I blogged about this earlier on my companies corporate blog site for Snap, but wanted to add some depth to this on my own blog.
As you may know I got an iPhone the day they were released and about an hour after I had it in hand, it was activated and I was using it as my regular phone… After about a week and a half of using it heavily every day, including on a camping trip over the July 4th holiday weekend… I have a few things that I want to see Apple improve upon…
As I use the iPhone I add user experience insight and thoughts to a Note I have with a running tally of bullets. Its great cause I can make an immediate note to myself in the app while its fresh in my mind. Here is my list in NO particular order…
- Typing: Copy/Select/Paste Text (from anywhere to anywhere)
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth File Exchange (for Photos/Ringtones)
- Photos: Add Photo Albums (and Assign Photos to Albums)
- Ringtones: Ringtone Selection (BT Transfer/Recording/MP3s)
- Camera: Zoom In/Out, Exposure, Shooting Modes (ex. ISOs)
- Video: Recording of h.264 Videos
- Auto Recognition: Phone Num/Email Add/Str Add in ‘Notes’ App
- Mapping: Select FWY or Surface Street Alternate Routes
- Contacts: Edit Contacts in Email ‘Send’ Mode
- Attachments: Send Email with Multiple Attachments (ex. Photos)
- Attached Files: Support More… (ex. Keynote, PPT)
- Podcasting: Record Audio/Video and Post to Blogs from iPhone
- MS Exchange: Better Support! Calendaring and Contacts too!
My biggest gripe though is in the support of Exchange. In all the public discussion of this it was pretty clear there would be support. But, if you look at what they really have its kinda half assed. IMAP from an Exchange system is only half the picture. I need Calendaring and Contacts syncronization as well. Email is good, but not good enough. I really need to see better integration with Exchange! Adding a application settings tab with the word ‘exchange’ is kind of a fake out of you ask me, since its only IMAP email.
All things aside, the iPhone is a great piece of work and I applaud Apple for the accomplishment… Hopefully we’ll see a software update to the iPhone in the near future to add some of these enhancements in…
