[mistersquid]

All of your dream apps are near-to-useless without (compared to) one piece of OS-level functionality: copy-and-paste.

[mistersquid]

Looks like an editor didn't like my criticism. I'll try a different way. Can you imagine writing a medium-sized piece in App 2, "Document editor" without copy-and-paste? Me either.
I'm also very much in agreement with EMoeller that search (especially in MobileSafari) is really something that needs to added.
Many of these apps sound great, and I look forward to some subset of them being released after the SDK is available for developers. However, deleting the comments of those of us who think OS-level functionality would greatly improve some of these applications is just plain bad form.

[garbi]

Strange, nobody mentioned the ability to record video...

[NicholasCox]

Wow. I almost didn't look at this because I figured the article and the first 5 posts would scream OMNIFOCUS!
But it's what we need! I have been saving for an iPhone for a while, and I know that when I get it, I'm going to need to be able to do some GTD stuff when I'm away from my Mac.
Omni Group, can you hear us?!

[JesseBarnum]

I would absolutely pay money for a good e-book reader. I really miss my MobiPocket reader on my old Nokia 6600.

[captainboom]

Include Mail's Junk mail filter, and allow bulk deleting of what fills it.

[sruckel]

I can't believe some of your ideas. I love my iPhone, and use it exclusively, but my 8525 with Windows mobile OS has way more useful "basic" tools like cut and paste, voice recorder, better video playback, office-based programs.
Those kind of tools are helpful for mobile professionals, but would really require Apple to rethink hardware issues. They would need to add storage like an SD card and the ability to either add a slide out keyboard or letting their keyboard rotate to landscape.

[Scorp_56]

You know, I'd love to see some of those old choose-your-adventure type of video games that were popular in the early and mid nineties on the iPhone/iPod Touch. I used to have this game called "Silent Steel" on my old IBM Aptiva (from RadioShack!) in college that would be perfect for the platform. It was set up like a Tom Clancy novel where you play the role of a sea commander and you are presented with questions at every turn. How you answer the current question determines the next scenario and so forth.

[alvino]

iWork for iPhone/iPod Touch
This is one I would pay big bucks to see. iWork for iPhone would switch me over to an iPhone. My wife bought one, and I have an iPod Touch, but I can't invest in an iPhone until they have something like iWork (in basic, greatly reduced form, but something like it).
I need a 'Numbers' app for work and data. I need a 'Pages' app for light editing on the go. Finally, I need something like 'Keynote' for presentations at the office. Combined with the video output of the iPhone, Keynote for the iPhone could allow me to connect to my company projector and show presentations in the office environment.
Of coarse all 3 of these would need to retain the ability to at least read word documents, excel documents, and PowerPoint objects. I don't know if this is realistic in the amount of memory provided, but WOW, I would pay close to $1000 for such a device.
iWork for iPhone.

[alvino]

iWork for iPhone. I especially need Keynote for presentations while connected to a projector, and Numbers for light data entry. The ability to read Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
I would gladly shell out $$$ to Apple for this.

[zeroblizzard]

I would like to see a bluetooth client, with the ability to attach bluetooth accessories, like a keyboard, or some other kind of connection for ipod touches to use that kind of keyboard, like maybe use a 30pin connector keyboard that uses a usb to 30pin connector adapter that splits the 30 pin connector into two.
Also, being able to do everything mentioned before.
"Security and stability" is bull. Let people do what they want, just give them extremely dire warnings beforehand, like the ipod touch software updates, where you have to agree to the contract.

[Oldbird]

Re: 25 native iPhone apps we hope to see
Did I miss something ? In all 25 suggestions I did not see one about voice rec phone calling!
I find it very hard to be driving down the Interstate and trying to tap, tap through a half dozen screens to make a phone call!
You should just be able to say "Call home" and it calls you home number....Pocket PC from Verizon did.

[phadams]

See #7: VNC client

[leicaman]

Spamsieve.
Also I disagree with a point in #1 in the article. The genius of the Kindle is not the Internet, it's the always-on cellular connection. The Internet is a collateral benefit, and not nearly as functional as it already is on the iPhone.
And the Kindle is more successful than they thought it was going to be right off. In spite of it's uglyfied nature.