The haptic feedback would require more hardware.

Aside from that, these are all software features.

Cut and Paste is a software issue, as is a wireless modem function. The wireless modem function may be at issue with the goal for the iPhone to be always available to receive calls, as long as it is powered on.

It would certainly be nice for them to add that, though.

Adobe is rumored to be working on implementing flash capability, and is likely in high demand, and also likely forthcoming.

I would not say no to a higher-quality camera... but video capture is a software issue. The camera feature shows a live feed up to the point of picture capture. If it can do that, it can capture video by recording it to a file. The processor is at least as powerful, if not much moreso than other phones that encode video. It is a matter of software functions.

One thing that no one seems to mention, is Stereo Bluetooth music playback. It is ridiculous for a phone with built in bluetooth, which is Bluetooth 2.0 capable, that is also essentially, a very good iPod, to be limited with a wire or a speakerphone speaker to playback music.

Again, it is likely OS software that limits that functionality. I agree that it is very glaring for these functions to be left off, but here's hoping that the software update for 2.0 has some or preferably ALL of these functions, and they just haven't been touted in today's keynote.

Let me add another couple of software holes that Apple has ignored:

1) For PC users, it requires the use of Microsoft Outlook (which I had to purchase/upgrade and embrace for sync of contacts). Seems like a basic understanding of MAPI would benefit them as some prefer Mozilla. Heck, I'll go as far as saying that it should be able to sync live over the 'net with GMAIL or other web services that offer address book sync. and other groupware features.

2) Even though they force you to embrace Outlook, there is no task list or notes sync so you get only a subset of the features and functions.
Apple has gone to great lengths to integrate with MS Exchange Server but with only the basics (Mail, Calendar, Contacts). Absence of tasks list and notes sync prevents it from being truly enterprise-class.

When will these things happen? Maybe next month, maybe never. Apple is always tight-lipped. One thing is sure, they will have to embrace the whole of a solid groupware stack if they are to gain as much momentum as they'd like in the enterprise space.

Forgot to mention in my last post that even though the device (My current iPhone is a 1st gen 8GB) is a little lacking, the ease of use and other features make it a great tool that has become indispensable to me in my business and daily life. I still give it high marks overall.

The iPhone as a wireless modem is a pretty damn good idea. It wouldn't be too hard now, and I think there's quite the market for it. 2,3,4 are a little bit more complicated I think. Flash has nothing to do with software, and everything to do with "competition". Cut/Paste should have been addressed in version one. ;)

Why would Apple make the iPhone a wireless modem, when all of the not so ancient Apple laptops have built in wireless functionality?

They didn't forget 3.) - that one is on purpose.

I don't miss Flash. You lose some sites on one hand, but you don't get annoying "punch the monkey" ads on the other.

Some sites/ads can noticeably slow down multi-Ghz desktop computers - I don't want them heating-up my phone.

It's been said thousand times, even before iPhone existed, that basing site on flashy prioprietary technology is stupid. Probably sooner sites will give up and switch to "ajax" and whatnot rather than iPhone gets Flash.

As much as I dislike the iPhone, the flash issue is not their fault and has been created by Adobe. They have only released the most current Flash 9 SDK for Apple and Windows OSes, and still have everyone else, Linux, iPhone, Wii, PSP on version 7.

DringDring: Because. WIFI is different than "wireless" modem. If I'm in a place with no WiFI, but I have a cell signal I can share the Cell phones net connection with my macbook.

ENONE: There have been newer versions than flash 7 for linux for years now.

Tethered wireless internet access will definitely not be included as long as cell carriers have any say in it.

First, cell companies make outrageous amounts of money on the wireless internet card+service combo.

Second, they sell "unlimited" internet access for iPhones based on estimated bandwidth use. If you tether to your notebook, odds are you will use much more bandwidth than you would otherwise. They could separate phone bandwidth usage and tethered usage, like they do on some carriers, but it would create complications and dissatisfied customers.

As for the other features, I'm surprised that cut/paste and stereo bluetooth are not supported. Cut and paste is pretty much required.

The hardware has full bluetooth support, so implementing a stereo bluetooth profile is pure software work. Hopefully they will add that after launch.

