This is a must have for busyness use and for me as a fundamentally disorganized person. I am coming from a palm pilot that has a suburb built in calender that I can’t live without.

Basic stuff 1. Color coding and grouping of appointments in custom categories. (seriously when did apple decide against color coding?) 2. Display color coded info on the month screen similar to palm. 3. Sync with a desktop calender with the same functionality so appointments can be entered from either the phone or the desktop.

A tab key on the keyboard would be good for web forms.

1. “DUN” profile for bluetooth (to allow MacBook/MacBook Pro to use the iPhone to gain internet access “on the go”). Other profiles that may be useful are A2DP (stereo audio), and keyboard.
2. GPS – or better yet, A-GPS – even if not with bundled mapping software (Google maps w/GPS support would do). 3a. 3G (UMTS, HSDPA). Preferrably tri-band (850/1900 MHz for AT&T and 2100MHz for international markets). Long term, also add 1700/2100Mhz for T-Mobile, OR 3b. 4G (WiMax). Sprint is rolling it out next year, and it will be added to the Nokia N800 internet tablet (which is much more capable as an internet device/computer than the iPhone is anyway).
3. J2ME. It’s ridiculous that there is no real 3rd party application support on the iPhone – especially from a company like Apple.

The following are my wishlist items:

1. Expandable memory (SD, miniSD, microSD form factor).
2. Sell a version without carrier lock/branding (even if at a premium). At the very least, make it compatible with standard AT&T SIMs, so that you can switch between the iPhone and a more capable phone at will.
3. WPA enterprise/RADIUS/PEAP/MSCHAPv2 for connectivity to corporate WLANs.

NO 3G!!! Other phones have 3G for a couple years now and Webbrowsing without 3G is stone age technology…. it may look nice, have some nice features – but come on. No 3G, low camera resolution makes it a no-no.

Would you buy a Porsche with a lawn mower engine? No, unless you dont use it and just want people to look at you sitting in a nice car.

No idea. I think you’re right though…it is supposed to be long-term. I have read two years and I have read five years. I can’t imagine why anyone would agree to more than two years, when the top three U.S. carriers are so close in subscriber count…that’s a lot of business to turn away and you would think Apple of all tech companies has learned the lesson of how much more profitable it is to sell to the mainstream market, lol. I suspect it is on the shorter end and if it is as wildly successful as predicted, then they find a way out of it if need be.

But I have to admire Apple’s marketing and iPhone’s slick innovative UI. iPhone is designed mainly for a consumer handheld which provides great web surfing (on wi-fi only), but it is not a phone centric design. Try to make a call while you drive, and then you understand. You need to use two hands for almost all operations. Try to type an extended message or document, you will feel a strong need of a real keyboard. Its closed application development keeps itself out of Business and Enterprise environment. So you are locked in with AT&T Edge for now, but you know that you deserve something better and more choices. So you have to send in your exciting gadget back to Apple a few days for replacing battery, you know something is wrong here. Where did they come up this great idea? You are already talking about iPhone 2.0 now, that will be another box and another $499. And it may never come. For the rest of us who are serious about moble phone and computing, keep your Treo, Blackberry, iPod, Laptop and be productive.