I had bought a iPhone 1.0 and returned it after being slightly disappointed. Let’s see how long this lasts.

On a less serious note, sure Mr. Jobs, you just released iPhone 2. Well this is what I want for iPhone 3.

SmartSend: Every one of us has at some point fired off an angry email in the heat of passion, only to instantly regret it. The next generation iPhone should be able to edit your blowups with “SmartSend” technology. SmartSend would stall emails in your outbox that include inflammatory content such as “go ahead and fire me,” “I never considered you a close friend anyway,” and “frankly, we don’t need your business.”

All-in-one tools: Who hasn’t been caught in meetings or cocktail parties without a Phillips head screwdriver when they need one? Apple could easily incorporate Leatherman-style tools into the design of the iPhone, concealing handy instruments like a nail file, beard trimmer, toothpick, and of course, a trusty pen knife.

ESP calendar: What most of us really need is a calendar program that reminds you about the appointments that you forgot to write down, rather than those you remembered. The new iPhone should auto-populate a calendar with data hacked from your brain, maybe using WiFi or that fancy 3G network they keep going on about.

Excuse profiles: Ever told your boss that you’re stuck in traffic when really you’re still in bed? Maybe that lie would actually work if the iPhone had customizable excuse profiles to mask unwanted noises or add helpful new ones: like road sounds, office noises, or static for those unbearable phone calls from mom.

Hands-free touch screen: Apple has already shown us they can perfect touch screen technology – big deal, we want more. How about an interface that works by mind control? That way you could browse your iPhone hands-free in the car, while typing on your laptop, or just for fun to impress your friends. If it worked in Carrie and Powder, it can definitely work for Apple.

iPal: Most iPhone users are busy people leading hectic lives, and the least Apple can do for $499 is provide you with a friend and confidant. The iPhone’s iPal should know how to comfort you when you’re down (automatically load laughing baby clips from Youtube?) and be your wingman when you need a drinking buddy. Have you ever seen an iPhone after a few beers? Me neither, but I’d like to.

25-hour clock: The new iPhone should add an hour onto your day to give you an edge over all those BlackBerry users that always complain about how “there isn’t enough time in the day.” I haven’t worked out the specifics, but I’m sure there’s some sort of algorithm that can do this.

via Portfolio.com

Even if I could live with the fiveteen minute delay on retrieving emails, one thing that frustrated me was the painful delay on outgoing emails. Also you have to leave your screen on when waiting for the email to go out because the iPhone disconnects from the data network when you put the phone on hold.

Finally, the most frustrating thing about the iPhone emails was that it attempted to download ENTIRE messages before displaying them. The blackberry and most other smart phones download headers only and then ask you if you want to “get more”. I frequently get attachments in my email that are several MB and when I’m on the road trying to view the simple text in the email is impossible without waiting for a 2MB file to download on ATT’s ridiculously slow EDGE network.

Other than the email features I liked the iPhone. The battery life was fine for me, the browsing was awesome (even though some things like Copy + Paste were missing), the iPod features were fun. I may be back for iPhone v2 but as for now, I’m back to my trust BlackBerry.

It’s pretty silly looking in a browser, but on an iPhone it’s remarkable.

I’m like it, but not blown away. FYI, I’m moving from a Verizon Blackberry 8703e which I really have few complaints about.

Things I Hate:

• No contact search. Previously my blackberry used to let me type in the first few letters of a person’s name, last name, or company name and let me find the contact. This is tremendously useful. I have over 1300 contacts in my phone and I recall them in various ways. Many I don’t know their name and only their company and for others, only their last name. The iPhone makes it impossible to find them. Additionally, scrolling through 1300 contacts is a pain, regardless of how many cool flicking technologies they build into it.
• No copy and paste. If I’m on a website and I want to Google a particular phrase, or copy some of it to a notepad, I should be able to.
• I wish the default Google Search would link to the search page designed for the iPhone rather than the default (which requires zooming).
• POP3 and IMAP just don’t cut it. Its clear email suffered on this. I’ve configured IMAP access to my exchange server, but it’s nowhere nearly as good an emailing device as the blackberry. First, even if I could live without the “push” service (iPhone checks mail every 15), the sync is terrible. I can’t delete emails from my iPhone and watch them get deleted in my Inbox. I’m surprised Apple doesn’t build some custom system, like the BlackBerry Connect to allow push email to iPhones. Even if they don’t license Microsoft ActiveSync technology, there has to be a workaround.
• I don’t like that the built in browser (Safari) can’t play video and embedded media like Flash and Shockwave.
• Google Maps app has no GPS sensor. This is a plain smack in the face shortcoming. A phone with this hefty a pricetag, should have a GPS sensor. It already has mapping applications, all the phone needs to do is be able to figure out it’s current position and pass them to the Google Maps applications.
• That it’s locked. I’m going to unlock the device this weekend using something like jailbreak.
• YouTube application seems to have limited content. I’ll have to delve into this further, but a simple search didn’t result the same as youtube.com did. Many videos don’t show up as being listed, when they are clearly available on the website.
• No todo application. Using something like tadalist.com’s iphone application is a good solution, but having a native application that synced with your computer would be far superior. Tadalist.com requires having access to the internet. On wifi it’s no problem, but using it while driving on ATT’s EDGE data network isn’t fun.
• Why did they have to recess the 3.5mm stereo connection so far in?! I can’t use any of my standard headphones, and now I’m forced to buy a $10 tacky stereo cable adapter from Apple or the like.

Things I Like:

• Good camera phone. Some people complained about the quality considering some phones have 5-megapixel sensors in them already, but 2-megapixel is the better quality than my very first digital camera. I’m pretty satisfied with it and 2MP is plenty for most digital media that isn’t going to be printed.
• Safari is far superior to the in-built blackberry browser I’m used to. The zoom feature on the safari is awesome. I love that it can read content and html tags from websites perfectly.
• Wifi support is sweet but the range isn’t very good. (I get a pretty weak signal in my bedroom, while my laptop has a full signal).
• iPod and video support is awesome. It’s smooth, barely noticeable lag times.

I’m sure there are more things, and I’ll write a follow up post as I use the phone more.