I was listening to MacBreak Weekly hosted by Leo Laporte, and I heard Leo talk about a Bluetooth wristwatch GPS device he uses to geo-tag his photos. Before they could start talking about it, I thought it would be great if iPhone OS 2.0 would allow the 1st gen iPhones to get real GPS. It sounds like a great solution. The GPS wouldn’t drain the iPhone’s battery (although connections to the EDGE network for map updates could.) I like the idea of having GPS in my car, but I don’t want the extra box. I would even accept a small GPS puck to place on the dashboard that is tied to the iPhone via Bluetooth. I’ve already purchased a cell phone mount w/ windshield suction cup to hold the iPhone or iPod. I could see that as a big win for 1st gen iPhone owners that may feel left in the dust when the 2nd gen iPhone comes out.
This started me thinking about other iPhone features that I would like to see in iPhone OS 2.0. I’ll bet if you search the net, you’ll find 100 other lists like this, but here’s mine:
- Color code my iCal calendars on the iPhone as I have them setup in iCal.
- If I set iCal to ignore alarms on my wife’s calendar, migrate that setting to the iPhone as well. (My 3G 30Gb iPod can do this.)
- Sync iCal to my .Mac account in real time! (I think there may be a big announcement about tighter integration to .Mac at WWDC) I want my display to update after my wife ads her iCal events… especially when I am away from home and away from my Mac.
- Video recording – but here’s why it won’t happen for the 1st gen iPhone… where’s the microphone? If Apple thinks the mic isn’t suited for video recording, they won’t do it because Apple doesn’t want to release something that might appear half-assed. Regardless, I would be happy with 90 second clips.
- Add the Google maps drag route feature. There are times when I don’t like the route that Google picks and would like to modify it like you can on the web version.
Most of my other wishes will come from 3rd party developers.
