Wednesday, February 27, 2008

What I would like to see in the next version of iPhone.

No matter how good the iPhone is at performing certain functionalities like web browsing or the ipod audio and video features, I was still compelled to give away my iPhone to my brother-in-law due to the lack of the following features.

  • A Ring loud enough to be clearly heard.
  • Lack of voice activated hands free dialling.
  • No functionality to transmit/receive contact information or data via bluetooth.
  • No persistent audible battery low warning similar to Motorola phones.
  • ipod video or music audio cannot be played through bluetooth devices.
  • Pedometer fitness functionality similar to Sony Ericsson's W580i
  • Zoom functionality missing in camera mode.
  • No video recording mode.
  • No TV out via headphone jack. (Although I have the cradle for connecting the iphone to my TV at home, I would still prefer the TV out via the headphone for connection to the DVD screen in my Honda Odyssey.)

The lack of 3G support is not really too important to me as I anyway prefer to use wifi for Internet browsing or watching youtube videos.

TechBargains.com

I browse TechBargains.com quite frequently to check for outstanding bargains related to DVD movies, console games, media blanks and more. As a matter of fact most of my gadgets have been purchased from deals that I found on TechBargains.com PS3, XBOX360, Garmin nuvi 650, Panasonic Plasma HDTV etc.
I find the following features of the site very helpful

  • The Find a "new product" page is very useful to locate newly launched high demand products like the wii.
  • Memory Prices chart specifying the lowest prices and link to pricegrabber.com to locate websites or stores.
  • The Hot Picks section provides a list of best deals for digital camera, DVD players, video cards, etc.

On TechBargains.com you can find information about vendors using the Vendor Info link on the site, you can see all the deals from a particular vendor or search for deals similar to the one you like.

The best store found on TechBargains.com is Buy.com. Not only does it have free shipping on most items, it usually also has the lowest prices to be found anywhere online.