We let iPhone Central generally cover most of the iPhone news, but the whole Apple community is buzzing about yesterday’s announcements. Applications. On the iPhone. It’s big. I’m still rocking the Treo, but if Sling delivers their client for iPhone… well, I’ll join the borg the iPhone community.
However, this poses an interesting question, the answer to which will be different for most everyone. Is there one single application that’s currently on the Mac that you want to see ported to the iPhone? For the productivity fans, OmniFocus will be there (which is where the photo is from). So many possibilities, so little time.
What’s the one app you want to see? Sound off in the comments.
I'd like to see:
1) A remote control app for controlling front row using the bluetooth.
2) Things (or some other GTD app like Things)
NetNewsWIre. Oh yes and Adium.
For me the big missing piece is iChat/AIM. It would be much more convenient to send chats to people that way than through the cell network.
I also would like to see a nice SuDoKu game, an NYTimes crossword puzzle game, and mine sweeper.
In terms of productivity, an RSS reader would be cool, some form of to-do list manager would be cool, and the calculator needs a serious overhaul.
A freaking to-do list already. Geez. I would love to see something like remember the milk:
www.rememberthemilk.com
They have an iPhone web-app but, so neat if it were a stand alone app on the iPhone.
I don't have the phone but I do have the Touch. I'd like to see individual components retain data longer. When I'm not near wifi, the weather often is just blank... not even old data just no data. Safari has the same thing. I can't take the web page data with me and read it later.
New App though.... Games man! I'd take mine hunt or MahJong. Or ooh wait I know... a bluetooth keyboard driver... well that'd be for the phone. But still... a keyboard that plugs into the bottom would be rocking too.
How did they not see this coming? It's palmpilot on steroids....
Skype
do they have something that is like a GPS in it already?
Medical software: epocrates (which was apparently demoed), up to date. Would also need faster service and other carriers than AT+T
I have selected my last 3 cell phones on their ability to add an attachment to use the phone as FM radio receiver. It would be exciting if it could receive both local FM stations & satitlite radio.
iWork please.
*Google Docs (native impelementation)
*Newsfire
*Adium
*SSH client
*VNC client
*Skype
Mobile Keynote -- export your keynote to your phone and present via the video out. The phone display should show timers, speaker notes, next slide preview, etc.
I looked through the SDK, but there doesn't seem to be hooks for video out. :(
Interesting note from browsing the SDK, apps will not run in the background. If the user switches away from the app (like by pressing the Home button), the app is told by the OS to exit. There's a 5 second grace period to save state and then if the app is still up, the OS kills it.
That makes things like AIM sort of interesting. It doesn't sound like it can get messages unless you're actively using the app. Switch to Mail or Safari and poof, no more IMs.
eReader
Well, I have a Touch so what would really change my use of information would be the simple ability to read PDFs. I hope something comes out early in June. I have lots of long documents I could read on the bus or on the underground.
iBank, ChaChing, Liquid Ledger, or some other personal finance software. The idea is to be able to keep track of expenditures as I make them, then sync once I am home.
WAV playback for Vonage voicemails. I would love to have my voicemail emailed to me again, but there's no playback currently.
I'll certainly second the chat app and todo list.
I'd like to see Delicious Library with support for scanning with the iPhone camera and syncing with the desktop app.
Twitterific
Adium
Chess
Ebook reader
I second the desire for a PDF reader; I have a lot of e-books I'd like to be able to read when I'm out and about. A small majority are PDF; most of the rest are HTML, which you can read in Safari, of course; and a small but growing number are in DjVu, so I'd like a port of the DjVu Plugin Host. In the long run, of course, I'd like to see PDF bite the big one and be replaced completely by DjVu, but one battle at a time.
Personal finance software, such as Pocket Quicken. I use that on the Palm now but would like it on the iPhone.