winterboard
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
catagories.. and I’d love a winterboard type app allowed to be available.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Um… MMS and Tethering are already available on the iPhone. Just cuz your carrier sucks, has little to do with the iPhone. I would like to see more Winterboard like fetures, and the battery precentage indicater for 3G
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Unlocked by default so we T-Mobile users don’t have to hack it apart in order to use it. I love my iPhone. I love it. I would marry it if I wasn’t already married or lived in Utah, but I also am very loyal to T-Mobile. I would really like to see the device unlocked out of the box. I know, but a guy can hope, right?
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I’m with Dmackdaddy, I want 3.1.1 with fixes.
Apple has no business adding anything till the get the phone on an even keel. No more Coma mode. No more rapid drain. No more losing your perfectly good WIFI passwords.
Just make it work.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
we like to see something like BB messenger thats on BlackBerry. (dont know if thats what ichat is)
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I’d like to see an alternate view of the installed applications that is menu-driven (Which has customizable names for each sub-group. So I can have a list of groups like “Games”, “Social Apps”, “Calculators”, etc. and then move my Monopoly and Poker apps to Games, my Twitter, Facebook, AIM, and Yahoo! Messenger aps to Social, and my various Calculators and converters into that category.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Drag-able scroll bar in Safari (drag page slightly to show bar as it does now, but then tap and hold bar to drag before it disappears).
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
@Michael Allen – You can buy it unlocked out of the box, go to the Apple Store and ask for an unlocked iPhone. They’ll sell you one. As for 3.2, I’m thinking small since it’s a minor update. I’d like the download limit over 3G lifted for podcasts, if you can stream them in full over 3G what’s the difference, it’s not saving ATT any data? I’d also like greater bluetooth support so I can advance the track from the buttons on my headset. A remote backup similar to the Pre would be brilliant but that would be more of a 4.0 upgrade. I think I’d settle for just being able to stream last.fm and Pandora in the background.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
aside from stopping my screen from freezing randomly… I want presets for brightness, I want a “Yes” option when I’m in an app that request to turn on Location, or Wifi instead of the app closing and having to open settings to do it. nothing big.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
@Al yes, some background streaming wont hurt…seriously!
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Profiles please, the iPhone is the 1st phone I’ve ever had without them!
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
WiFi problems with 3GS 3.1 and Airport Extreme Base Station. Amazingly, the iPhone works better with non-Apple branded Wifi routers.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Given there is no camera on the iPod Touch why not allow the original camera connector doc to work. These can still be bought through toys r us and online.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I want to be able to totally disable the SMS Pop Up Window. Seriously why is this not available?
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
The Blackberry messenger iphone messenger would be bad ***.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
For the 3GS how about wallpaper, it has enough memory. And for the 3G maybe a way to change the color from black to red, blue, green, yellow, something.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I wouldn’t mind some sort of shortcut that allows me to lock the screen from rotating. Nothing bugs me more about the iPhone than when I’m reading or playing something and the screen rotates because I moved the phone about 10 degrees for a split second.
Other than that. Bug fixes. Lots and lots of bug fixes.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm
What do I want? Flash for Safari, Flash for Safari, Flash for Safari! Nike+ support for previous iPhones(3g and 2g, they sell the dongles for previous ipods, enable the feature in software already) Better battery life Hmm… that’s it.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
wifi syncing of the device.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
@K1 i think you can lock the screen position in the settings through the nike+ settings
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
After bug fixes for the random shutdowns I’m enduring the thing I keep hoping for is folder/category view for apps. They could make it a secondary view option so the vurrent app view isn’t taken away from the masses while allowing the /many/ with lots of app to be happy. Hmm oh and I want to see physical keyboards connected via Bluetooth for classroom notetaking or extended writing use too….
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
A cancel button whilst sending a text, reduce Safari ram usage and change the app icon in get info in iTunes. Oh and change the springboard wallpaper, why is it called wallpaper when it is clearly a lock screen background?!?
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Groups within contacts to send texts and emails to multiple people
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
@ the dude.. it would be nice to have it default to OFF when you close the map app that way location services can always be off except for when you need it..
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Another somewhat major bug that a significant amount of people have had happen and hasn’t been brought up on this blog (hopefully you can bring it to light so apple will be forced to fix it) is when I sync my iphone 3.1 and unplug properly and then go to ipod it says library updating and then sometimes decides to let me keep my songs, other times it says no content and I have to re-sync it. The re-sync is quick and fixes it right away so it’s not that the music/podcasts were deleted, but were hidden. I have found a link on the apple forum with 5 pages of users with the same problem and no solution from apple.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2152219&start=60&tstart=0
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Would like to see a folder type format. That way you can add all games under games and social networking etc.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
1) An envelope icon in the top bar of the lock screen showing if I have voicemails/emails/SMS messages. (I don’t need to swipe/unlock to check) In a perfect world, a little tiny led would be blinking, but we don’t have that hardware so no go there.
2)Sync over wifi/bluetooth. I never have my cable, but my phone and laptop are rarely far apart.
3) Ability to organize homescreens into sub screens. (Games, Comms, Work, Sport)
4) Editable search lists. When I search for an item in mail, I should be able to then select/move/delete some or all of the results.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Ever notice that when you’re trying to get the screen to rotate, it’s hard to get it to do so, but when you don’t want it to rotate you can’t get it to stop?
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I would like to see the iPhone equivalent of the BB messenger. Hopefully that will be iChat. I dont think Apple is gonna release it until they install a front facing camera. Then I don’t think AT&T can handle that many iphone doing video chat. Also by time they do install a front camera Apple wont be tied to AT&T so they would have to have a unfied system that can work on different networks which will be hard to do and Apple would want all customers to have the same iPhone experience
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I would like 3.2 to support flash and let us put are pictures as backrounds in the back of the icons
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
quick reply to messages in the message pop up. i hate having to leave the app i’m currently in, just to reply to a text.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
-let me say an app can always use location -more default places for email, contacts, etc to come from. (i.e. more partners) -more than one activesync email account -time-based sounds, more flexible sounds -notifications on the unlock screen + the ability to control how long the unlock screen stays up -third party search integration -way to change the calendar an item is in -way to change group a contact is in -hide/remove Apple apps
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Put the Exchange “bug” back in for 3g owners. ARGGGG!!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
The few things I am still waiting on:
1) Better notification system. Like Graeme said above some sort of badge on the lock screen to serve as an alert to a new email. Ideally in the next generation some sort of LED to allow for message alerts without even hitting any buttons…LED Apple logo?
2) A quick settings App to easily toggle control of WIFI, 3G, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, etc without having to go into all the subcategories of Settings. Ideally even a hot corner setting to bring up this type of “widget”
I know both of these features are available in jailbroken iPhones, so can’t Apple figure out a way to do it for the rest of us that don’t want to jailbreak!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
get rid of the “nothing to cancel” notification when i accidentally shake the phone while texting
a way to control music (prev/next) without having to turn on the screen every freakin time. and i dont mean that shake to shuffle **** either….
more customization please
flash
fix for the “coma” iphone users have been experiencing
smarter auto-correction and better dictionary
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
FLASH!!! It drives me nuts that I can’t view some websites because they use Flash. And streaming Pandora in the background.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I pretty much agree with many of the ideas above are needed much more them mine, that being said I would really like the ability to assign ringtones of my choice to any text message or SMS message.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:31 pm
All I want is multi-tasking and freedom of bluetooth use!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
AVRCP Bluetooth support and Adobe Flash support please. Also a camera zoom (something native).
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
A week view calendar would be awesome. In landscape mode please.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Exchange support as it was for iPhone 3G users!!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Would love to see longer battery life, and a user-defined dictionary. When I had a BlackBerry, I was able to type in “myaddress” and my home address would pop up — this came in quite handy since I work from home and see a lot of clients at my apartment. Having to type my address over and over again can become kind of a pain.
Other than that, MMS would be nice. September 25th can’t come soon enough!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Rich text editing API! It’d be nice if all of our favorite text editors could use rich text. Perfect for syncing notes between the phone and note programs on my mac like journler, MacJournal, yojimbo, etc. . .
Bluetooth keyboard support – so I can leave my netbook at home when traveling.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
As good as the iPhone 3GS is, it still has a lot of flaws.
Fix Bugs!!!!!!!
Add spell checker to text fields, for example Inspell (a cydia app) has a very good implementation of this.
iChat for all the messengers out there, as well as a dedicated system for iPhone users just like the Blackberry.
Give apps access to iPhone calendar, as well a badge for appointments/events for all, not just Exchange users.
UI refresh, Contacts (Show pics of contacts in list view), Mail (Please add Official logos to accounts, looks so bland compared to the Pre)
BETTER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t tell you how much I hate the current implementation, this is the one time Apple has to be a follower and not a leader. COPY WEBOS or ADROID’S notification system!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
how about landscape mode for everything (homescreen included)?
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
For the love of God, will they ever let me customize MY ringtones for messages (texts and emails)? Their ringtones suck and you can hardly hear them. So f-ing simple, but somehow overlooked.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:42 pm
A lot of the above, but I’d love to move the greeting button in the VM screen so when I hit th top VM everytime I don’t hit the greeting menu pop-up.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I’d like to see tethering, winterboard like customization and the ability to lock certain applications without having to lock the whole like the lockdown app you can get when you jailbreak your phone.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Shortcut to adjust brightness & turn wifi on/off…..wud save so much hassle & battery life!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Allow me to use my f-ing ringtones for messages!!! Freakin go-phones can do this!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
dday it is so simple to jailbreak and make your own…
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I’d like the calendar search to only appear when you press the clock (like in all the other native applications). There’s constantly 1cm of screen wasted!
