Eight apps I want on the iPhone

iTunes on iPhone would be killer.

I want to see more attention to Apps for the Mac to work with the iPhone data, rather than usable on the iPhone itself.

Such as maybe something to parse and store call logs over time.

And FIX iTUNES! I mean, I hate that I cannot...

-- see the size of my entire iTunes library (video and podcasts and music) in one easy look. You can add up MUSIC, and PODCASTS, etcetera, but you cannot simply see the size of EVERYTHING.

-- Don't you think it is time to be able to sift and sort Video and Audio podcasts without a smart playlist?

I agree, iChat should have been added.

However, I don't blame Apple for not releasing an SDK – in a way it opens the field right up for more types of developers. (As long as Apple makes Safari handle all web 2.0 technologies appropriately)

The only shame is that apps will be slow and won't really be able to use core technologies built into the iPhone.

YES, SNOOD!

A strong second for ecto on the iPhone. That would be a Very Good Thing. i expect we will see iChat, and maybe an Adium app, soon. And i like the Comic Life idea, actually! We don't really need to send snapshots from our iPhones to our friends, but since we will anyway...

Sorry for the double post. No more clicking on old confirm links instead of bookmarking a permalink....

Anyhow...

@Eudo

How exactly was that trolling? Im confused.... All i did was list my top 8.
:-/

mben - Your comment about Powerpoint made me wonder how hard it actually was for Apple to show what was happening on the iPhone... up on a projector. I wonder if some of the pins in that mysterious dock connector can do a mirrored video out...

...or if the headphone jack at least has a composite video out. After all, the iPod does... but I doubt it because you've already got stereo audio + mic input + common ground, which is three bands on the minijack (four conductors) -- no more room for a video out.

I just try and look at it like this: If you can connect to the web, the full "we can handle 2.0 web" then you can have about any app you can dream of, right?

As one of those alleged not to exist "business users" I want:

Like #4, A version of Keynote (or even GAG PPT). I just love to sit at meetings and conferences watching the PPT geeks wait for their presentation to fail. It could be a player/viewer only, althought I'd really like to make those last minute on the fly changes, and then email the file to attendees. Now, how would we conect to that LCD projector, if it doesn't have wifi?

Agree with others, some financial software for managing expenses and receipts while on the road. A quicken alternative would be nice but it hasn't happened yet. (Hey how about turning the screen into a scanner for all those receipts while we're wishing- not sure if I"m kidding or not).

An hey, Verizon has a traffic and navigation/direction service for a few bucks a month, I'd pay for that as well, as opposed to a GPS app for now. Tie it into google maps and it might be easy to at least show start and end points.

Honestly, I don't have much use for the iPod itself, although I might start watching my own movies on planes. In theory I could wait for a future lower cost iPhone that doesn't include the ipod or the camera part, but hey, I'm self employed so no approvals are needed, and it will be a dedcutible business expense!

There's really just two apps that I would love to see on the iPhone. First is Delicious Library. Having the notes feature on my iPod (and also on the iPhone, if the "Notes" icon on the home screen is any indication) is cool and all, but it's not very robust. I would love to be able to sort my library however I want, and actually have images of the covers just like in the full app. The ability to add to the library on the iPhone would be nice, but is not required. I would imagine that scrolling through the library would be very slick as well, and a cover flow view would make me pretty damned happy.

The other app I'd really like to see is, of course, an actual Skype client. Or make it a widget, if it's a really good widget. But I want to be able to use Skype on my iPhone while I'm connected to Wi-Fi. I know AT&T REALLY doesn't want people to have that ability, but whatever; you're already paying them for the subscription fee each month, right?

Additionally, has anyone else noticed that even after the 10.4.10 update, "iPhone" still hasn't been added to the default dictionary? :P

pixelslut: What a deliciously subtle trolling! It's so refreshing!

Trolls nowadays just throw their flames around looking for the easy catch but not you, no. You throw the line subtly and wait for them to bite. You want them to beg you for the full trolling piece.

I bow to you.