What's the Biggest Missing Feature for your Smartphone?

[Frequency]

I use my phone extensively when on the road and knowing weather conditions (radar) is important. My phone knows where it's at (tower location), but I don't have a clue what zip code I'm in. Weather software should automatically give me radar based on my location.

[Mike Temporale]

Wow, I'm really surprised that so many features have been software based.

I've been trying to think about what I want for a while now, and I've finally narrowed it down to 2 things. I can't decide what I want more.

I used to want dual memory card slots. One hidden under the battery where I can install programs and it would never be removed and the other on the outside of the phone where I can easily insert pictures and music files. But I've realized that this wouldn't be required if we just had more memory built-into the phone. Give me lots of internal memory so I can install everything local and then I can load my storage card with music and pictures. I wouldn't care about swapping the card and loosing access to a given application. So that's my biggie - more internal memory.

The other one is a built-in GPS. I haven't been too big on GPS so far and I think a lot of it has to do with all the extra parts you need to carry. It's another charger, another mount, another device. And then you have to get the Bluetooth connection working between them and hope nothing goes wrong there. I think if it was built in, I would be more inclined to use it. It would be nice to see more location based services spring up for the Smartphone.

I just can't pick between the two - memory or GPS.
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[Pete Paxton]

Pocket word. It can be simple like the PPC version but needs to be compatible with Word.

[encece]

Other than more memory...ipod-like memory...and GPS, all of my needsd are software based.

There is just not enough apps out there for the smartphone platform. It took some time to really be widespread as the PPC (and probably still isnt there 100% yet). Developers of Mobile apps seem to still lean towards PPCs like they're waiting for the Smartphone platform to take off some more or be more dominant.

But I believe that day wont come until developers lead the way and make it the platform of choice.

Microsoft doesnt even think enough of the Smartphone platform to prot over some of their own apps like Microsoft Reader, MS Money, Word, Excel, Powerpoint. It just doesnt make sense.

I assume and hope that Photon will converge the platforms and they are just waiting for that to arrive to share the applications between the two hardware devices. They waited too long to support these apps and now it may just not be worth it to write for a platform that won't really exist in the not too distant future. (a year???)

- I want a working CellTrack application. (Please). Or if the phones have built in GPS...a GPS location based applications.
- I want more web based apps that pull data from the internet to an application on the phone....and vice versa. Not just weather, news and stocks. But personal data, business data, and more.
- I want more camera based apps like product scanning where one could the utilize the fact that they are connected to the internet and check pricing, information, reviews.
- I want the inclusion of home convergence. I want to turn on my lights at home. Change the temperature. Feed my cat, open the blinds. Check the security cams.
- I want a fully synchronizing money application that can also directly connect to my back so that I may withdrawl, pay bills, or just checkout my financial situation.


What i really want is a device that is my PC in a Smartphone body. Carrying all of my data all of the time. I can then plug it into my home monitor and it's my home pc. Plug it into my Work monitor anbd keyboard and it's my Work PC. Go to a dumb terminal anywhere in the world and THAT is now my PC.

That's what these devices should be...a protable version of your ENTIRE digital life. This thing doesnt push and pull data from your PC...it IS your PC.

I want a wrist top Smartphone with a heads-up display on my glasses so small it's barely noticable. I'd even wear a device that was made to fit on your wrist...including the curved LCD. I wouldnt even mind if it was as big as a Roman Gladiator's (no fantasy here) metal wrist band...at least it would be in a different form factor. As well as be functional and in-line with many sci-fi movies.


I want it all, I want was was promised to me on the Jetsons!
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[f540xs]

1) UMTS/HSDPA
2) GPS

[yoos]

Have Papyrus as the default calendar and task app built in.... and then, have the ability to open/edit a reminder directly in Papyrus (instead of having to snooze or dismiss and then find the appointment to open it)
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[nsevans]

maybe i missed something, but i cant find a way to go back to a word (when typing an sms) and get a drop-down list of other possible typing matches. All my other phones did this. I cant believe it's still missing

[leslietroyer]

The ability to sync the calendar/contacts to both home and work, and not have them polute the other system. I want my phone to have both, but my work should only have work and home should only have home.

I would also like the ability via bluetooth to have my phone act as a controller for the music systems in the house, if that means I need MCE as the music stream thats fine. But it should control station, volume, playlist.......


Les
cingular 2125

[dboling]

I would just like the phone to work.

WM 5 devices have become so non-responsive that frequently, the phone will ring only once before the network rolls the call to phonemail. That, along with the stability issues with my WM 5 phones, has me wanting the Mobile Devices group to stop adding features and focus on getting the current features to work correctly.

Sorry for the downer post, but at some point, new features are irrelevant if the old ones don't work.

[yoos]