Comments on: iPhone 3G S: What is Missing?

By: Edward Trapp

Edward Trapp — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:21:42 +0000

You are complete idiot, Your article can be put on one shelf with utopia and next time You need spoilerwarning at the beginning that reading is pure waste of time For Christ sake this is a cell phone dude! Its small so it has small screen and limited battery life already! If You really need to carry full mac/pc all around with You then let me give You a tip Go get a girlfriend!

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By: Apple adict

Apple adict — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:32:36 +0000

Ability to remove/ replace the battery so I don’t have to worry about running out of juice. That is my one and only complaint. Battery life.

By: Duh.. It's Nai

Duh.. It's Nai — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:06:20 +0000

it doesnt matter comparing a zune and an iphone is pointless, theyre two diff things, one is strickly for media and the other is for media AND phone service u cant text on a zune and personally i think the new zune is kinda pointless, i have a 2nd gen zune nd i love it and soon i’ll be getting an iphone so win win lol

By: badinage

badinage — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:22:31 +0000

Rambo,

Your #1 and #48 are the same, I would add:

Vibrate, then ring feature (available on many phones)

Badinage

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:27:09 +0000

Flash support!!! Can’t view half the websites I regularly go to…

And a better camera w flash. These things are really basic, I’m hanging out for the new model already and I just got my 3gs last week.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:00:53 +0000

That is already possible…
All you need to do is jailbreak your iPhone.
But if you do, there is an app you can get of cydia (black market version of the app store), it’s called “Categories”.
With the app you can put your apps or games into folders and the folder appears as an icon on your iPhone/iPod Touch. You can name them and even give them an icon…
NOTE: THIS IS JUST A REPLY, I DO NOT RECOMMEND JAILBREAKING YOUR iPhone/iPod Touch!!

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:48:08 +0000

As a Zune owner that has finally seen the light and purchased an iPhone 3GS… iPhone PWNS the hell out of the Zune!

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t bid on my Zune when it goes on Ebay soon.

I’m just sayin’…

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:52:17 +0000

Custom alert tones would be nice. Can’t believe this little detail was left out of 3.0.

By: Blue-Devices

Blue-Devices — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:25:12 +0000

With 3.0 the iPhone now supports the A2DP Bluetooth profile. What this means is stereo headphones will just work without needing any special adapter which is great.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:30:01 +0000

I think your wrong russ.
I have a 3g iphone (updated to 3.0) and a 3gs iphone- I am not a hater. Infact I love the iphone but even as I say that i am regreting buying the 3gs. I agree with rambo about most of the things hes listed. I dont use about 50% percent of those items but for those that I do it is so annoying – like the bluetooth control function – i cannot change tracks with my bluetooth system in my car while driving unless i do it on the phone itself which is illegal. The little things just irritate me so much I wish I’d upgraded to the windows phone instead. Take for example – copy and pasting bits of text messages. I tried to copy only a phone number from a text message and i couldnt do it. I wouldnt have known or realised this if rambo didnt tell me in his 100 list as it is somthing you would expect anyhow. it no reason not to buy it but given the phone is rife with little things like this i should’ve thought twice at least.

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:55:04 +0000

What I love is people listing all these things that would be so cumbersome to add to the phone that it would negate all it’s sexiness…let’s face it..the iphone is sexy, and it’s different. Seriously..if we could have a quad core iphone with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB disk, I bet we’d already have it. All these features…you know, all you have to do is buy a Macbook to get most of them. :) No, I’m not an iPhone hater, I have one and am considering upgrading from T-Mobile to the 3GS. Just thought I’d poke some fun…I think no matter what they add nobody will ever be happy with it, and haters will always hate.

