4.01.2008

Dreaming of iPhone Apps

So with the recent release of the iPhone SDK and the announcement of the App Store for June, I can't help but think of all the things I want my iPhone to do and right now it cannot:

1. Office capabilities (doc, xls, ppt). Although I don't think I will be writing 10-page long documents on my iPhone, it is necessary to be able to edit, e.g my CV on the go. Or update a spreadsheet with my work hours log.

2. Cut and Paste. This is not an application, but thinking of the iPhone 2.0 I believe this is a definite MUST have for any portable device.

3. ePocrates or any drug reference tool. Judging from the ePocrates demo presented with iPhone 2.0, I am pretty sure this will be done rather fast.

4. Video recording. This is another sad reality; even the cheapest camera phone now days can do this.

5. iSilo for iPhone. There is a lot of hype about this ever since the iPhone was fist announced, but still nothing available from iSilo.

6. Flash on Safari. Many sites are now built with flash and also many games/apps online are bases on flash technology.

7. Ssh and VNC. This would allow me to control all my computers remotely in full.

8. Instant Messenger, preferably compatible with many protocols (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, etc). At least an AIM clone will be available soon.

9. File browser. This is not typical for an Apple based device (see iPod) but it would be nice to browse the files on the iPhone, download files from the net and look into smb shares.