iPhone App Wishlist.

[bboyredcel]

I wrote an elaborate post about this about 5 minutes ago, but my session timed out and the post was lost, lol... I hate when that happens haha, but i dont feel like typing up my novel all over again, so here is a trimmed down version of my original post idea lol.

Text Twist

Widget Engine / Browser - to launch existing OS X widgets

Flickr Uploadr - upload iphone's camera roll to flickr

Super Collapse

Video Recorder - w/ ability to upload videos to youtube.

Delicious Library - w/ iPhone camera barcode scanning, to create DVD/Book/Game wishlists when out and about at stores and such...

Adium for iPhone - a lot of people prefer this to iChat.

[bboyredcel]

oh, i forgot about the FTP client...

Transmit for iPhone - For iphone to iphone filesharing / editing web files from ftp (should have built-in bbedit-like functionality.)

[nnny]

oh, i forgot about the FTP client...

Transmit for iPhone - For iphone to iphone filesharing / editing web files from ftp (should have built-in bbedit-like functionality.)

If you install the sftp bin on your iPhone using the latest bin kit and you can use transmit on a computer to copy files back and forth from you iPhone also, if you had two iPhones on the same wifi you could use transmit on a computer to fileshare between the two but, I could see how you would want a native iPhone transmit app to transfer directly

Also to add to the list:

Firefox

Last.fm

Colloquoy (native based app not web based)

Preview

Azureus

[kurro]

haha, Firefox WITH mouse gestures :)

[bboyredcel]

nnny,

I have the sftp set up on my phone. but yeah, I really want transmit because I am a web designer... so i'd be able to use transmit to edit files on my server on the train, for example. I'd actually use a transmit-like FTP app to increase productivity while i am not near a computer.

Basically, the FTP app would have to have some sort of advanced text/dom editor built in.

Azureus is a really good idea as well, I should have thought of that lol.

[Terc]

RDP client (rdesktop should port fine)
This would mean I could finally work from anywhere, from a device that fits in my pocket. The zoom feature would make working in a normal desktop resolution practical on a portable screen.

I'm willing to make a significant donation to anyone willing to take on this project.

[dogzilla]

I gotta say, a couple of these seem a bit premature. Transmit on an iPhone so could do web design on the train? Doing any kind of serious web coding on the iPhone just seems nuts to me. working one character at a time doesn't seem like much fun, especially without a control key. Same goes for RDP - how much can you really get done? Personally, I'm glad to have ssh for emergencies, but I sure don't relish the thought of trying to, say, configure Apache via cli from an iPhone.

What I'd most like to see on the iPhone are improvements to the Apple-provided apps: spam blocking or rules for mail app, mobile Safari matching regular Safari in basic feature set, a scrolling launchpad that can hold more than 16 apps.

Other than that, the thing I'd most like to see is ruby on rails or PHP running on the existing Apache so I can whip up my own little apps.

[bboyredcel]

i dont see how it would be hard to make any of these apps?

they already exist in os x, and are very simple apps for the most part.

[Lukifer]

i dont see how it would be hard to make any of these apps?

they already exist in os x, and are very simple apps for the most part.

"Simple" apps are usually more complex than they seem, and the iPhone's APIs are completely undocumented, and in many cases, simply incomplete. (I expect this to change with new releases of the OS.)

[mattlach]

Why not just use the command line unix FTP, SFTP and SCP clients?

They already ported and work well.

No need for a complex GUI app :p

[Etho]

I was also thinking, it would be useful to have some sort of program like ourtunes or mytunes ported to the iphone...

[dpv]

My biggest desire (and the thing that made the iPhone useless to me until I could install my own programs) is GnuPG and an ability to read and send encrypted e-mail. There's no point receiving e-mail on a computer that can't read it (even if that computer is also a phone).

Has anyone ported GnuPG yet? Has anyone peeked at the iPhone mail application to see if it can take plug-ins the way the Mac OS X version does?

[Lukifer]

While on the topic of mail plug-ins, a spam filter of some sort would be very welcome. :)

[mattlach]

My biggest desire (and the thing that made the iPhone useless to me until I could install my own programs) is GnuPG and an ability to read and send encrypted e-mail. There's no point receiving e-mail on a computer that can't read it (even if that computer is also a phone).

Has anyone ported GnuPG yet? Has anyone peeked at the iPhone mail application to see if it can take plug-ins the way the Mac OS X version does?

Isn't encryption of personal emails a little bit on the excessive / paranoid side of things? :p

[dpv]

One might well ask whether transmitting anything unencrypted over the internet is not on the lazy, insecure, and risky side of things. Encryption is readily available and easy to use, and it makes it less likely that anyone will eavesdrop on a conversation.

Encrypting e-mails is only one of many uses, though. With gpg, I can sign e-mails to reassure my correspondents that I am the one sending the e-mail. The biggest issue, though, is that there are people who know my key and may send me encrypted e-mail. If I can't read that e-mail, then I can't use the iPhone as a reliable e-mail device. I'll always need my laptop on hand.

If nobody else ports GnuPG, I'm sure I'll do it eventually. My main hope is that the plugin is a possibility. Otherwise, I'll need to port a reasonable mail application, too.

[sappleq]

Hi,

I am also desperate for a iPhone Mail program patch/plug-in which
would allow for mails which contain certain tags to be dumped
into a user-created folder.

Example, my POP mail account server tags spam with the
tag "[**SPAM**]" but does not delete them. I would like mail
to detect a tag on my downloaded mail and dump these "tagged"
mails into a folder of my choice. For example, "SPAM".
In a similar way that OSX can dump these to the Junk Folder.

I would then be able to handle the 20 mails I get a day rather
than the 200-300 spam mails that actually come to my address. :(

I sincerely hope that somebody could develop such an
addition to iPhone mail to make it use-able. As it currently is
I do not use the mail because the minute I turn it on it downloads
2-300 mails a day mostly un-usable spam and it takes too long
for me to individually delete every SPAM mail.


Cheers,

sappleq

[martano]

a good sms app or a hack to send 1 sms to a multiple recipients.
Please!!!!!!!

[CannibalKidd]

Flickr Uploadr - upload iphone's camera roll to flickr


There is already an app to do this. Its called Pushr http://mobilepushr.jottit.com/

[thecompkid]

Isn't encryption of personal emails a little bit on the excessive / paranoid side of things? :p

No one said it was personal email. And even if it was...

It's one of those things you do in anticipation of a Hindsight 20/20 moment, simply put, better safe then sorry.

[bigD]

A app that would let us us the iphone on Sprint Network

[tiida]

I need a program to track my Travel Expense.

[paashaas]

I would love to have a native unit and currency conversion program. Something similar to the dashboard widget would be great.

[amf]

An app that would emulate the hardware home button that is active in all app windows. This may help prevent the wear and tear of the hardware home button as it gets pressed regularly.

Dock app may also add such button next to the cancel icon.