[amo88ny]

MY ULTIMATE LIST:

1. Worldwide ATM Finder
2. Traffic Updater
3. Weather Tracker
4. ZAGAT Directory
5. Meal Tip Calculator
6. iChat
7. Memo/Video Recorder
8. iKarmaSutra
9. City Cross-Street Locator
10. Movie Review/Movie Finder/Tix Purchaser
11. VINDIGO! (check out their site ... on Treo for years)

[MtnBiker]

I guess I'm going to have to wait a while for what I think is missing since I've not yet seen one key wish posted yet: a database such as Bento or jFile on Palm. I'm unhappily using SplashID on a Palm (many things wrong with the app, both on the Palm and Mac). jFile is/was great except syncing with the Mac since there was no Mac app with it. Someone put together a conduit to Filemaker, but it was always problematic for me. I used it however for years. I did see a few requests for iWork. So Numbers would partially satisfy this, but at least a flat file database.
To summarize:
jFile with a Mac app
jShopper (still using on Palm)
and as others have said
Universal search
Copy/Paste

[slashclee]

I know that you guys are talking about the official SDK, but have you looked at the list of apps available on jailbroken iPhones today? Specifically, Pushr does #11 without downscaling your photos or dropping the EXIF data...

[Jason Snell]

slashclee said:

I know that you guys are talking about the official SDK, but have you looked at the list of apps available on jailbroken iPhones today? Specifically, Pushr does #11 without downscaling your photos or dropping the EXIF data...

Suffice it to say that we made our list well aware of what apps are available for jailbroken phones... ;-)

[slashclee]

Well, if possible, I plan on porting Pushr to the official SDK as soon as I can get my hands on it (assuming that the SDK doesn't come with technical limitations that would prevent Pushr from working properly).

[Filburt]

Photo Booth: not gonna happen since the camera is on the reverse side (significant usability issue).
VNC: Admininstrators and geeks will eat this one up, but given the limit screen size and lack of keyboard, it would be very unusable.

[clwilla]

An iTunes controller. There is a pretty good web-based iTunes controller available (Signal, I think), and it works pretty well (switch tracks, change speakers, etc), but it's just too slow because it's a web app, not a native app. If I could use my iPhone to control iTunes, that would rule.

[dreyfus]

Nice list and agree with most of it. Just:
- make that to-do/task thing to include notes, really shameful that Apple is leaving all that out from syncing completely. Also please add multi-calendar support (at least colour coding and select calendar for new entries on the phone)
- be very careful about that VoIP thing - a lot of carriers do exclude VoIP and modem use in their data flat rate fineprint - In my case VoIP or modem use would automatically incur no-contract/prepaid user charges for EDGE, that is 9 Cents per 10 Kb, can be a costly feature

[MattDStar]

I agree. I don't think a digital level is very useful for most people but a to do list would be fantastic. Oh, and it should have the ablity to have alarms set on it too.

[nonlinearguy]

I listed 9 ones on my blog, at http://blog.nonlinea...ideas-round-up/
semacode reader would be a boon for business transactions: you take a picture of a business card and it translates it to a contact, for instance.

[jds4300]

What about an Epocrates application? You folks need to realize that the IPhone is NOT a toy! With the exceptions of an ebook reader, a REAL calculator, Dictionary, video player, photo editor, PDF/Doc viewer, voice note recorder, video recorder, SlingPlayer, Messeging client (Yahoo), and a to do app, those other wish list apps are mere FODDER! Come on, let's really see some useful apps, not just TOYS! Epocrates is a MUST for medical professionals!

[martuca]

Voice Dial Please!

[Terrin]

How about matching the iPod's functionality, by allowing me to use the iPhone as a hard drive to transport files? Come on Apple!

[AMKassirMD]

I agree. Voice dialing is an essential feature.In fact, the lack of this feature is one main reason I didn't buy an iPhone last Xmas for my wife. We live and drive in CA, and she is often driving with our 2 young kids. One more unnecessary distraction just isn't worth the risk.