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Friday, May 6, 2011

What I Want Out of iOS 5/iPhone5

Considering that both iOS and iPhone 5 are still rumors, I can safely theorize what is going to be new in them and what I would want out of them.  I also think that it will be quite some more time before Apple announces the new products because we just got a white iPhone 4 late last month. 
First, I am going to do what I want out of the iPhone 5.  This category holds things that Apple will have to include in order to get me to switch from my LG Ally running Android Froyo.
  • Hardware based QWERTY keyboard-  I cannot type on a screen-based keyboard to save my life.  The only time that I ever use the on-screen keyboards on my LG Ally running Android Froyo (yet another free plug for them) is when I am typing in another language and need the extra characters
  • The ability to use the next iPhone as a USB drive--Being a student, I need to transfer a lot of work from school and home.  Currently, there are third-party apps that allow you to do this but all of the ones I have used have very poor UI (user interface) and require a download of iTunes.  At home, this isn't a problem but at school, I am restricted from doing any downloads, even photos.
  • LTE--LTE is widely seen as 4G, and even though it is faster than 3G, it still technically isn't 4G.  Anyways, LTE has been adopted as '4G' by every major carrier in the US except Sprint, who is still holding out on WiMax; not to mention the rest of the world at large.
  • Larger Capacities--Currently the iPhone 4 comes in 16 and 32 gigabyte sizes.  The iPod Touch 4 comes in 16, 32, and 64 gb sizes.  Without any contacts or other any of the other phone implements, my 64 gb iPod Touch 4 has only 1 gb of free space left.
  • Dual-Core Processors-- Even though the iPhone is the arguably the most popular smartphone in the US, it is still only a single-core processor.  There are already Android phones with triple-cores at decent prices.  The additional core would make the iPhone even faster.


The following items are things that probably don't need brand new hardware (stuff that my iPod Touch 4 can already do), but Apple has restricted.
  • Subscription-based movie/TV service--This, I assume, is not something that Apple can control.  This is a subject that would need to be approved by the content providers that sell the rights to Apple so that Apple can have said content on iTunes
  • Get Podcasts on Mass over the air--There are a lot of times where I don't have access to my computer for sometimes weeks at a time.  I would like to see a way to automatically update my favorite podcasts, like Stuff You Should Know and TechStuff (both from howstuffworks.com).  Currently, you can only download podcasts one at a time.
  • Ability to delete pre-installed apps--I'm sure everyone can think of at least one app that is preloaded onto the iPod Touch/iPhone that they don't use.  Personally, I don't use Stocks, Weather, Game Center, and Calculator.  These are just taking up space on my hard drive and currently I have them stored in a folder called 'CRAP'.
Please, tell me what you want to see in the next iOS and iPhone.

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