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Is it just me or does flash pretty much suck? I’m not really sure why anyone wants it. The more popular the iPhone becomes the more content is being geared toward it. If it gets us away from the ubiquitousness of flash i say good. Someone mentions a scroll bar in safari, which I feel is a great idea. Also allowing streaming music apps to run in the background. The iPhone can certainly do this and it needs to be enabled.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I know it’s probably not the most pressing of missing features, but I’d love to be able to go through Previous Recipients in Mail and edit, or delete, those.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
If I don’t want to update an app, clear the indicator on the app store icon. I don’t want a nagging indicator if I don’t want to update an app that has added more ads.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
And stop kicking me out of the app store everytime I update an app. I don’t need to go see the app icon when I click update. I know where the app is. Just update the app in the background so I can continue browsing the app store!
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Allow me to wirelessly destroy others’ phones who use song ringtones. I don’t want to hear people’s goddamn music.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I want iPod and game listening over all BT audio devices. Not just A2DP.
BT Keyboard support.
I want a pop-up dock. When I push one of the four icons at the bottom of the screen, I want a popup of items. I want to press and hold down (like the period/.com will show .edu and .org) and have icons of applications (of my choice appear), preferably larger versions of the icons (maybe 9 of them) so they stand out from the background. So I can have a button for “communications” and have phone, e-mail, texting, twitter, etc. And a button for “news” and have the NYT, AP, weather and local news in there. I don’t want to have to leave the screen I’m on to check mail and then go back to screen again. Apple could supply us with a dozen topics (like communication, social networks, news, games, etc.) with icons and then few generic ones (like circles/squares or just A,B,C).
I want some shortcuts for preferences too. Like brightness, BT, WiFi and a few others. Those could be added above. It could be the test. Let me pick my few most used for the preferences program…
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
One feature/enhancement I would like to see is with contacts. Rather than select a name and then it takes me to a new screen with more info, just have the contacts name expand downward, showing me more information about the person on the same page rather than taking me to a new page.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I don’t want an OS 3.2.
If we get one with all the goodies people want, then sales of the next generation iPhone will flatline. That won’t be good for anyone.
I want my new iPhone to do it all including Flash support and to let me get rid of my desktop and laptop.
Bob Bob
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:21 pm
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Quoting from article: * better support for Bluetooth controls (AVRCP) * some form of background support for streaming audio, turn-by-turn, and other apps that cry out for it * iTunes music and video streaming * file system access for document handling
Seconding Graeme above: * An envelope icon in the top bar of the lock screen showing if I have voicemails/emails/SMS messages. * Sync over wifi/bluetooth. I never have my cable, but my phone and laptop are rarely far apart. * Ability to organize homescreens into sub screens. (Games, Comms, Work, Sport)
So far the improvements have been frequent and substantial. Let’s hope the trajectory continues.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
The mailbox system MUST be overhauled. How about seperate icons for each mailbox so I dont have to go in and play “find that email”.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
BLUETOOTH AVRCP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s been in, then out, then in, then out.
Please leave it IN this time.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Totally agree ……
fastlane said: Sep 22nd @ 01:27 pm Drag-able scroll bar in Safari (drag page slightly to show bar as it does now, but then tap and hold bar to drag before it disappears).
And wifi syncing
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm
There are two things I don’t understand they didn’t do already:
Ability to upload files from Safari. Ok, just pics & vids & voice memos. Ok. Please?
An alerts API. I have a Todo App that does alerting through Push! This is utterly insane! Brings battery down, doesn’t ring when offline (in a tunnel, …), very cumbersome & complex…
These two things are very simple, and I don’t see why Apple didn’t get to it.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
please sort out the email ding noise as you cant hear it go off needs to be a lot louder, its a music device and has a speaker for a reason so make use plz, also a email envelope when phone is locked or sleep mode would be good.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Profiles please. So you can set your settings (wifi, volume, blutooth on/off etc) for when your at home, at work, in the car. If it could auto switch based on location as well (at least for home& work) then cool.
Groups in the contacts without having to use an external app. This is basic stuff, even my old dell pocket PC had it 6 years ago.
Multiple Exchange accounts so can fully use gmail syncing and one for work as well.
A better calendar. Week, 2 week views, year view. Correct matching of the colours to Gmail calendars.
A decent notes app.
The ability to remove any icons from the screen, not just apps that I’ve brought but the standard **** apps like stocks, weather.
FULL Bluetooth please
Lots of other good things have already been mentioned here too. I wish apple would strengthen what there is instead of adding more “impressive” features that no-one uses (streetview anyone?)
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Oh, and please please please please, no flash!
Flash is a pain in every sense. Pain to use, pain to program for, pain to maintain, pain to secure, pain to the eye (think blinking ads).
So please, leave it at HTML/JavaScript/CSS.
NO FLASH !
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
battery life needs sorting drains to quickly sine install of os 3.0
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I think you sum it up quite well:
“We have our ongoing (though admittedly greatly reduced since 3.0) wish-list: better support for Bluetooth controls (AVRCP), APIs to allow apps to interact with the calendar, some form of background support for streaming audio, turn-by-turn, and other apps that cry out for it, Mobile iChat, remote backup and restore, iTunes music and video streaming, file system access for document handling, etc.”
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I would love to see Apple take the lead with Bluetooth notification. I have had many Nokias that would alert you IN THE BT HEADSET that you had a VM, text message, etc. Everyone seem to over look this! I miss text messages all the time because the vibrator in the iPhone is so lame (as it is with many other phones! I would also like to see the availabillity of programmable profiles based on the calendar, so it would automatically put the phone into silet during a meeting, class, etc, similar to what spb Software’s Phone Suite does on WinMo. I really miss that app!
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Why think small? Let’s go for a serious game-changer:
–> Bluetooth Keyboard support
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I want to be able to HIDE or DISABLE my Stock apps!!!! PLEASE…. Being able to customize my SMS tone wouldn’t hurt either.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I want to be able to create folders in the mail app. I want to organize my mails.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm
1 please allow personal ringtones for all phone calls texts and emails instead of the stupid low ding for email
2 Battery life needs sorting
3 allow downloads for web pages that need add ons and other updates to view certain web pages eg adobe reader, acrobat macromedia etc
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:00 pm
I would be happy with adjustable Font sizes in Safari.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Mobile iChat, with push notifications, would be awesome. It would be a nice addition, especially with the already existing Yahoo and AIM with push notifications. Come on dudes, get your act together.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:09 pm
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Flash……! And I would like to b able Bluetooth my pictures and my videos to any other phone!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Like everyone said….. Flash, and I don’t mean camera flash.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Mms is already comming… So… Nothing…My ish is jailbroken so I already have most of what the other people want…
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
To Do that works with Outlook.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Sound really good comments but probably too much to squeeze in
1) customise sounds / backdrop – SMS receipt and get rid of the crappy black background.
2) Comms panel to enable / disable wifi etc – this surely makes sense
3) wireless syncing
cheers apple – make the improvements and don’t be paranoid about lock down. At this rate it benefits them if there are less reasons to jailbreak
3)
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Is a week number in the calendar app so much to ask for??, c’mon my university works with week numbers… battery percentage for non 3gs phones two easy things.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I’m way late to the party on this thread, but here goes:
1) Access to the file system.
2) The ability to install apps without using the iTunes app store and without jailbreaking.
3) The ability to sync with the program of my choice, which would not be iTunes.
In other words, the usual. If we got those three things (which Apple is not about to give up) all other issues would be solved because people could write software to solve them and you could actually install the software.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
A Unified Inbox!
Also, I’m with these guys:
igorsky – “a user-defined dictionary is long overdue.” MIke – “some form of background support for streaming audio” John – “Flash for Safari” Jen Nelson – “longer battery life”
All of the above, please!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Active Home screen! 90 comments and nobody misses this? Better springboard would be also nice, to organize my 150+ apps.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
An iWorks App and a BT Keyboard.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Oh and sync with iWorks.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
The ability to turn the iPod off and switch pandora or NPR on when docked to my car stereo via integration kit. If anyone knows how already email me peterock317@gmail.com
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
And a file folder with the ability to email files, resumes for example.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Yikes Pete, get much spam?
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I’d like to see anything that would make the battery life better. Also, I’d like to see an iPhone version of BlackBerry Messenger.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Do you guys think Apple will really read this?
If so, here are some really neccessary stuff :
1) Lock Mail/Apps with Password : It’s possible to hide safari but not Mail? hmmm. It must be possible to lock Mail and/or Apps with a password or a guest mode where i say “This is the stuff you can play with, everything else is locked!”.
2) Mail : It would be comfortable if i can press a button which jumps to the “Home” of Mail – a tiny button, that shows all your mail-accounts again. I have to press 2-3 times to get back.
3) AppStore : Why can’t i bookmark any apps? So useful and not implemented. And it should be written that this app i want to download will decrease my balance from $$$ to $$$.
4) Phone-Profiles : Really, a Must!
5) Different Ringtones for SMS/EMAIL/Phone – Vibrate on/off for each of them to configure.
6) IPOD : It must be possible to delete tracks from my Iphone not only from Itunes.
