Abilene Christian University is the first university to provide an iPhone or iPod touch to all incoming freshmen. They’ve produced a couple of YouTube videos showing the impact they hope the iPhones will have on campus. The videos include a few “imaginary” iPhone features that would make the iPhone more useful in learning environments.
This one was new to me. When your iPhone is locked, you can double click the home button to bring up a limited set of iPod controls. Very cool!
Personally, I’m still pretty jazzed up about the features in the iPhone’s most recent update, but nonetheless, Everything icafe’s report that cut and paste just very well might be on the way for the iPhone got me wondering:
What’s at the top of my list for the next round of features and upgrades to the iPhone?
I don’t think it is cut and paste. I’ve had a few instances when a little cutting and pasting would be useful, but not too many. I like how the iPhone integrates its apps in such a way that cut and paste isn’t always necessary. For example, I recently went into Google maps to search for the local REI. From there, I was able to instantly pop over to Safari to visit REI’s website and look up their hours. Had I wanted to, I could have popped the address right into my contacts. I much prefer this integrated functionality to having to cut and paste each piece of information between apps.
I’m more looking forward to Notes syncing on the iPhone, or the option to have a landscape keyboard in mail and instant messaging. How about you? What are your hopes and dreams for the next set of updates?
