iPhone Apps Wish List

Yesterday we all saw glimpses of iPhone SDK. If you haven’t yet, it’s high time that you crawl out from under that rock and check out the following links:

Gizmodo
Techcrunch
Engadget
News.com

I was impressed by the possibilities it has opened up. Here is my modest wish list for iPhone apps

1. Games
Lots of games. We saw a couple of them yesterday and it looks awesome. I had no clue that the accelerometer in my iPhone was this sensitive. All along I thought it could only figure out if the phone was horizontal or vertical. The accelerometer alone makes it possible for some innovative games. Examples: Spore, Super Monkey Ball

2. WiFi Sync
I don’t know why Apple didn’t offer this from day one. My iPhone can be connected to my laptop over WiFi and data can be exchanged. So why didn’t iPhone have syncing over WiFi (music,)? I heard some concerns regarding battery life. Well, I charge it every other night and I can press the sync button when I place it in the dock for charging.

3. Messengers
GTalk, Yahoo, MSN, AIM… or just Trillian.

4. VoIP
Yay! Mr. Jobs said we can do it.

5. Social apps
Show all my friends on the map. I need to know where each one of are. Let me poke them (their iPhone goes into mad vibration)

6. Geo-aware app
I want to know see all the Starbucks around me. Click on one of them and show me direction to it. Let me place an order while I walk/drive to it.

7. GPS apps
This involves hardware and an app. Build an external GPS antenna that plugs into the iPhone. Fire up the software that uses the location info from the attached antenna and integrates with the “Maps” app.

8. Customization apps
Custom ringtones, custom wall paper, custom dock etc. While you are at it go ahead and make a whole shell.

9. iPhone pets
I want a pet rock in my iPhone. You think I’m weird? Watch out for a whole industry around iPhone pets.

10. ToDo List
I’m a simple guy with simple needs. Give me a plain todo list. I’m tired of using “Notes” app for my todo list.

Did I miss out some obvious apps? Add it in the comments.

-Random Guy