7) Default Browser : Safari is good, but there are great Browser-Addons like ICab. It must be possible to decline a app as Default Browser. It’s annoying if some apps start Safari where alot of features are missing.
9) WIFI : Connection sometimes bad sometimes good. Same place i’m standing with my Iphone in my room so this is not really reproducible. Better WIFI-Connection please! Same goes for Phone Connection.
10) Springboard : A bit more customizable would be good – Categories.
…guess that’s it.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I would like to see app support. If I am in twitter and I click a link that takes me to someones facebook page, I want the facebook app to open and show me the page.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Top 3 are:
1) Calendar notification.
Useful to do list with the ability to ’snooze’ a task you have still to action. Numbered tag on the icon as in mail etc
2) Horizontal home page UI
When swapping through the home screen between apps with the iPhone horizontal it would be good to show the icons in the same orientation.
3) SMS/MMS Tones
Use something other than standard tone.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:41 pm
A cancel button for the messages app PLEASE!!!!! I really need this
flash for safari
and more bug fixes
I guess it eould be good if it came out before 2010 starts
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Oh and I saw another comment bookmarking apps would be AWESOME. Sometimes I don’t have enough money to buy an app I really want and then I forget eat app I wanted when I finally get more money because I use iTunes giftcards
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
What are phone profiles? Someone please reply
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
CALENDAR NOTIFICATION BADGES
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
I think all they have to do Is decrease the number of people wanting to jailbreak
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Sadly most of these things, if all, will only come on iPhone 4.0. Most wanted:
active homescreen new notification system (android/webos) unified inbox flash 10 limited multitasking active lockscreen (pim, weather, etc) sbsettings type quick access toggles (android will have this with 1.6)
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Also:
file system access calendar access todo app
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:07 pm
@Andy
Profiles allow pre-set options to be activated with one button push. e.g. ‘Work’ – low volume ring, ‘Outside’ – full volume ring with vibrate, ‘Meeting’ – vibrate only, no audible alerts.
(this would be my number 4) feature)
As was suggested, this could also include 3G / Wi-fi / push etc on or off.
Quarks
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:24 pm
More things:
Contact groups: I know you can create groups through outlook, but it would be nice to be able to set certain options(ringtones, text entire group, etc) for entire groups
Customization: At least be able to change some color schemes and use your own background. Also the ability to hide icons(stocks)
Lock: Locking certain apps would be convenient
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I think the location of the emergency call button on the passcode screen causes problems. Several times I have accidently pressed that button when trying to press 9. Apple should either move this button or give you a screen asking if “You’re sure you want to make an emergency call?” Anyone agree?
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
It would also be nice if we could hide any of the native apps we don’t use, such as stocks or yahoo weather
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
The ability to turn off the accelerometer would be nice too.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Minor, but password/pin protect deleting photos. I have to keep an extra eye on that daughter of mine – why must you delete my pictures, girl!
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Nike+ for iphone 3G
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I know not only me wants this, but everyone else. A cancel button for messaging. Ex: When you make a mispell or send a text to the wrong person. There is a cancel button to cancel the message or stop it from sending. Please add this function. Thanks
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:24 pm
How about a button to turn on or off the landscaping mode for the native apps.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
All I want is a better notifications system. You hear that apple? CATCH UP WITH THE GAME!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Did someone say LED Apple logo? Multicolor and programmable for notifications. Pretty please?? Next hardware version..
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Please please make some different or allow us to download new message alert tones
PLEASE
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Hopefully a Calendar update, colour options, push, todo list, weekly view etc.
MMS!!!
Google to make a native app, so I can delete the annoying web app I want to do everything with, but can’t bc it’s uber slow, opens multiple web pages and did I mention annoying!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
3.1 reduced the maximum “Require Passcode After…” time from 1 hour to 15 minutes. Why they decided I couldn’t handle the risk of a 1 hour delay is beyond me. Please restore longer times for 3.2.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
By the time Apple updates Android will extend it’s miles ahead software light years ahead.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I’m so glad others have mentioned this, but my biggest beef is the lack of customization for text and email alert sounds.
My cell phone from 4 years ago allowed you to assign unique ringtones to people for their texts, yet the iPhone has overlooked this feature again and again.
A start would be customizing the general “new message” sound to something not pre-installed. The ideal solution is one that’s been around for years and included out of the box from many phone manufacturers–custom text sounds for individual contacts.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:51 pm
1) Multiple Exchange accounts (Pre has it, why not us?) 2) Please, Please, Please! – Backgrounder equivalent for at least one app. Include an equivalent for Music Control as well, so we can background streaming apps. (With those two things, I have no need to jailbreak) Maybe just backgrounding on 3GS due to limited resources. 3) Make notifications a small overlay pop-up at bottom of screen so you can still see what’s on the screen. Include incoming call as a small pop-up screen that you can select to maximize. Then turn-by-turn GPS could continue on the screen while you take a call. Application API could allow programmers to opt to pause during notifications or continue.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Allow Ringtones to be used for Text Messaging!! Allow for Random Ringtones alternating between calls.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:36 pm
iChat would be a great thing, and i would also like the iPhone to learn how to autoconnect to EDGE or GPRS from 3G without showing No Service. Other phone manufacturers can do that easily, what’s the problem with Apple?
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 pm
How about email disribution lists…
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I really wish they had a “suspend-to-memory” feature for every app. I can accept the fact that I can’t have multitasking, but if you’re a popular person, or even if you’re not and you get a call in the middle of an application, freeze the app and your place in time, go to the call, then come back right where you left off. No need to watch the splash screens and resume a game or traverse all the way back into the app where you were cut off.
Or, since they’re already good at pausing the app when a text message comes in, can’t they do that for a call? How about a small blue pop-up that gives the option to “ignore,” “continue and answer,” or “exit and answer,” where the latter two will either let the call continue in the background (top green bar optional), or suspend or gracefully exit the app to go to the Phone app.
Oh, it’s 3.1 already. How about the ability to assign our own tones for email and SMS/MMS? That one low tone and short vibrate is almost enough to warrant a jailbreak so I can stick my own sound in there! C’mon already!
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
A built in im app. And for the iPod Touch, a way to add ringtones through iTunes using .m4r files just like the iPhone.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Custom snooze settings on the alarm clock. I like to choose between 5,7, or 9 minutes. Simple, right?
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:44 pm
There have been very similar reqests, let me add on a few.
In regards to the profiles.. Given the GPS, why can’t there be location based profiles for those who have predetermined patterns.
Secondly, I would appreciate the iPod app to have the functionality to create and edit playlists on the fly. As well as having a “Road Trip Dj” similar to the iTunes dj.
The rest will come in 4.0, but does it make sense to come out with old technology on a industry leading high tech device? There has to be a prolonged software roadmap in Cupertino.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Bring back the possibility to tether an unlocked iPhone!
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Sorry, forgot these two standard cellphone features: - SMS delivery receipts - More call forwarding options, i.e. forward when: not reachable, not answered, busy.
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 am
FLASH PERIOD!!!!!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 am
It would be great if you could send calender request to other iPhone uses via mobile me or just straight to the phone for those users that don’t have an exchange!!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:50 am
I’d simply like to see a fix for the random power off issue.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 am
They need to have one word that will show me all the app that I have in my iPhone in spotlight as I have got over 220 apps
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 am
Calendar & Contact synchronization via Bluetooth
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:46 am
Allow any application to use the video-out of the iPhone. Allow applications to decode a camera/video feed live (needed for Augmented Reality marker-based applications).
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:14 am
!!!!!!!!!!
How about support for more than 1 Exchange ActiveSync account for us users who use both exchange for corporate email as well as gmail and calendar!!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:38 am
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:45 am
Sets for apps
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 am
How about custom email alert tones?
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:19 am
Double-click the Home button to optionally bring up a radio control screen to toggle Airplane/3G/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth.
Give the ability for push notification to automatically launch an application. This could lead the way to automating tasks at a certain time. The iPhone is too passive, always requiring you to do interact or acknowledge an action.
How about double-tapping the top of Safari to go to the bottom of the web page? After spending 45 seconds of scrolling down to this section, I accidentally hit the top of my screen, instantly scrolling me back up…. Grrr!
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:22 am
How about sending user feedback, bug reports, and crash logs directly from the iPhone without having to sync or go to the iPhone feedback page on Apple.com?
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:45 am
REAL bluetooth. Stop all the swiping. If I am in a website, and my phone goes into standby, I should be able to just tap the home button and go back to were I was. All the constant swiping gets real old. REAL bluetooth. Folders for the apps. Having 19 (or whatever) “home” screens is stupid. It is called a HOME screen for a reason. You should be able to get to everything from there. Did I mention REAL bluetooth?? I should be able to shoot and send a pic to someone standing next to me. Or a file. Or a song. Again, it’s we will let you have this, but only this much. Lock the sceen from moving. Big pain in the rear. How about being able to sync ONLY what you want?? Have 1000 songs and would like to add ONE?? Now, you have to sync 1000 and ONE. Why can’t I just add the one?? Syncing without erasing?? Tired of finding out AFTER I added the one song that none of my pics were put back. Or my apps. Profiles would be nice. Having more the ring or vib would be nice. Miss that from my Bold. Cutomize ALL tones to what you want. We have several iPhones at work, and we all have to check since we use the only 2 half a** tones on the phone. It is nice to dream, but don’t anyone hold their breath.
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:02 am
My top 10 items….
