A couple iPhone accessories I would buy and features I would appreciate
In the car:
Full iPhone auto integration: Installation of this system will allow the iPhone over bluetooth and/or wireless to play music over the car's sound system, play videos on an auto LCD screen, such as the ones that currently are used to play DVD, and automatically set answered phone calls to speakerphoned when they come through. A cable to charge the iPhone would certainly be a part of this set up
Garage door setup: Use the iPhone's wireless capabilities to have it control the opening and closing of your garage doors
GPS: Not much more to add here. I don't actually think you need GPS, unless you get seriosly lost. If you're not lost, its not a HUGE deal to just type in a start address, and let the machine know when you're turning.
At home:
Airtunes control: A really cool feature of iTunes is Airport, where there's a computer in room A that's wirelessly streaming music to an Airport in room B that's connected to speakers. However, there is no way of controlling that music without being in room A to have access to the music library. So, you use your iPhone to control music that's being played over Airtunes! Have a widget called Airtunes that lets you choose which computer's music you'd like, select a song, and the iPhone will stream the music from that computer to the speakers. And if you are visiting a friend's house with your iPhone, stream music from your iPhone to your buddy's Airport-connected-speakers.
In Class:
Keyboard: I don't care how good the keyboard on the iPhone is for typing short emails and SMS messages, I would like to be able to use the iPhone to type notes in class by plugging it in to a keyboard with a dock for the iPhone. Except with a twist. I think the iPhone could be much more useful in landscape mode for typing notes, so the dock connector would plug into the iPhone horizontally instead of vertically.
Other:
Slideshow: While presenting a Keynote or powerpoint presentation, the iPhone display a thumbnail of each of the slides coming up. This would be especially useful if slides have been prepared to answer questions the presenter considers may be asked of him, as he could pick the slide he has prepared that is relevant to his answer.
Word Processor, Spreadsheet: Well Apple isn't going to get a lot of help from Microsoft for creating a mobile word processor/spreadsheet for the iPhone, but Apple is already on pretty good terms with a company that offers simple word processing and spreadsheet solutions: Google with Google Docs! I say Apple should bring Google Docs to a form that compliments the iPhone similar to the way they brought Google Maps to a form that is very complimentary to the iPhone. I think that level of integration would be phenomenal.
Facebook app for iPhone: Let me do all of my facebook stuff without having to actually go to the website. Im talking about News feeds, who's written on my wall, maybe even see my friends' albums in the same way iPhone displays the user's albums. Also having a photo upload feature specific to the iPhone would be great! And you can't forget seamless status updates.
Remote Play for iPhone: You know PS3-PSP connectivity? Use the same theory to stream any video from your computer directly to your iPhone without having to sync it. How is this useful you may ask? Well personally I just want to watch the Daily Show in my sunny backyard, and not have to worry about syncing the most recent episode every day.
EDGE with a computer: iPhone plugged into your Mac? (or PC?), no WiFi reception? No worries, if Apple would allow that computer to surf the web with a full screen using the iPhone's connection
And Finally,
iPhones in Canada: I want one, NOW!!!
Any ideas? Comment them
Monday, June 25, 2007
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