Editing text on the iPad

Dear Cupertino,

Most concept videos on Youtube and other video sites are just pointless and stupid.  However, this one was brought to my attention today, and I think, you may want to pay attention:

The DearCupertino Score Card

We'd be remiss if we didn't at least thank Apple for the things that they've actually built that we've asked for on this blog.  Whether they had it in the works already when we wrote about it or not, it doesn't matter, at least it was built, and we are grateful for that.  We know Apple, Inc. reads this blog, and we appreciate it.

Copy and Paste on the iPhone.  We were very close in the actual implementation of this.
MMS on the iPhone.
Apple Home Server.  They did this with two things:

• #1 Allowing you to copy all your iTunes media from iTunes to iTunes on different machines by Home Sharing
• #2 Leopard Server on a Mac Mini

iTablet.  Well, the iPad is here.
Bluetooth Keyboards.
Wireless Headphones
Notes Syncing.  Now we can sync through IMAP.
Better Camera.
iPhone Single Inbox
iTunes App Store Gifting
New Laptop Improvements.  The bring back of Firewire and Matte screens
iPhone + iTunes: A perfect combination. Folders for Apps and Arranging apps from iTunes
Exchange Support in Mail.  Came with Snow Leopard
iPhone wish list.  Many of the features requested here are fulfilled!

Who says Apple doesn't listen to customers?  Thanks Apple.

iChat and Facetime, a match made in heaven

Dear Cupertino,

I have to say, the iPhone 4 is fantastic.  There are it's flaws, don't get me wrong, (like the fact that it doesn't have voice integration into the phone in every aspect, you know, like Android does), but it's a fantastic phone and I am glad you made it.

But there is one more thing.

Facetime is great, it works, you don't have to configure a bunch of ports to open on the firewall and through NAT devices, and the iPhone remembers which other iPhones are capable of holding those calls.  So, that's just great.  However, how much harder would it have been to put out a new version of iChat at the same time that allows you to call your iChat video capable friends (read: everyone that has a current Mac) with your iPhone 4?  That would be fantastic and would probably cause a lot more people to use iChat than they do now.

iChat could be rewritten so that all the video features of the iPhone's Facetime could be used to help iChat for transversal through NATs and the like.

Thanks,
Joel

What version of OSX is this?

Dear Cupertino,

Quick question, you know, with multiple versions of OSX in one household, or office, etc..  Most of the addressing of operating systems is done through common names, you know, like Leopard, Snow Leopard, Tiger, Puma, Panther, Lynx, $future release, etc.

Why are there no easy references to this name once you are on the system?  10.4, 10.5, 10.6 is all we get?  Really?  I mean, come on, if you are going to call it Snow Leopard, then put the words Snow Leopard, at least on the "About This Mac" screen!

Thanks,
Drew Wiens

Apple Slate

For those of you that have been living under a rock for the past year, you probably have not heard the rumor that Apple is supposedly making a "Tablet" Computing device.

The first really, kind of, official note about that came out today by way of a speech given by the New York Times.


Bill Keller speaks to the digital group at The New York Times from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.

It happens at 8:30 in the speech.

For both Apple and Google this time

Dear Cupertino,
CC: Googleplex

You guys work together great on several aspects of various products, however, there is one feature or section that I think would be great for you to fix.

Apple -- Your iChat supports video and audio chat.
Google -- Your Gtalk supports video and audio chat.

Can you make iChat connected to Gtalk be able to talk with those individuals on Gtalk that have cameras?

Thanks,

Joel

WWDC 2009 iPhone Wishlist

Dear Cupertino, 

With WWDC 2009 just around the corner a few things I would like to see have come to mind. 

First off like everyone else I would like to see a new iPhone with an improved camera, as well as a forward facing camera for iChat Mobile... Or something along those lines. Besides all the really talked about ideas, I myself as well as some others have come up with some interesting features we'd like to see.

How about a setting that allows you to turn off cover flow. That would be amazing. I hate scrolling through my music while lying in bed and it flips to cover flow. Being able to turn it on and off would be great.

Next I'd like this nifty little feature.. Hold down the home button for 3 seconds and the keypad comes up for dialing numbers. Not the phone app itself, but just the keyboard. I think this would come in handy for quick dials.

LOUDER SPEAKER! I can hardly hear my phone ring regularly let alone in a busy place.

A feature like Stacks in OSX. This would allow you to make a stack of apps for your games etc. You click the game stack and it opens a page of just your games, or at least something like that. This would allow the home screen to be much more organized.

Longer battery life would also be great. Especially with the tremendous increase in games available in the app store.

That pretty much sums it up for the iPhone. I would also like to see Steve Jobs back. That would be a nice touch.

Thanks and love always,

Ryan.

iWeb fixins

Dear Cupertino,

I work on several blogs, this one, my own, etc. I love the ease of use and management that iWeb gives me when managing a blog, however, I have one complaint. When I change between themes, or if I want to rearrange, say, where my Google Ad is placed on every single one of my blog posts, I have to do this manually, page by page, until I get them all done. Can you possibly find a way in your heart to be able to say "Apply to All"? That would save me so much time.

Thanks!

Joel Esler