I see it as not necessarily going to happen 100% but in the near future I’d absolutely love to see the following (in no specific order)
1: full Flash support in Safari, Mail etc… (this probably will…well..never happen)
2: Some sort of iChat/BBM/msn app that won’t be as slow and unreliable as IM+ and those other clients.
3: The ability to use Folders, but only when optioned by user.
4: The ability to turn off auto-horizontal keyboard specific to apps or across the whole OS. It’s not cool and rarely helpful when you turn the phone by a fraction of a degree and it changes.
5: F.M. Radio (and A.M., although I doubt it’ll ever make it in).
6: More Bluetooth support for peripherals. This isn’t a biggie, but it would be great to have the option to use a bluetooth keyboard (like the Apple wireless Keyboard) to type notes, use in safari, other apps etc…
7: Customizable Text-Message ring tones. How is it that we don’t have this? It’s an easy option to unlock the phone and do it, but why do we have to go through that trouble?
8: The option to sort and organize contacts using groups.
9: Wireless/3G sync’ing to iTunes would be nice too, but I can foresee a ton of bugs and compatibility problems happening with this one. So it’ll be nice only if they get it right the first time lol.
10: An option to throw a battery life indicator up at the top of the display beside the battery (sort of like in MacOS… % or time remaining).
There are so many more items we can throw in here…but those seem to be at the forefront of my mind.
Let’s hope Apple’s watching this thread.
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:15 am
How about something simple… I would LOVE to be able to re-order my email accounts that I have on my iPhone, without having to delete them and re-install them in the order I want… Why is this not a basic function of the iPhone? Simple drag and drop style re-ordering… PLEASE!!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 am
In addition to radio control, how about a Do Not Disturb to send calls to voicemail? No more app interruptions and having to relaunch a game or app to get back where I was again. I’d like to keep data or Wi-Fi, just no calls when I’m either actually busy or just goofing off. Airplane mode is overkill, and having to manually set Call Forwarding is too cumbersome.
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:11 am
Some great ideas here. I’ll leave the techie stuff to the pros and reap the benefits as they come.
How about let me make folders for my photos?
Also home button customization such as 3g, wifi, brightness.
Oh and an “easy wake” option for my alarm?
Again a jailbreak option for older iPhones but let’s get some keyboard options! I freakin hate pecking out numbers… how’s about a number pad?!
And of course, contact groups (got it on my jailbreak) but would be cool to let me text a group at once instead of searching for names.
Speech to text anyone?
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 am
ok, here are my 2 cents…
home screen notifications (email, calender, missed calls)
obviously better battery life
the ability to lock the screen so it wont rotate
one button power save. turns off/on: wifi, 3g, etc.. to prolong the battery
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:45 am
Landscape support for the Maps app. My iPhone is mounted sideways on my dash (to keep the phone plugged in), and it would be easier to see where I’m going if they would add landscape mode to it. I’m just too damn cheap to purchase a $35 and up app when I’ve already got a good free navigation app on the phone.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:09 am
Phone profile (business, outdoor, night, meeting, beep)
Multiple Exchange accounts
Rearrange E-mail accounts (Stupidly the Exchange account si allways at the bottom)
Option to assign colors to calendars (now the iphone chooses the color)
PUSH for IMAP
ZOOM on the Camera
Contact Groups (that nicely sync with Google’s contact groups)
Ringtones for SMS/MMS/Email (variable per contact)
A ‘today’ screen with calendar events
Flash support
Disable WIFI/GPS/3G/ETC one click from the home screen!
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 am
I want to be able to specify the colors of my calendars. I want 3.2 before the end of the year. Oh and please make it so I don’t lose everything on my iPhone when I update!!!! (Like I did with 3.1)!!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
What I would love to see is the ability to customize the look on the iphone. My blackberry allowed me to change the typical look of it to something else.. Ability to change the colors of the bubbles of sms. I would also love a blackberry messenger in the iphone.. That would be great! Thats one of the reasons I loved my iphone. Bug fixxes.
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Sorry, typo… Thats one of the reasons why i loved my blackberry… altho it still doesnt compare to the iphone.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Why, ohh why does nobody wan’t a fast switch do shut down bluetooth and/or wlan? Am I the only one who doesn’t need those services alltime? All I need are two apps (yes they can consume 2 slots on my first screen) to turn those batterysuckers off, when I don’t need them.
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Apple needs to add Flash, I’m tired of youtube/quicktime.. I want to be able to watch movies from HULU.
September 24th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I want a iWork mobile and iLife mobile and also iChat mobile.
September 24th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
one thing that i do like about the iphone and ipods they have these days is that the earphones and accessories you can add to them have improved quite a bit. if u guys ever want a good site for headphones check out http://www.earbudzstore.com/
September 24th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Definitely better battery life!! My batt drains very quickly after updated to OS 3.1!!
September 24th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
1) Better bluetooth file/audio support! 2) Need themes, background image, and tones customization!! pweeeese! 3) BETTER BATTERY LIFE!!!! 4) Multitasking? mebeh? 5) EVERYTHING PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED!! woot!
September 25th, 2009 at 6:47 am
…… and some more.
How about a secret screen, you could add apps to it that you don’t want visible to anyone unless they enter a password or maybe use a screen gesture. There’s no way I’m having a web link icon on my screen to my banks website. If I could hide a screen and only have it visible after I used a gesture to unlock the screen then I’d add them right away.
Or
Application level passwords, system controlled and not built into each app. Could set on/off and codes for each individual app through the settings panel.
Multiple, user selectable, signitures and from addresses for emails. It’s a pain to setup dummy accounts just so i can use a different reply-from address.
I like the idea of a folder where I can store documents that could be available to email.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Where is the mms?
September 25th, 2009 at 10:44 am
the ability to download off of safari
September 25th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I concur with following ideas: 1) An envelope icon in the top bar of the lock screen showing if I have voicemails/emails/SMS messages.
2)Sync over wifi/bluetooth. At least address book and calendars
3) Profiles. The best: profiles driven by location
4) Multitasking: what about allowing some number (four?) of background tasks for application accepted by Apple to run in background?
5) A ‘today’ screen with calendar events.
6) built in TODO with sync
September 25th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Neeed to be able to collapse the Inbox and Sent boxes for those with lots of subfolders. It takes to long to get past the inbox to file sent email.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Fix YouTube streaming over WiFi … it’s nearly unusable most of the time.
September 26th, 2009 at 12:50 am
WOuldnt expose for iPhone be stellar way to impliment multiple processes?
September 26th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Why no sms/mms/alarm sound in speaker when headphones are attached? So stupid! I miss important sms every day when I leave my phone on the desk with headphones inserted.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Ability to change wallpaper behind icons.
September 27th, 2009 at 6:08 am
SMS tones that don’t suck :@
September 27th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Quick Reply to Texts. Why do i have to leave the app I’m currently using to reply to an SMS? This makes no sense. Please give us quick reply!!
September 27th, 2009 at 9:05 am
The ability to switch between apps without exiting the apps. Example. Hold home button then press volume up or down to switch thru open apps. Ammount of times I need the calculator when on another app. Full Bluetooth profiles.
September 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Have The Option to put Backgrounds instead of having just black like how all the jailbroken iphones can….
September 27th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
The microphone sensitivity in speaker phone mode really, really, really sucks. Real phones increase the microphone sensitivity. It seems that the iPhone lowers the sensitivity. At work I used to put on speaker phone so some of my colleagues could join in too, but whenever I do it on my 3GS the other part can’t hear a thing (it’s very low).
September 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
for the iphone 3g, 3.2 should bring: flash, zoom, video recording, winterboard, customizable text message sounds, battery percentage, and a way to boost the battery life … thats everything the update should bring
September 27th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Make a patch so us t mobile users can actually use our phone on our 3g network
September 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I’d like to see a flash player for safari, a landscape lock, a video camera, a flash for the camera with built in zoom, themes, optional color texting, custom ringtones that don’t require a purchase from iTunes and A NEW LOOK for the iPhone. 3 years is long enough to keep the same platform and style.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:05 am
I’d like to see
better battery life (getting **** battery atm)
the option to choose number or bar for the battery meter
flash
tethering (to and from)
bluetooth file transfer to non apple devices
more customization
a landscape home menu
better multi tasking eg holding down the home button for 3 seconds brings up a window taking up half the screen showing what apps r open and the ability to close them from in there
wirelessly syncing
a basic office suite, i dont want to have to purcahse quickoffice or things like that for about $12.99 au
September 28th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Ability to lock certain apps, including the phone. My 2 year-old plays with my iPhone and has a ton of apps for him on there, but can sometimes mistakenly call my boss.
Haptic response with the on-screen keyboard. This is not a new option. RIM, LG and several others have all integrated this into their recent phones.
User-defined dictionary (moreso than just any word you have ever typed into the Google Search box in Safari.
Copy and paste functionality within Contacts. Instead of doing a screen capture of a Contact on your phone and MMSing it to a friend, why can’t we just copy a phone number from a Contact’s profile and paste it into a new SMS?
September 28th, 2009 at 6:43 am
i would like video effects just like the nano
September 28th, 2009 at 6:57 am
ABILITY TO DOWNGRADE FIRMWARES MY GOD I CANNOT STAND 3.1 I WANT 3.0 OR 3.0.1 although that would be more of an entire apple update
September 28th, 2009 at 7:27 am
FM radio – the hardware is already in there, enable it! Support for custom SMS alerts and easier custom ringtones Be able to ‘mark all read’ in email folders Flash – for the love of God… please!
