Nov 12, 2008
5 Things That Should be in iPhone 2.2 but Are Not
iPhone OS 2.2 is on the way! Yay! Well… sorta. The mighty Apple has already released a list of new things we can expect to see in 2.2 but unfortunately, many of the features people are clamoring for are still not there. Here are a few we are all still waiting for…sigh.
| 1. Copy & Paste Perhaps the most highly anticipated feature. The ability to copy and paste seems like a no brainer for the iPhone, with its multi-touch capable interface it should be as simple as touch and drag to select text, double tap to copy, press and hold to paste. People wanted it in 2.0, they bitched about it not being in 2.1 and yes, we are still bitching about it not being there in 2.2. When will Apple get the message? |
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| 2. Landscape SMS and Email Keyboard Some third party apps give users the ability to use landscape keyboard in emails but support for native landscape emails and sms messages is still a pipe dream. Apple already has the landscape keyboard implemented in safari, why not extend that to ALL keyboard-based input screens? |
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| 3. Turn by Turn Directions iPhone 2.2 promises Google street view and walking directions. So the phone can tell you where you are and turn by turn directions to get you where you want to be, but it can’t do that for you while your in a moving car? |
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| 4. Native Key-Vibe This is just a simple feedback feature, you press a key, you get a little phone-vibration as feedback. Jailbroken phones already sport this ability but it seems like something that should have been a native option from the start. |
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| 5. Improved Service Updates The refresh rate on iPhone service is still awful. I can walk out of my building where I have 0 bars into the heart of the city where there is full 3G coverage, and I still see “No Service” for a good 5 minutes?! It’s a sad day when you have to throw the phone in/out of airplane mode just so it detects its own network. |
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iPhone OS 2.2 will have some cool features and stability upgrades, but it will also be missing alot of things that I was hoping to see in this release.
