iPhone Wishlist

If you haven't noticed the look of fear on Steve Balmer's face, let me be the first to tell you that Apple, Inc is delivering the iPhone late June. An iPod, movie player, Wi-Fi web client, and mobile telephone all in one package. Apple.com has the scoop.

Although already full of awesome and useful features, here are some tweaks I would want.

- A text-editor. When on the go, it'd be sweet to not only have the iPod notes, but to also be able to edit these notes on the go. The interface wouldn't be that difficult to come up with: it could be the text-messaging interface, but with a "save" button instead of "send."

- To view photos in landscape mode, simply turn the iPhone on it's side and it's Wii-like accelerometers will automatically switch the perspective. What if I turned the iPhone on its side while texting. Would the screen go into landscape mode with a wider keyboard?

- In the same way that cameras on cellphones made cheap YouTube videos of favorite musicians, and recorded the evidence of automobile accidents, a microphone on the phone could spice up the life of the wandering musician or reporter. I expect that a microphone would be featured in later generations of the iPhone, especially after the camera gets upgraded with video capability.

- Longer battery life!