September 28th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Flash
WiFi/BT sync
Notification icons on the lock screen so we don’t have to swipe/unlock to check status of messages, etc.
Background images on home screen.
Fix dock connection issues so I can index my player on my car again! (Microsoft SYNC on Ford products is currently experiencing indexing problems because Apple went and changed the USB connectivity on 3.1.1).
September 28th, 2009 at 10:55 am
F L A S H
September 28th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
character counter on the SMS. This is useful in maximizing a single text when sending international sms which is expensive, 35cents/msg.
and adobe flash support.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
A must have is spell check whenever you’re typing ie… texting, emails and web browsing.
I would also like the ability to change the sound of alerts ie… Different sound for each email account, change text alert, change mms alert. All iphones sound the same. We need the ability to make our phone unique from other iphones, with millions of iphones out there they all sound the same.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I want repeating, audible, nagging meeting reminders! One ring for a scheduled meeting is not enough! If I’m out of the room, there is no indicator or alarm to let me know that a meeting is about to commence
September 29th, 2009 at 4:37 am
September 29th, 2009 at 4:39 am
September 29th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Bluetooth Keyboard
September 29th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Custom text SMS tones and flash for sure. And let’s unlock tethering!
September 29th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
fully functional bluetooth!!!
September 29th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Full bluetooth facility so that I can transfer the contacts list to my in car SATNAT/Handsfree headset. At the moment both the iphone and the headset are redundant to this end.
September 29th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Another couple of things I want THE MOST:
Bug fixes, Bug fixes, Bug fixes!!!
I’ve heard horrible things about 3.1.1 & Wi-Fi and I don’t want to wreck my new iTouch 3rd Gen that is running 3.1 fine except for a few bugs, some charging issues and battery life is a bit shorter than it should be. I hope 3.1.2 or 3.2 comes out with fixes for these soon.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
The option to make custom SMS ringtones!!!!
Along with that a few bug fixes, and the ability to make SMS Ringtones.
Also more options, meaning like being able to change the background behind app icons if you want to, or the ability to make SMS Ringtones!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 7:52 am
A decent calendar app, with a week view and a better ergonomy for set an appointment faster!!
September 30th, 2009 at 11:41 am
1)Better bluetooth support, mainly bluetooth file transfer to any phone or pc and bluetooth syncing.
2) An audible low battery alert!!! Every phone I’ve owned has had some sort of beep that repeats every few minutes when the battery is needing to be charged, whether on a call or not. On iPhone all we get is a popup message at 20% and 10% and an audible alert at 10% while talking on the phone.
3) Better delete options for text messages, emails, and recent calls. Options to delete single, multiple, or entire entries.
4) The ability to choose our own ringtones for text messages, emails, and voicemails, instead of the preset ones.
5) Alerts for emails, text messages, missed calls, and voicemails on the locked screen.
6) The ability to create contact groups such as: family, friends, work, etc.
7) Flash support on Safari.
9) The ability to delete any song, photo, or video from the phone without having to sync.
10) The ability to organize the photo/video collection and create folders on the phone without having to sync.
11) Bug fixes.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
12) And a zoom for taking pics and videos.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Hi, please can you take them away it’s not a big deal
October 1st, 2009 at 1:40 am
Definitely a cancel button when sending SMS/MMS. Also, I would like to solve everyones “quick menus” problem by having apple develop an exposé for the iPhone so you can choose from 4,8,12 different “quick menus” and everyone will be happy
October 1st, 2009 at 4:11 am
I would like to on the iPod Touch/iPhone:
October 1st, 2009 at 5:58 am
And a landscape week view for the calendar.
October 1st, 2009 at 6:00 am
And not changing the “Edit” button from right to left depending on the application. That is common sense UI design.
October 1st, 2009 at 7:22 am
An complete AVCRP bluetooth support……..
October 1st, 2009 at 7:38 am
I think a way to lock only certin apps insted of your entire phone would be nice
October 1st, 2009 at 3:47 pm
October 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Oh… And Messages icon in top bar Possibly battery % for everyone. Those would be great!
October 1st, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Again, more thoughts – download from MobileSafari, YouTube and Mail. Camera zoom, radio app, wifi sync, backgrounding, custom SMS tones and just general iPhone UI customisation
October 1st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Todays calendar events on the lock screen would be nice. Alternative: badge support for the calendar, stating the number of appointments for the day. Flash support in Safari. Bluetooth functionality to exceed the iPhone-to-iPhone limitation.
That’s my wishes for this years christmas ;v)
October 1st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Radio functionality would be nice, although I don’t know if it’s doable with a software update -if there’s no FM receiver built in, it could be difficult (as with camera zoom, that kinda needs different optics for the camera if zoom should be more than digital)
October 1st, 2009 at 5:11 pm
I would like to see the iphone/touch be able to fully support bluetooth capabilities. For example, expand the iphone’s ability to pair with a widespread collection of bluetooth devices. And also allow the iphone to work freely with bluetooth headset devices. When using some headset devices several features such as volume control and/or changing to the next track are limited when using the iphone with several of these bluetooth devices. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for listening.
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:24 am
Sorely needed Calendar updates: - week view - private appointments (for Exchange users)
Fixes for battery life and a number of other bugs I take for granted. The number one bug I have encountered so far is the one where the phone application stops working (can’t receive calls, can’t dial out (well, it seems to be dialling, but no call goes out and there’s no audio)) until you go through the voodoo-like ritual involving plugging the headset, playing a song on the iPod, switching off the phone, unplugging the headset, then switching on the phone.
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:43 am
custom SMS ringtones, bluetooth from phone to phone, delete songs and video from ipod, radio functionality, torrenting, download songs from safari, download from youtube, flash, show battery percentage instead of a battery bar, zoom for taking pics and videos, be able to group apps, contacts and ipod into folders.
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:02 am
it should have an option to save the custom files such as ms office and documents and text files.
it should have an option to sync the ms office application files such as word,excel,powerpoint to a storage space. and should be able to open directly from the storage space
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:08 am
AVCRP bluetooth support!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Flash for Safari and the ABILITY TO ASSIGN MY RIGNTONES TO MAIL, MMS/SMS, CALENDAR!!!!!!!! This is just basic phone 101. Why why why are we still waiting for this?
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:54 am
I miss having an external keyboard. I used my palm for note taking, draft documents for school, minutes for clubs and meeting, extensive journalling. I’d really like it if bluetooth or and external accessory could be provided for this. I love my iMac but can’t carry it around. I really used my palm when I had a windoze machine but I love my iphone. It is superior but it isn’t the same and doesn’t offer complete replacement value for me. I’m waiting.
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
i was hoping they include a fm radio update for they ipod touch. they say there is a unusable fm transmitter and receiver that they built in the 2G and 3G models. just like the bluetooth support update they used for the unused bluetooth transmitter, i hope they do the same for the fm radio.
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Configurable calendar alert sound, more useful lock screen with next appointments, weather etc.
October 4th, 2009 at 4:52 am
weet iemand wanner iphone update 3.2 uit komt
October 4th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Full functioning bluetooth. Custom SMS alerts. ‘Today’ home page with calendar, notes, etc…
October 4th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
October 4th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
October 4th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
I heard that the 3.2 update was coming out on October 22,2009
October 5th, 2009 at 6:36 am
@fluffy beta 3.2 of GM ?
October 5th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
FLASH!!!!!!!
October 5th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
For the next iPhone update I’d like to see (again): - internet Tethering!! - week view in Calendar! - integrated to-do’s in Calendar or ToDo app on iPhone (that links with ToDo’s in iCal)
Thanks!
October 5th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Well, my iphone like to freeze a lot, that could be fixed in the next upgrade. there are really only a few things on here that ive noticed that i would really like on my iphone. a today screen showing all of the events scheduled for today would be really useful. and i really like the idea of the apple logo light for notifications. fm radio would be nice as long as it worked well. and the ability to sync whichever songs and photos you want instead of them all syncing would be very nice.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:11 am
My iPhn 3g upgraded to 3.1 but it was locked!! I think it would be better if there is no special sim to use it, open to all sim, like others do, right?!
October 6th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I’d like to be able to type a SMS resposnse while i’m doing something else, like when the SMS bubble pops up you have the option to reply within the bubble and send the text, say when you are using safari
October 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Week view on the calendar would be great. I want to be able to see the day in some context, but the month view takes up the whole screen and then I can only see two appointments.
October 6th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
3.2 – Call audio output through 30 pin dock, as well as firewire charge (doubt that will happen). Clear button in texting so you can clear entire message without holding the back button deleting word by word, FLASH for sure!!!!!! Turn by turn talk GPS (not a $90 app, should be standard in iphone maps) and genuine Gmail push! Those are at the top of my list.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Flash and calendar week view PLEASE as soon as possible ! Or share calendar db with thrd parties !
October 7th, 2009 at 3:15 am
How about an icon to tell us that we received email and sms/mms while using other apps.
how about the a calendar view where we can see at a glance what we have for today without going to home screen and launching the calendar.
it seems bluetooth works with car kits but find it hard to pair to other phones.
an easy way to switch between running apps.
how about a icon view of the email accounts instead of text which is inconsistent with overall look of the Iphone.
