MacWorld 2009 Wish List
TUAW asks what I want to see at MacWorld. Check out their predictions. Here is my wish list in order. First is what I want most.
1. A Car PC experience for an Apple product. Voice navigation, Text-to-Speech for email and news, Voice Recorder, Traffic. App Store. This could be related to the rumored Tablet or maybe just a new interface for the iPhone…
2. 6″-9″ device. This should incorporate learnings from the iPhone, NetBooks and Mobile Internet Devices.
3. iPhone: Hulu and Netflix streaming.
4. iPhone: Background downloading of Podcasts, Twitter and Google Reader. If I understand correctly, the promised “push” functionality will be insufficient for these applications, but I’d love to be proven wrong.
5. iPhone: Copy/Paste
6. iPhone: Better calendar integration with Exchange.
7. iPhone: Email more than one photo at a time.
I’m not really in the market for an Apple TV or a Mac Mini, but there are definitely changes they could make to those devices that would make them hard to resist. The Apple Home Server product rumor is also interesting, but I’d be in wait and see mode. Especially after experiencing the flakiness of the Time Capsule product first hand this year.
My Top 10 Favorite iPhone Apps
Short and sweet.
Google Reader’s mobile version – This isn’t a native app. It’s the iPhone Safari version of Google Reader. I’d prefer something native, but, until background downloading comes along, it’s faster for me to just visit the site directly.
Things – a todo app that syncs with the OS X version of Things. This is the first time I’ve had a tasks application so well integrated into my daily life. It’s nice! Not cheap, though – $10 for the iPhone app and $40-$50 for the OS X app.
TwitterFon – My favorite iPhone twitter client. Twittelator is my backup, though. It supports groups so I can view tweets from a small group of people if I’m short on time. I hope TwitterFon adds that kind of functionality soon!
Amazon.com – This app is great in stores. Take photos of the things you want to see reviews on or want to price check. Moments later, the Amazon product pages for those items show up and you can make informed purchases at local stores OR do a 1-click purchase from Amazon.
iPod – The built in iPod functionality is great and I use it a lot for Podcasts, AudioBooks and Music. Still, I wish the Podcast downloading was automatic.
iTalk – Great for taking voice notes.
Yelp – Excellent source of information about local restaurants and services.
Maps – The built in Google Map functionality is great and keeps getting better.
The Creeps – My favorite Tower Defense-style game currently.
Shazam – Helps me identify songs on the radio that I’d like to download when I stop the car.
John Tokash 