Here I come once again to fire some complaints toward iPhone. Don’t get me wrong though, it is still a very nice toy to play with. So despite of numerous feature requests that are already out there, let me come up my own wish list based on one month of regular usage. Correct me if I am wrong, i.e. cases where features/functions already exist it is just me being dumb.
The synchronization mechanism of iPhone defeats the whole purpose of synchronizing, it should have a more appropriate name “backup” since you can only sync the iPhone with one single computer. To make it even worse, the sync process can only be achieved through iTunes via USB connection, although bluetooth syncing for calenders and contacts while Wi-Fi syncing for iTunes libraries could sound much smarter. Also, why doesn’t it sync notes? What about To-Do list?
And what is wrong with Mail on iPhone? Do I have to actually go through each of the new mails to have them automatically marked as read? Yes it wouldn’t be a problem if you check emails often so every time there would be only a few, but one of those days when you have to go through 20+ emails just to mark them as read (probably you have already read them online) I guarantee you annoyance.
The ability to open common attachments is great. Unfortunately, you cannot save any of them, not even an image. It is natural to have such need as saving images from email attachments and web pages to your picture library. Lacking this capability, iPhone’s fancy photo viewer which takes advantage of its multi-touch screen is almost meaningless. Viewing those images that already exist on the computer? I don’t think so. Neither would I enjoy browsing photos taken by the built-in camera.
Now that the photo viewer is mentioned, iTunes seems to introduce unwanted compression to the image before uploading it to the iPhone if its resolution is larger than iPhone’s native resolution (320 by 480 at 160 PPI). This, let’s call it “feature” for now, might be intended but is not mentioned anywhere whatsoever and hence there is no way to disable it. The consequence is when you enlarge the image it becomes blurry. It is more evident when you compare the same image opened in Safari.
There was a rumor saying that firmware 1.1.3 is coming, which will finally bring us the disk mode we have been longing for. Yet the update is still nowhere to be seen and the content was not substantiated by any credible source. Come on, Apple! Why can’t we just drag-n-drop stuff we want and then browse-n-play? Having to create a playlist for syncing songs and videos is just lame.
One last thing I can think of today is why do I have to push a single physical button, a.k.a. the Home button, every time I need to navigate among applications? On top of that are intuitive presses for unlocking the phone. I have already begun to consider how much I would have to pay to have this button repaired or should I not bother to get AppleCare for my iPhone.
I am also looking forward to the iPhone SDK which is expected to be released in February. Well, actually the most intriguing part now is how many restrictions Steve Jobs will impose on top of it.
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