A view that tell us how much storage is left and how much memory is left and the ability to close apps running the background.
that is it for now, as I only had it for a couple of days. Impressive screen, feel,look and UI but otherwise an v. good Ipod and a very basic phone.
Later.
October 7th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Just stop these damned random shutdowns!
I don’t care about anything else.
October 7th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Unified Inbox for all email accounts, multiple signatures. And something like BIS option for Iphone. If you want to compite at enterprise level, you have to make it better than BB in email respects.
October 7th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Need a hotkey (like a double click or triple click of home button) for easy access to bluetooth on/off Better wifi (it sucks right now on my 3Gs)
home screen display of missed calls, emails messages etc
sync to outlook “tasks”
AVRCP
October 7th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
FULL FLASH SUPPORT for the iPhone are definitely long overdue…Full Landscape option mode on all apps such as iTunes, Apps store, Phone, Photos etc. and ability to lock it on both Portrait and Landscape.
October 7th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I want my battery indicator to work properly. THAT’S ALL.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:54 am
iPhone definitely can use bluetooth file transfer and flash. that is long long due.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
MMS and Tethering disabled is just because your carreer sux big time (ough AT&T).
We’ve had that in Denmark for ages, and was enabled on the iPhone with the release of OS 3
And I can tell you, it works excellent.
October 8th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Better email account and calendar sync. All my email in each acct (hotmail/gmail)except my work does not sync/update if it’s updated from the source. Simply downloads new emails/calendar events. My work email does accurately sync with exchange…but my work calendar does not (only new)
October 9th, 2009 at 7:44 am
I want the calendar and To-Do’s to be seen on the lockscreen ! Just a customizable lockscreen ! I don’t want to jailbreak my phone to be able to use such a feature !
October 9th, 2009 at 7:50 am
i would like to be able to put pictures onto my iphone then be able to get them back on my computer if they were deleted off my computer for instance.
October 9th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Link contacts and calendar!!! The ability to create a calendar event from a contact. A customer calls me, I create them as a new contact, now I’d like to create an event (appointment) in calendar (without re-typing all their info) so that I can get the job and buy more Apple products. Win win.
October 10th, 2009 at 2:49 am
I would like to see on the future os 3.2 followings:
-> clear spezific call history records -> block a phone nummber for incoming calls and sms
-> see how many sms you send to a person in the moment
-> flash for safari browser -> an user spezific desktop with own setting for iphone and apps -> that you can save document on the iphone, which have received over email or internet
October 10th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Quick reply to text messages without having to leave the app. Being able to actually customize my email/sms/etc tones. Out of the six there are, all of my fellow iPhone user friends have the same one! Also, the ability to set SMS to VIBRATE ONLY. We have a silent, but no vibrate. C’mon, Apple, you’re better than this.
October 10th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I would like to see mobile iChat on the touch.
October 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
October 10th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Less important: 2. Ability to customize more. (i.e. use songs in iPod library for alarms/alerts) 3. Quick SMS reply 4. Flash support 5. Ability to sync via wifi
October 10th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
October 11th, 2009 at 4:16 am
@David – Wi-Fi syncing is a good idea but would take forever, Wireless 802.11b/g is 54Mbps – USB 2.0 is 480Mbps – transferring anything over 10Gbs of data would take substantially longer over WiFi.
October 11th, 2009 at 4:47 am
Adobe Flash in Safari PLEASE!
October 11th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I’d love to be able to respond to a text while in the lock screen! Also, the ability to respond to a text without closing the application that you are using would be nice! please!
October 11th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Agree with Johnny boy about SMS without closing the application. I would like to see TV out also.
October 11th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Ok I really think that we should all have themselves for the iphone&ipod touchs, on all Gens. I REALLY WANT ROGNTONES FOR TEXT MESSAGING I WOULD DO ANYTHING OR REALLLLL ANYTHING TO HAVE THAT !!! Have the ringtone you already bough&put it into your text alert not just that but we don’t want to pay 1.25 just for a ringtone part we don’t like do you think appl you can make us iPhone users trim it ourselfs on iPhone not just on iTunes:) I want those 3 things that lots of people wanted forever since the 1st iPhone came out ! Thank yoh&if you do that, you will make lots of people happy so happy that they’ll tell other people to buy the iPhone
please think about the ringtone for messages&aldo voice message. !!:) thanks alot&i think it should be fo 3.2 update !! That will make the best Christmas present Everett !!
October 12th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Funny, most of these comments are written by people who obvisouly dont know much about their iphone.
October 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Nike + Support, Nike + Support, Nike + Suport, oh…and customizable menu/icons/backgrounds…and sortable apps/folders
October 12th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
WE WANT FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 13th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Call wating Alert if i have i call and the other side hearing that beep
October 13th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
definetly should have themes, different colors stuff like that
October 14th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Flash – come on any good web developer is supplying alternate content so that if the browser doesn’t support Flash it give a comparable experience. Check my site http://www.polychromenz.com/web.html on your PC and again on your iPhone.
I’d love to choose a playlist on the alarm clock – PLEASE then my iPhone dock can wake me up to music. There are 3rd party apps but they don’t do what the iPhone alarm does and on a PDA/Smartphone this should be out of the box stuff.
I REALLY want to see an email icon when I have email without having to unlock
I really want to turn blue tooth off without going into settings
October 14th, 2009 at 3:36 am
On other thing – it would be nice to set a date and time that the data usage is reset and save say the last 3 months. Then you can see if you are close to your plan limit. I’ve never had the problem gut I only get 200Mb and sometimes I want to check
October 14th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
For non 3gs owners it would nice to see the battery percentage feature.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:26 am
that it is possible to store new telefoonnumbers on the simcard
or a tool that copy the numbers to the simcard
October 15th, 2009 at 7:11 am
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE MULTIPLE APPS AT ONE TIME. FOR INSTANCE I USE RHAPSODY. I DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO CUT OFF THE RHAPSODY BECAUSE I AM TEXTING. THOSE ARE THE APPS THAT I UTILIZE MOST BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE MORE THAN ONE APP AT A TIME. ALSO ANOTHER THING IS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOSE THE TONES THAT PLAY FOR OUR TXT MSG ALERTS. THE IPHONE IS SUPPOSE TO BE A MULTIMEDIA PHONE BUT IN MY OPINION THESE ARE CRUCTICAL THINGS IN MAKING THIS PHONE A MULTIMEDIA PHONE.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:43 am
external keyboard support. give me a break, what do they have to gain by not offering it at all!?
October 15th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Tethering (AT&T’s fault), Custom MMS Rings, integrated google apps.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
how about letting me delete just one recent call rather than having to clear them all?
October 16th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
apple has really disapointed me, as long as I have the iPhone (from the 1st day on) I tried every new iPhone. You have a iPhone and you can’t use the features you like: tethering, avcrp, bluetooth filetransfer… root access GOOD BYE APPLE, Hello Nokia N900 (direct root access without hacking)
!!! GOOD BYE APPLE !!! !!! GOOD BYE APPLE !!! !!! GOOD BYE APPLE !!!
October 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
how about bluetooth file transfer with ipods and iphones and bluetooth transfer to pc or mobile phone
October 17th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
iPhone wishlist: 1) Some kind of list, where you tie certain phone events to what you want the phone to do when the event happens. For example: you downloaded the perfect contact management system and you use it to dial your friend – once the call is finished, you want your contact management system app to relaunch and not to ser the call history page of the phone app. The list of events should be generous. 2) Allow people to make plug-ins for Mobile Safari and publish them in the app-store with as rigorous screening process as with other apps. 3) Labeled categories where you can move your apps for easy access. 4) Give us a 5-bar indicator for wi-fi with an optional percentage. 5) Give us the option to increase signal output to 100% to get a more complete list of nearby hotspots momentarily. 6) Bluetooth filetransfers like all other mobile phones (with picture transfer built-in). 7) When in flight-mode or similar, use accelerometer and compass to calculate GPS location.
October 18th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Hello, I wonder if you can unlock the iPhone 3.2 here in my city is a fashion these new versions … Please take my questions, I’ll be waiting anxiously. and if possible show me where it says the release or where to download the software to unlock. Thank you.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:10 am
I’m strongly need the FLASH PLAYER for iphone!!!
October 19th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
RINGTONES FOR TEXT MESSAGES!!!! If I select a unique ringtone for a contact, why doesn’t an incoming text message from that number recognize it and play it like every other phone costing well below $500???? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make this available!!!!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I would like to be able to define contact numbers as being able or not being able to recieve SMS so that I’m not seeing landlines in the quick lookup for the reciepients of a text or multimedia message.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:13 pm
The possibility to turn off calendar alert notifications (not sounds, but pop-ups themselves) will be great! Or at least them not poping up in the middle of skype call and causing a call to disconnect.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Make It Run Smooth On The 3G. It Lags Like Crazy
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
I’d love to have an iPod menu system similiar to the iPod, including iPod settings. I can’t see half of my iTunes U, and TV shows titles as they don’t scroll when I am trying to select a specific episode, and no way to get info of the track without starting to play it
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:28 am
I’d love to be able to customize the sounds for different types of events, and have editable sound profiles like the Blackberry (Normal, Quiet, Vibrate, custom) each with customizable (ring (volume, ringtone, vibe), customizable event tones/vibe). I’d like the ability to add a sound profile exception like the BlackBerry as well, so after work, I could set the sound profile to Quiet, except for contacts in (Family Group)
I’d like a way to edit contact groups on the iPhone itself, not just through MS Outlook
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I would love to see whole OS landscape mode. By this I mean when you flip the iPhone into landscape mode while looking at the icons on the desktop, they rotate and the dock and menubar follow…
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
A customizable Home Screen please…
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
….and multi-tasking Apps
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
FLASH FOR THE WEBSITE.. VIDEO RECORDING.. BATTERY LIFE PERCENTAGE.. BE ABLE TO SEND PICTURE MESSAGES WITH OUT THE INTERNET… BETTER MEGAPIXELS.. ZOOM IN FOR VIDEO AND CAMERA..
