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Rather than new apps, I'd like to see the SDK open up for more powerful apps. * I'd like Skype to be able to answer a Skype call when the phone's locked (assum
by zacharypinter 18y ago
Rather than new apps, I'd like to see the SDK open up for more powerful apps.
* I'd like Skype to be able to answer a Skype call when the phone's locked (assuming it's the active app).
* I'd like to be able to write a custom keyboards and custom dialers.
* I'd like to be able to send a quick note to Jott without entering my keycode.
* I'd like to see barcode readers as smart as the ones on Android.
* I'd like to see the SDK terms loosened to allow third-party app frameworks. Apple may not be fond of the impurity, but it's crazy that every simple web service needs to write a separate version of their app for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, etc. It wouldn't be far fetched to make a gecko-based app framework for mobile devices if the licensing allowed it.
* I'd also like to write iPhone apps in MacRuby.
Another pet peeve, though not necessarily app-related, is how the phone defaults to wifi hotspots that require web-login, breaking every other app until you either go to the website or disable wifi. I'd like either smarter software handling of that situation, or a physical button to enable/disable wifi.
- jodrellblank 18y agoI'd like to take photos without entering my PIN (preferably take-only, not view).
- nailer 18y ago"* I'd also like to write iPhone apps in MacRuby." Theoretically you could now, around 40 apps in the App Store already use a .CLR bytecode -> native binary compiler produced by Novell as part of Mono. Add IronRuby or IronPython. Serve. But a) No docs b) I'd rather a native implementation too.