In my iPhone Features Sunday, post on February 22nd, 2009, I gave a list of my top choices. I have to say, I think that they’re past the point of pushing normal users to jailbreak their iPhones. I have no need to jailbreak, but I do like that there’s a way to make sure my hardware is really mine. (The fact that Apple controls which software I’m even allowed to install is just not right.)
Before I get to the leftover features that I still didn’t get, I have something to gripe about. I’m happy to hear that MMS will be included in my unlimited messaging — I’ll finally get closer to my money’s worth (AT&T’s Text Messages Cost $1,310 per Megabyte). I am more than unhappy about AT&T sitting around trying to decide how much to charge me per month to turn on a feature that’s built into the iPhone: tethering. I already pay for data. It’s unlimited, but it’s also capped at 5GB per month (which is a whole matter altogether). If I want to route that data through my phone and to my notebook, then I should just be able to do it.
This leads to the leftover features I still want:
- Not just tethering, but iPhone Access Point to share 3G to notebooks
- iPhone Play nice with Mozilla (Firefox) — let Mozilla write a browser for iPhone
- iPhone Route calls over WiFi when cell signal is poor
- iPhone More live updated icons
- iPhone Unlimited Pages for Apps — especially now that I can launch apps using Spotlight