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:49 pm
ASLO NEED RINGTONES FOR MESSAGES
October 24th, 2009 at 1:07 am
I want better battery life, more stabability in safari meaning less crashes. and no more freaking call drops! I’m tired of the call drops on my 3GS!
October 25th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Many owners of the VW, Audi, Skoda vehicles need to have rSAP support for iPhone. It would be great to have that ASAP.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
The ability to delete individual calls
October 26th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I have no idea whether Im right or not… but the 3GS has a fast enough processor to run multiple apps… seriously Apple!
October 27th, 2009 at 7:36 am
if someone msgs my iphone the message doesn’t go to the top of the list anymore, you gotta go look through all ur messages to see who text u, before weither u recieved a text or sent a text it went to the top of the list.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Something like a webcam. Seeing who you talk to and they see you. That’s kool. Free gps.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
A good notification system. I would love to set how my times it vibrates for a text and for an email. This is something Apple should seriously take from Blackberry. The ability to set how it notifys you for what kind of message. i.e. Different alerts for SMS, MMS, email, IM, “level 1 messages”, VM. It would also be nice to see a little icon on the top row by the signal strength or clock to let me know I have emails, voice mail, SMS, etc.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Multitasking. Google Navigation. Google Voice. Widgets on the LockScreen. Ability to install non-iStore apps. Ability to use folders in Springboard Ability to change icons and labels in SpringBoard. Ability to replace Springboard with a competent app laucher. Ability to drag-and-drop files. Ability to use as an external flash drive. Ability to access the file system. Ability to use attached hardware (such as a clip-on IR TV remote). Ability to use the already built-in FM radio. Ability to use the already built-in FM transmitter. No more intentional ******** of customers who Jailbreak. No more need to Jailbreak.
Damn. The iPhone kinda sucks in its current configuration…
October 29th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
we want voice control just like 3GS .. plzzz
October 29th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Where are SMS/mms delivery reports? There should be a toggle in the settings. Manually adding a code to a txt is a joke for such an advanced phone!
October 30th, 2009 at 9:11 am
A “find text on a webpage” command in safari! ditto for the notes app. The absence of these features is preventing me from getting an iphone.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Please allow text groups to be saved in contacts. Add a built in tasks app.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:47 am
Like some people have said, I want the notifications to be on the status bar and when you click on a certain area it will take you to the app
November 1st, 2009 at 9:28 am
ALL YOU GUYS JUST WISH… BETTER JUST JAILBREAK IT!!!!
November 1st, 2009 at 9:30 am
…AND WISHES COMES TRUE…
November 1st, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I am a VW owner with a guicci bluetooth system I cannot connect my iphone to. PLEASE PLEASE develop RSAP support. I would be happy to pay a reasonable price for the add-on.
PLEASE
November 1st, 2009 at 2:25 pm
OK! What would be nice if they made it so that when ur scrolling through long lists or like ur contacts or photos if u hold down the home button that it goes down to the bottom of the page. The reverse of the option of when u press the time it goes to the top.
November 1st, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I’d like to see the home screen to be changeable from horizontal, to landscape. I’d also like the feature of landscape to be optionally set as the default setting for home, and in programs.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:34 pm
how bout to be able to recieve and transfer file through bluetooth? really why not?
November 4th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
uhhh why doesnt apple share anything with the public… and when are they going to have tethering and customized stuff.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:41 am
SPELL CHECK!!!!!
More sounds to choose from for alerts and ringers.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
they need to make it so that you can use multiple apps at one time. I’m big on txt and RHapsody and wanna be able to use both apps at the same time
November 6th, 2009 at 9:15 am
A way to snooze calendar alerts…please! And see multiple alerts at the same time.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
To the people who suggested Zoom, Apple can only program a digtal zoom, which is shite. However Apple, can program filter effects, time delay, and a “touch anywhere on screen to take” function for self-portraits.
To the people suggesting using their own songs as ringtones, Apple won’t do it because they are currently making money off the douche bags that pay to enable songs they bought off itunes to work as ringtones.
To Everyone, i’d like to see the home button shortcut being more customizable, iChat or something similar, and most of all bug fixes, including (in the case of my iPhone) the totally **** “slide to power off” function.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
FLASH FOR SAFARI!!!
And like earlier posts, a customizable Springboard would be awesome!
November 8th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
FLASH Multitasking so I dont have to exit something to check text messages. Freedom of bluetooth use. And for future iphone generations, better compatibility with music docks so i can charge my phone while using a music dock.
November 11th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Battery Life, Battery Life and Battery Life! oh and please get rid of the ‘this accessory is not compatible with iphone’ poppup message!
November 11th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Icons on all screens that rotate so you can read them holding the iPhone in landscape mode.
November 12th, 2009 at 3:14 am
i would really love to be able to hear a customized ringtone for my text messages.. when im with my friends and we hear an incoming text message we all grab our phones like whose is it?!
November 13th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
I would like to see flash and also I would like the ability to delete one entry on the call log instead of having to clear all calls. Some number in the recent call list I would like to keep without deleting the whole recent call log.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:34 am
1) Increase the length limit of pass code
2) Search box in Messages folder
3) Search for keyword in web browser
4) Record phone calls
5) Some utility to add shapes and text to images taken with the camera
November 15th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Ability to edit/delete single received call and not all together.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:04 am
3.2 iphone update should definitely include the follow, especially with its huge rival and competitor Motorola droid.
1) Customization (more than just moving around the icons and such!- Iphone was built for this but just the software on the iphone could just be soo much better! you say the iphone is starting to get boring and a dull look to its appearance)
2) Better Notification system (needs to have more than just pop up notifications. The Iphones top bar is pretty crowded so its hard to have icons but a great idea would to have a pull down menu from the top that shows you all of your notifications and such just like the motorola droid)
3) Multitasking (now this would be a great function but I put this as last because its not really a necessary function. Since the feature notifications came out from the last update, this sort of takes care of this and isn’t really a problem especially with the 3GS with booming speeds!)
November 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Please, please, PLEASE create a “profile exception” for iPhone to receive urgent calls while device is on mute.
Also, please enable apps like Pandora to run in the background like ipod.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Just the ability to run certain task in background like ebuddy, rk running anything where it makes no sense to abort it when you switch to another program. I dont to have to Jailbreak just to get this functionality.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Phone call log management. I think all other phones in the world allow you to edit you call log. This should be the simplest to do on Iphone. Should have been there from day one. I don’t want to have delete ALL my calls.
November 17th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Ad more Sreen-Pages to be able to install motr then 158 Applikations!
November 20th, 2009 at 3:08 am
Flash for Safari would be great
November 21st, 2009 at 4:36 am
new lock screen with iwidgets like this http://www.iphonefanatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/iphonehomeall1.jpg and they can sell the widgets in the app store
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 am
bluetooth transfer from iphone to another mobile device
November 25th, 2009 at 11:19 am
the ability to cancel sending of a message once you have pressed send.
November 29th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Ability to customize SMS, mail, calander ringtones.
Landscape lock screen and springboard
winterboard-esque themes.
Mostly things that probably should have been here by now.
November 30th, 2009 at 11:02 am
They’d better fix the issue I (and lots of other people) have been facing since iPhone hit the market!
It another bluetooth issue that’s been driving us all mad: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1804116&tstart=0
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:02 am
It would be great if we could sync our iPhones 3gs to more then just one computer.
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:40 am
I Would like a built in “BASIC” interpreteter, to be able to write small local apps / games / utils and share those between iPhone users!
It would be nice with some kind of local programming utility…..
Another nice thing would be a good Chat/IM client built in from the beginning, compatible with IM/IRC/Yahoo/Google etc….
What i’m really are missing is a built in backup utility for calendar & contacts, Mail etc, to get rid of the need for a client to sync with!
I Want to use the iPhone as a standalone tool, with a free secure backup solution.
Also there is a urgent need to update the hadling of mail attachements in the iPhone! IT MUST BEABLE TO import the .cal (Calendar request attachments) to the built in calendar by default…..
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
would be nice to be able to use custom ring-tones for Voice mail, calendar, e-mail, and message alerts. Nice to have something personal that makes the alerts stand out from everyone else’s iPhone.
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Flash and Folder creation option or at least 24 app pages that’s currently my only urge I like to keep everything on my 3GS. Multiple-Tasking built in would be nice too.
December 5th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Also, fix iTunes computer authorization nonesense I had to reformat my hardrive when installing windows 7 and the new iTunes I installed had to overwrite my iPhone I sucks.
December 6th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Password protection for messages. People often get a hold of my phone and snoop through my photos and text messages. It’d be nice if the boys at the office DIDN’T see the mushy txt messages between me and my missus!
Ability to move photos between albums
Better Bluetooth interface. My Motorola S9 headsets works great with it but the buttons on either side are useless. Would be nice to get those working so I can take calls without having to get my phone out, and also control my music.