The problem with Flash has nothing to do with Apple... Adobe will only license Flash 7.0 for mobile devices. This is why Apple came up with their own YouTube browser for iPhone 1.0 (YouTube requires Flash 8.0).

Nintendo has this same problem with the Wii, the only version of Flash that works with their custom version of the Opera browser is 7.0.

Until Adobe decides to get off their bum and license the current version of Flash (9.0) for these devices they will all be limited.

@geekner, do you know that ATT allows tethering on its other 3G smartphones (Blackjack, Blackjack2, Tilt, etc etc)? And you can tether and talk on the phone at the same time? All for no extra charge.

I think Apple just isn't smart enough to work it out. Fortunately the jailbreak community will get a nice tethering solution out pretty soon now that we have 3G.

Didn't people hack/unlock the iphone 1.0 and write their own apps. Like better dialers and the such. It's clear the hardwares there, maybe someone will make some great killer underground apps for this. Allowing bluetooth 2.0 full function, video capture, and the like.

thanks to third-party software and programmers, as well as companies like DreamCatcher - who launched the iPhone Video Recorder: http://iphonevideorecorder.com iPhone owners can have more features. Otherwise, the stranglehold of Steve Jobs would keep us in the Dark Ages, having almost what we need, but always hungering for what we should have had.

Plus...this is not so much a specifically iPhone thing (but, on the other hand, it kind of is)... Both the former Cingular & the present AT&T give discounts to the military on their service and on the purchase of all phones. I had an HTC mobile device before and got the discount. When I switched to the iPhone, I was told that under Apple, they do not allow a discount on the service or the phone. This is the agreement. I did not enter the military to get handy discounts. I wanted to serve my country, but I've always been appreciative of businesses who extend these offers to us. Clearly Apple has told us where it stands.

Plus...this is not so much a specifically iPhone thing (but, on the other hand, it kind of is)... Both the former Cingular & the present AT&T give discounts to the military on their service and on the purchase of all phones (except the iPhone). I had an HTC mobile device before and got the discount. When I switched to the iPhone, I was told that under Apple, they do not allow a discount on the service or the phone. This is the agreement. I did not enter the military to get handy discounts. I wanted to serve my country, but I've always been appreciative of businesses who extend these offers to us. Clearly Apple has told us where it stands.

Did they add voice dialing to the 3G iPhone? I can't believe that I'm the only one who finds that feature indispensable. I love the fact that I can place a call without taking the phone out of the bag or pocket where it resides.

I haven't tried programing with the iPhone SDK yet, but could people use the SDK to make cut/paste and Flash Plug-in's?

I'm tired of people complaining about the same thing over and over again. First of all, how the hell is cut and paste suppose to work on my iPhone? What knit of complicated solution do u want to try and make this happen? Second, really and truely haptic feedback is not that important. I've loved this phone and the keyboard since I got it six months ago. As long as u know how to type with your thumbs you're good. The one thing I would fix is the dictionary while you're typing cause this thing comes up wit all kinds of crazy words to complete my sentences with. FLASH IS BAD DESIGN. PERIOD! I cant argue with a better camera, it takes better pix than a lot of my friends' phones but there have been ones when I would have loved to take video or needed to zoom in etc. I don't need this phone to be a modem for me because I already do all of surfing on it. Why am I gonna take a laptop with me unless I really need and at that point there are sufficient solutions available so get over it.
How about we ask for something more important like mms? Or the ability to attach more than one item to an email. How about some real desktop capabilities like downloading and saving files from the Internet and our emails? Or the ability to have more than four items in my dock or to change the orientation of my dock and the orientation of my email and sms when I'm reading or typing. Instead of just tryna make it a better phone how bout we ask for the features that make it a better convergence dvice?

Haptic feedback aint that good. I have it on my Samsung phone and its a nice feature at first but doesn't always work and is ocassionally slow to respond to a touch. Couldn't agree more about the camera though!!

Love the iPhone, hate the service. I can travel through the outback of Minnesota and Wisconsin with my Sprint phone in Digital Roam and never miss a call. Bought the iPhone 1.0 and after leaving any metropolitan area I got nothing. My job requires that I am available for 24 to 48 hours at a time via telephone while I am on call. The iPhone couldn't cut it so I returned it.

that is why i did not switch to iphone, it is cool, but you cant use it as a modem.