Comments on: Feature Request Update

By: rodeo

rodeo — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:38:42 +0000

Hi Erica,

my iPhone’s lower touch strip is dead.

I’m wondering if anything like a software recalibration tool is doable.

If I could only ‘recalibrate’ the screen so that the lower touch zone is a little bit higher, it would save me fof buying a new screen.
Do you think it’s possible to do it?

Thanks
Rudi

By: hourog

hourog — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:07:14 +0000

Hi Erica,

I use my iPod touch as a replacement for a laptop when I travel. It’s worked surprisingly well.

The one big drawback is the interface with the contact app.

With over a 1000 contacts in my database, very often it’s tough to find the person I need using only the First_name, Last_name parameters.

Is it possible top do a routine which would enable a search of the contacts using alternate fields, i.e. city, state, phone, company name?

Thanks.

By: ripped53

ripped53 — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:16:53 +0000

Thank you Erica for all of your hard work and time thus far. I have what I think is a simple request. Would you be able to offer an app or program that allows changing calendar alerts, or at least getting it to vibrate multiple times until acknowledged? The current single vibration that occurs is hardly enough to catch my attention when the phone is on silent. Thank you.

By: 123

123 — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:28:43 +0000

how about sumthing to record video

kinda of suck that iphone don;t have it

be nice if u can pull it togtether

By: distortedloop

distortedloop — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:20:26 +0000

Erica -

I’d love to have an icon on the springboard that lets me launch a phone call to AT&T’s VoiceDial service. The hyperlink url trick of tel:*08 doesn’t work.

There’s some kind of launcher someplace because Settings/Phone/AT&T Services/Voice Connect lets you launch the phone and dial *08 automatically, but poking around in the iPhones various folders it eluded my meager skills.

Any ideas? Or maybe add to your “request list”.

By: PC

PC — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:43:07 +0000

Hi Erica,

You should set up a suggestion board for these feature requests. http://www.fevote.com/ - might help a bit

There’s a board for the iPhone btw… http://www.fevote.com/apple/iphone

Thanks for all your work. I love your apps.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:08:18 +0000

ps - I’m in new york and have yet to get navizon to actually work for me.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:06:46 +0000

hi erica. since Bluetooth gps modules are readily available (and fairly inexpensive) I’d love to see an app which would read longitude and latitude data via Bluetooth from one of these modules and pass it to google maps on my iphone.

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By: notech5000

notech5000 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:13:01 +0000

Had a paranoid inspiration about the iPhone…

First, I wanted to say thanks for all the iPhone development and journalism that you’ve done.

Thanks in large part to your efforts, I am basically in iPhone Nirvana right now:

1.1.1
iTMS
ssh
terminal
PDF reader
vNotes
PREAMP! ( I think it sounds louder)
iRadio + kexp.org feed using mvnplay
AFP & Mobile FInder!!!
AFP & Mobile Finder!!!!!!!!
Full access to entire Powerbook Music folder (40+ GB) using “ln -s” to music folder / Personal Web Sharing on Powerbook.
Save mp3 using History DL
Play above w/ Sendfile
On the fly add above to iPod DB using mvnplay!!
all the regular stuff…

Here’s what I think we need (besides a full bluetooth profile!) –> a Little Snitch / Firewall app to do 2 things:
(1) I am worried about a surprise over-the-air bricking / update (seems very possible)
(2) Would also address the “million+ zombie rootkit’d unix box” nightmare scenario (alpine? dottie?)

What do you think?

Thanks again.

Happy Holidays.

Regards.
notech5000