Flash (obviously not going to happen because it’d take money from the app store).
December 8th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Ability to categorize apps into folders on the main screen so I don’t have pages upon pages of apps, for example. A Utility folder, a games folder…. if they can categorize the app store why cant I have apps in folders?
December 8th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
How about password protection for NOTES! How about the ability to forward calls when busy or no answer like any cheap phone does! How about new fonts, new ringtones, new sms notifications!
December 13th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
I think that there will be iPhone 3.2 after Christmas
December 15th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
A new lock screen, with the possibility to see new mail, sms, calendar entries etc.
December 17th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
AVRCP Bluetooth support!
December 17th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
For some reason iTunes likes to delete my On-The-Go playlist i make from my phone, and it would be nice if they didn’t. Am i alone on this?
December 20th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
is anyone aware that the search feature in iphone calendar only searches backwards one year? a rolling one year. I confirmed this is true on 2 other iphones at apple tech support. so, I’m assuming it’s true for every iphone with 3.0 and 3.1 since they did not fix it on the 3.1 update.
does anyone else care about this?
or just not aware of it?
December 20th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Well, if you are not aware of this huge limit in the iphone, then be aware that after one year goes by since you started entering events in your iphone calendar, that they will NOT be available by searching for them.
December 20th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Perhaps a DROID is a better choice?
Although, maybe not: I bought a Droid, and looks like I’ll have to stick with the iphone and hope they fix the limited search issue in calendar, which is very important to me. The droid fails to perform most things I do on the iphone as well as the iphone does them. some things taking a lot longer: like the complicated text editing on the droid. Or the fact that the light sensitivity on the supposedly better camera is much worse than the iphone camera, but since it has a flash, this mainly shows up in movies taken inside where the light isn’t bright. movies don’t use the flash
The droid camera is also very slow; slow to take pics, slow to store them.
Forget about taking 3 quick pics of your 1 year old child learning to walk, if using the Droid.
Final note: APPLE, PLEASE FIX THE IPHONE SO WE CAN SEARCH BACKWARDS IN CALENDAR AS FAR AS WE WISH!! thank you.
December 21st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Apple is still not giving us full advantage over the iPhone Platform. I realise that you have to add up “Memory & power usage” when designing the OS but there still should be a better OS then whats out now. Apple should give us an option of an advanced platform or standard or if features are going to hog power or memory what about been able to turn them off when not needed? I also too realise that Apple is trying to keep things simple thats great but what about us pro user’s? There is so much improvement that can be done but for what ever reason it’s not here. I’ve tried jailbreak but I lost trust in it and stopped using it cause of many things. I like my iPhone 3GS 32GB but I wish I had more features and control over it.
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 am
i want the ability for text and phone to work through wifi when there is no cell service (if thats possible, it might not be able to streem voice very well) it would also be cool if you can read and respond to messages and answer phone calls without exiting an app thanks
December 25th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I love my iPhone the way it is JAILBROKEN so I don’t have to be waiting for no stupid updates from Apple and it looks amazingly pretty
… as for any kind of update to the phone PLEASE seriously FLASH for the camera, FLASH for Safari, ZOOM IN/OUT for the camera, Ability to send songs from ur ipod library via e-mail as a file, Voice navigation for free un the gps (not that silly $10.00 plan from AT&T), and def BATTERY LIFE performance. Thats it for now, the rest and all kinds of tweaks I can get from the jailbreak 
… AHHH and AT&T SUCKS BIG TIME (WORST CELL COMPANY EVER, THEIR SERVICE SUCK AND IS RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE) My bill is never less than $100, I know im not the only one but come on seriously wtf
December 25th, 2009 at 10:24 am
To use flash player on the iphone
December 26th, 2009 at 4:52 am
MUCH, MUCH BETTER BLUETOOTH CAPABILITIES.
December 27th, 2009 at 11:31 am
I use to use my old classic iPod as an external harddrive, and I could back up all my photos and docs, I relied on it. I was extremely disapointed when I discovered my iPhone would not do this, and I don’t see any reason why it should not be able too. I also moved away from a city to the mountains. According to At&t, there is supposed to be an update back in August to bring 3g service, yet it’s no where to be found. The data plan I pay to AT&T each month is completely useless. AT&T only response is that I’m in a contract and I must pay for the service even if it’s not working. I would really like to see the iPhone be available on multiple carriers, maybe it can help AT&T lighten their load. More than likely when my contract is up, Ill switch carriers after being w/ AT&T for 10 years, and i’ll just get an iPod touch, any other carrier will let you teether the Internet service you pay for, for the phone you are carrying. I love how I pay $30 a month for a data plan, that can’t even push pandora radio at work….
December 27th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
We need some better control of the audio port to use, for instance if I plug into a USA Spec car integration kit, I want to be able to select the dock connector for the phone call audio.
Also, I want FULL VIDEO OUT — of the entire iPhone interface and ALL applications.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
i want to be able to respond to text messages while app is still open. i hate having to close out of apps when a text comes in. zoom on camera would be nice. a little more customizatioin. those are big ones that would be nice…
January 4th, 2010 at 7:00 am
This internet site is actually quite good, but for some reason it does not display properly when trying to view on my Nintendo Wii. If it helps, the console uses the Opera browser and am impelled to using the console for accessing the Internet whilst my PC is away being fixed.
January 7th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
FLASH PLAYER!!!!!
-If nothing else is updated the iPhone needs bloody Flash player!
-Ability to bluetooth pictures and videos and any other device
-ability to customise the message tone!!!!! There are only 7 options!!!
January 10th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
U should b able 2 put a background behind ur apps that’s the only thing that I want & i’d b happy!!!
January 11th, 2010 at 12:41 am
I want a video camera background text without leaving the app and to be able to trim off the stupid landscaping Bluetooth songs would be nice
January 11th, 2010 at 6:40 am
zzz after soo long wheres the 3.2 update?!
January 15th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
RSAP SUPPORT RSAP SUPPORT RSAP SUPPORT RSAP SUPPORT
January 16th, 2010 at 5:47 am
1.)I would like to send files like photos,music,videos,documents and more via Bluetooth.
2.)Exit button on the apps like (messages,settings,note,mail,contacts,calendar,photos and MORE….)
3.)Minimize and Maximize the apps in one button
Thank You.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:08 am
I’m with Casey @ 249. Link Contacts and Calendar!!!
I expected this when I bought my iPhone in 2007. The Newton MessagePad I had back in 1997 could do it.
I can’t believe I’m still waiting for it on the iPhone!
January 17th, 2010 at 8:20 am
*Adobe Flash support!! *Better file management – being able to mange files without connection to mac or pc using iTunes (why can’t we just do it on the phone itself?) creating folders and deleting or moving files from folder to folder such as pics and music etc, setting music files as ringtone on the device, sending files via Bluetooth with the “send via Bluetooth” option like all other Bluetooth enabled phones have. *Rotation on/off option in safari and other apps *Bluetooth printing (could be done with “send via Bluetooth” and search for Bluetooth device/ printer)
January 17th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Run programs in the background without jailbreaking, I’m tired of listening to my Sirius Radio on my Iphone only to have to stop to reply to a text msg, or Email.
January 18th, 2010 at 2:16 am
A fix to the wireless network access issue that has been around on iPhone 3G since OS 2.x
User defineable sms and email tones
The ability to accept or reject phone calls when the phone is locked. The ability is there when your using the phone.
January 21st, 2010 at 4:50 pm
the new iphone os must be very cool! for examle new camera program with zoom and others..
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:23 am
the new iphone software should have a quickreply for sms instead of exiting your session and replying. Also there should be a camera zoom, built in video recorder and make it faster to use it be mad slow sometimes using safari
January 24th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
The iPod/iPhone software should support AVRCP 1.3 or 1.4 so that the skip forward/backward function works via bluetooth in the car. Eyes on the road people.
January 31st, 2010 at 6:30 am
For me most important and should be simple: Possibility to import *.ics mail attachments (invitations form other calenders) into the iPhone iCal !!! A must.
January 31st, 2010 at 9:05 am
First off all i want a better perfomance (more speed) , support flash , can use mp3 as ringtone , can set password for apps like contact,galery,notes,message,ipod and more. I love Apple Company soo much !!!
I hope Apple will fix this problem and all users problem. Thank You
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:13 am
The important thing is, When we SMS can change keyboard mode to Numeric keypad mode, like Nokia all touch screen Models.
Thank You.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:04 am
Please i want to see battery level in iphone 2g. On coming OS 3.2.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Ok, what’s so hard about custamizing you’re home screen to the pictures from your photo livery and camera pics?? All the other non-smartphones can do it! He’ll even some of tj ancient phones do it! And let’s face it, it’s not the best homescreen in the world, it’s got a GREY taskbar, GREY! I mean come on, what were you smokin when you disided to use that colour? And don’t try to tell me it matches the ‘theme’ of the phone, because it looks to me like the theme is black and whight, and let me rltell you something, just because grey is in the middle of black n whight doesn’t mean it goes with it. Anyway, I’m kinda gettin off th subject here, the thing is the phone is suppose to be about being able to have freedom but in soo many cases it ristrcts you from many many things, like the wallpaper, it doesn’t make you feel like you have a phone of you’re own because if you look at someone elses iPhone, you’ll see exactly the same thing on there’s . Well, I’ve kinda rambled on 4 ages now, think about th comment and peace out all!