[Brad @ Jul 8th 2007 4:51PM]

GPS!

[Alex @ Jul 8th 2007 4:56PM]

good call. the maps function would be soooo much better if instead of searching for "chinese restaurant (insert city here)" you could just say "nearest chinese restaurant"

and i dont really agree with the lack of physical keyboard being a problem. sure, its not quite as good for typing long emails but its fine for SMS and its part of what makes the thing so slick to use.

[Zoe Blatter @ Jul 8th 2007 6:59PM]

Oh my gosh. I dont see what everybody is freaking out about with no physical keyboard. True, i am an 18 year old, mac obsessed guy that would love anything that came out of Apple, but i love that software keyboard. Its also true that i've never used a small physical keyboard, but the auto correction is just amazing and i dont see how you could implement all of its fancy programming on a physical keyboard. after only a few hours of use, i was able to get some remarkable speed going and was using 2 thumbs. I think the trick is to really trust the keyboard, which is weird, but if you just dont think about it, its right more than 90% of the time in my experience.

[Unregistered @ Jul 8th 2007 8:07PM]

I agree. There was an article in the NYT abt how thw writer plans to return his iPhone before the week is up. One of the reason was that he was trying to use it to look for carpark with unoccupied spots, and Google maps' images aren't real time.

Like duh, is that iPhone's or Google Maps' fault at all.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[David Forsythe @ Jul 8th 2007 9:22PM]

I love the virtual keyboard. I'm typing on it right now and it works great!

[jordan @ Jul 8th 2007 10:30PM]

Yes, GPS would be nice..
Along with 3G.. And no AT&T

As for the storage debate.. Sure, or course they could shove 32GB of flash memory into the iPhone. And I am sure that the employees at Apple thought about that option. However, they do not want to chip away at iPod sales. They want the iPhone to do well, and considering that the iPod nano is one of the best selling MP3 players in the world, space is obviously not a large issue in the MP3 Player market..

Its not a matter of possibility, its a matter of business.. If you need lots of storage, you should get a 6th gen ipod.. Thats what iPods are for!

[Ivan @ Jul 8th 2007 11:25PM]

@ Unregistered ... I think the point is not that its Apple's or Google's fault (technically it is Apple's fault but we'll put that aside for now), the point is that it doesn't do what he'd like. Shock, I know.

[Anthony @ Jul 9th 2007 1:51AM]

FYI, if your looking for restaurants, you don't need to type the city, just be zoomed in on the area you want it to search. No GPS needed.

As for what it needs:
Let me turn the screen/keyboard ANYTIME, not just for typing in browser. SO much better typing.
Open SDK.
Make it less slippery (forced to get a case basically).
MUCH louder ringtones and stronger vibrate feature.
Bluetooth file transfer.
Bluetooth keyboard and be able to edit documents
Enable disk use. If I have 8 gigs in my pocket why can't I use it?.
My music/clips as ringtones. Heck, limit to 30 sec portions for all I care.

[Ireland @ Jul 9th 2007 10:17AM]

OK, so I think the iPhone is the coolest phone ever, which is why I want them to add my list of things to make a cool thing, even better.

1. Cheaper price, the sooner the better.
2. Bigger Flash storage, the sooner the better.
3. Landscape keyboard and landscape functionality on ALL iPhone apps.
4. 3rd party onboard games.
5. Make ringtone feature.
6. Adobe Flash in Safari.
7. Pay-as-you-go, i.e. no contract with a monthly unlimited data plan for $20.
8. 3MP camera.
9. 3G for Europe.

[Nick @ Jul 9th 2007 10:34AM]

@Anthony

Okay technically it doesn't do what the idiot wants it to do.. still not their fault that he purchased it with out really understanding anything about technology. Does any devices have up to minute live satelite photo feeds.. so that you can see what spaces are open at the car park?? I dont think you can blame that Apple or Google.. thats not how those services work and they never said that it did that.