iPhone gripes

Heh, I love the "The following are needed before I'll consider purchasing an iPhone", as if $600 buys you the end all and be all, or as if you could get all that stuff in a device without other compromises.

Sure its been said, so another vote:
why don't all of the apps (at least all those w/ text entry) support landscape mode? Typing is so much easier...

Actually the at&t specific problems -are- apple's problems. They bundled with a company with an earned bad track record. It's also a company with more wireless users than anyone else, and after all those users have complained at&t still hasn't gotten their act together. Why? Cause it's damn well easier to stick with a wireless company with problems then it is to find a new one. Well, now at&t users have some leverage. They're new partner actually listens to complaints. And it probably wouldn't be too hard for them to get out of their contract and go elsewhere citing not holding up to their side of the bargain. So yes, the problems that are on at&t's side are most definitely apple problems. CC all your complaints there.

@ Jim of Davao

erm... wow doesn't run on the iphone, it runs on a macbook nearby and its output is sent to the iphone.

• Of course — widescreen keyboard across *all* applications. And, for that matter, landscape viewing across all applications.

• Ability to delete (or hide) .Mac email messages *without* them being deleted from server. At home, I often have 20 or so messages in my inbox, until they’re processed. But on the iPhone, I constantly have to wade through all of those messsages. On my Treo (now a paperweight), I could delete email at will — and it would still remain visible on my computer. (The user was given the option of deleting from the server or not.) But on the iPhone, I deleted a bunch of messages — only to discover them also deleted at home.

• Ability to edit contacts from the favorites list. Presently, you have to switch to contacts, then locate that contact in the list (I have 2,500), then tap Edit.

• Display photos next to contacts.

• Syncing via Bluetooth.

• Fix the Safari crashes.

• Fix the map crashes.

• Allow 3rd-party applications.

• Add preference to have “Hide My Caller ID” button appear each time a call is made. Again — just a preference — so not everyone has to see that button.

• Volume control to make SMS sounds louder.

• Calendar events in color, like their iCal counterparts. This sophisticated device displays photos, but all calendar events have to be monochromatic?

The following are needed before I'll consider purchasing an iPhone;
available unlocked
a way to buy songs or videos directly from the iPhone
use as a laptop modem
phone functionality with iPod speaker docks
FM radio
movie recording
voice recording
call recording
full bluetooth (stereo, file transfer, keyboard -iSkin Cerulean RX/TX Blue Tooth transmitter/receiver combo)
upgradable memory
immersion haptics technology
voice dialing
custom ringtones
camera burst mode
direct printing
file transfering - external drive
file/data transfering - wirelessly
copying, saving web pages
web: copying/pasting data
web: jscript, flash movies, java applets
web: streaming audio / video
web: RSS, stored passwords
save email attachments
email: open Excel, PowerPoint or large documents
email: music or video file attachments
IM-live chat
MMS picture messaging
sync Firefox bookmarks
sync tasks, notes, to-do's
handwritten notes that can be synced
movie output to TV
real 3G data network
no GSM buzz (audio speakers -Chestnut Hill Sound George dock)
hands-free car kit

why cant we email someone thru our sms ??

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why cant we delet call history one by one?

By complaining on a Blog you are complaining either to current customers or future customers, not Apple. Let Apple know you don't like what they are doing.

Here is the link to the iPhone Feedback page. Let Apple know what you think, not the rest of the world. http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html