By: Rambo

Rambo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:58:33 +0000

My well anticipated list of 100 things missing from the Iphone
- better than any review.
1. Flash Drive Support
2. ADOBE Flash in safari
3. JAVA Support
4. Front Facing Camera
5. File sharing via bluetooth or cable
6. customisable alert tones
7. Cut copy and paste bits of text messages
8. Sending contacts via SMS
9. HD video camera and HD video playback support
10. Application Sorting/Management
11. Profile Setting (e.g Car Mode, Meeting Mode)
12. File Manager
13. Proper Push Email
14. Http email support
15. Multiple Calenders
16. Multiple Calender Syncing
17. Disable Chat mode on messaging
18. Customisable search engine (not just google and Yahoo)
19. Multiple Signature for different accounts
20. Notes Syncing
21. Quick Toggle – e.g one touch bluetooth on/off
22. T9 touch pad
23. Bluetooth Syncing with Itunes
24. systemwide theme modification
25. Camera functions (e.g Black and White / Timer etc)
26. Background application running for ALL apps
27. Video playback on TV from Iphone (streamed from the phone)
28. Can’t delete a contact from a message sent to a group or multiple contacts.
30. No flash light
31. No video recording (os.3 update only)
32. Dial a number from the subject and/or location line of a calendar entry
33. Paste a copied number into the keypad dialer
34. Use any song stored on the device as a ring tone
35. Turn off phone while wi-fi is left on
36. Sort the notes list by date or name
37. Print most anything to wi-fi printer
38. Cannot Create Groups (e.g. My Work Contacts, Close Friends)
39. Powerpoint presentation on TV
40. Blacklisting Numbers you want ringing you
41. Video/Animated Ringtones
42. Modem (not necessary to use your data allowance)
43. Downloading from Safari
42. Uploading to a webite from safari (e. g. photos to flickr)
43. Downloading podcasts directly to the phone
44. AVRC control – (you can listen to music via bluetooth but you cant control it – next, back, forward, rewind, etc)
45. A cooling fan for overheating
46. Long battery Life – its actually shorter on the 3GS than on 3G
47. An infared sensor (still has many practical uses)
48. Removable flash drive
49. Removable Battery
50. add blocker in safari
51. A five row keyboard so you don’t have keep switcing (e.g for passwords)
52. APN Editing
53. Task Manager/Memory Manager/Processes
54. Option to unlock – For a REASONABLE fee ofcourse
55. animated Wall paper
56. larger scroll button in IPOD and QuickTime
57. Real time broadcasting from phone
58. SMS backup
59. A torrent Client for legal files
60. silverlight Support (Sky Player)
62. TEXT reader (to read messages, incoming call name)
63. VOIP Via 3G
64. Bluetooth Stumbler
65. Sync with multiple ITunes Library
66. Notifications in status Bar (e.g new email)
67. Lock the rotation of your screen
68. password locking each application/file.
69. acelerometer call control (e.g turn over to rejecct)
70. Local Spam Filter
71. turn off/on auto correction on keyboard
72. call counter
73. sms/mms counter
74. clear any (not all) call from call history
75. Delete all messages in one go
76. Copy and paste files – i tried it on an email – didnt work at receiving end.
77. show profile pictures in contacts list
78. MS word – for creation and editing
79. MS PowerPoint – for creation and editing
80. ad hoc conference calling
81. block HTML and images in mail from online web addresses (used by spammers)
82. Spell checker for all out going email
83. grammer checker
84. Native IRC client (like blackberry chat)
85. contact history – (like spotlight but from contacts about the contact – the number of times called – all email from him/her etc)
86. FM Radio
87. Excel Editing and creation with calculation function
88. Different connection profiles and switchable
89. Long press setting on the home button. e.g. hold to launch camera
90. Email pop up
91. keyboard to stay on when browsing contacts – makes searching easier – e.g. during a call
92. A full safari browser like the MAC version
93. Secure remote access between machines
94. SlingPlayer on 3G
95. a side button for photos
96. a video out cable from the headset socket so you can charge it at same time
97. 802.11n support
98. direct syncing between Mail.app’s Notes and ToDo’s with the Notes and a ToDo app on the iPhone.
99. When sliding to view message/s it should go to it rather than the home screen
100. when clicking the call icon after a miss call it should directly to miss calls not the last opened screen e.g. contacts.

By: Rambo

Rambo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:49:50 +0000

Elliot youd be suprised to know that all of your suggestions are possible especially #5 -downloadable for free from the app store.

and you should also know that #6 is also possible if you jail break – you can keep the vibrate on as long as you like and with the use of some imagination.

If you have a PC linked to your home system if you have one – the iphone can connect to your computer and you can control the room temperture, you can open and close doors, you can operate your firearms (if linked to your security system) etc etc and perhaps even your fishing pole if you can find a robotic one.

I might include the vibrate one in my 100 list…

By: Rambo

Rambo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:01:34 +0000

Jay thanks for that- I have now got my list of 100 things the iPhone is missing. It took me a while and had to do something I didn’t want to do. Imagine being a fish and you were owned by some random guy we could perhaps called steve jobs and he took you on a cruise and for some unknown reason he decides to free you and chuck you into the ocean but he decides it’s a vicious ocean and to protect you he keeps the bag tied up and then chucks you in. It didn’t occur to him that the oxygen would run out soon and would be hungry. In a desparate bid I sought the aide of a fellow fish of the redsnow brand to set me free. And only then did I realise the amazing vastness of the ocean. Yes I jailbroke my phone not because I wanted to but because I had to. I do miss the comforts of steve job’s tank, the easy food, the flat screen tv, etc. If only he’d put me in an aquarium. Tomorow I release the 100 things missing from the iPhone os3 / 3gs.