Apple Just Delivered Item No. 1 On My iTunes Wish List. What's On Yours?

Why does everyone want yet one more thing to be financially beholden to every month? By NOT having a subscription, I can buy when I have the spare money, and not buy when I don't.

Sit down and list all the things you have to pay monthly, every single month. Total up the amounts. Then ponder.

I want Apple to buy AMD. Unbelievably, it costs 1.4 billion right now. That is stuck on the bottom of Steve Job's shoe.

I've been holding off on getting the phone due to ATT/iPhone reception issues. But I must say, I am very jealous of all the goodies on this phone. And as an avid Podcast listener via my iPod Nano, I am now very impressed -- and jealous. I may have to break down sooner rather than later.

I don't have an iPhone yet but I'm holding out for a podcast related feature. I listen to many podcasts and audiobooks and have a pretty specific workflow to handle them. In a nutshell, I'd like the ability to listen to a podcast (or audiobook), tap my bluetooth headset, annotate a brief message ("Great idea on XYZ. Look this up."), tap the headset again and go back to listening. Then, upon sync, all of my annotations would move to an iTunes list that would allow me to review my note as well as the exact spot in the podcast where I had the brilliant idea.

I've heard the iPhone can't multitask so listening, annotating and retrieving would all need to be in a single app. Given what happened with Podcaster, I assume that new app will need to be iTunes.

Anyone else think this is a good idea?

If interested, you can see my workflow and wishlist here: http://randomthoughts.johnmichl.com/category/ipod/

I will buy one in Amsterdam. As soon as it has a replacable battery, sdHC slot and radio receiver:-)

A Zune, a much superior device than any iPod (excluding the Touch, natch) on both device capability and software... Throw in the Zune Pass and better marketing and the iPod is pwned!

Apple's approach to 3rd party apps has, from the beginning, been just bizarre.

First it was no 3rd party apps at all, and then browser apps only, followed by a ludicrous NDA, even after the SDK was officially released, which prevented developers from discussing even their own applications. Now the NDA has been dropped for the most part, so you know people can actually discuss iPhone development, learn from each other, publish books and all that good stuff. Still Apple casts a shadow over iPhone development in a domineering way with the App Store, an arrangement which has proven to be both clumsy and somewhat suspect at times.

The situation limits competition in what should be a healthy and thriving market.

The story of the iPhone has always been 3 steps forward, 2 back. Podcast support is yet another example of this. I'm thrilled to have the ability to download podcasts directly to the iPhone, but the feature is limited to single installments (it's not possible to set up subscriptions). Moreover downloading podcasts greater than 10MB requires a WiFi connection. Of course the trouble is that many programs are available as video only, and > 10MB seems to be the rule rather than the exception for video podcasts. The combination of these two restrictions hobbles what should be a great feature.