I would want my I-Phone to be able to stream NPR. I also would want to be able to get podcasts onto it without another computer.

Sent by Jonpaul | 2:04 PM ET | 06-27-2007

This is a repeat of Apple learning from the Saehan MP-Man and creating the iPod in a United States electroncis market that otherwise took the safe road making portable CD players that also played MP3s as "MP3 CD players".

People who for decades have embraced computers as "bicycles for the mind" have been awaiting a personal computing device like the iPhone. (Think of all the jokes about how vastly better cell phones in Japan and Scandanavia are!)

As for the $600 price tag... like computers, little computers called "cell phones" are expensive. That "free" phone you get with a 2-year plan is actually a $500 phone susidized with a more expensive data/voice plan. You're essentially leasing your phone in that model.

Sure, Apple and ATT (evil spying lying monopolistic) are also locking users into a 2-year contract... this is the familiar "deal with the devil" Apple has danced with the RIAA and MPAA to finally embrace selling MP3s online via the iTunes Music Store. Eventually Apple will force the door open as they have with finally selling non-DRM'd music in the iTunes store. In a year or two don't be surprised if you can buy an unlocked iPhone 2.0 for use with any GSM carrier anywhere in the world.

Sent by Kenneth Wieland | 2:16 PM ET | 06-27-2007

Applephiles tend to ignore prior innovations by other manufacturers.

I was making video calls on my Motorola E1000 and Nokia 6680 two years ago. And I'm in South Africa. As for WiFi in a handheld device, two of my HP iPaq PDAs have had Wifi, one of which was a phone too.

The iPhone is a very sexy device, but it's not first at most of the things for which it's being lauded.

Sent by Brian Tristam Williams | 2:19 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I'll restrain myself a few months before springing for an iPhone...

- Locked to AT&T even though it's not subsidized?
- Closed platform. Where's my UNIX shell prompt?
- Backup/Sync personal data through iTunes? Eek!

Sent by Romain Kang | 2:20 PM ET | 06-27-2007

In an age of government mass-surveilence and curtailed privacy, I'd love to see the iPhone support voice encryption such as ZRTP used in the Zfone software. http://zfoneproject.com/

Sent by Nancy Quattro | 2:22 PM ET | 06-27-2007

does the new i phone update you on the minutes used so you can monitor and not go over!

Sent by terry | 2:24 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I want my phone to replace my wallet and possibly keys. Why do I need to carry all of this stuff for the tiny bit of data thay they contain- this should be easy for a phone

also make it water proof and tough I have broken and washed numerous devices!

Sent by Frank Portelli | 2:25 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I want a phone that makes phone calls, a camera that takes photos, and a PDA that catches all the rest. And I want all three to be able to "talk" to each other. I need top notch performance in my phone, high quality video/photo capability in my camera and a powerful computer in the PDA. I also want to be able to damage, say, my phone without losing everything else.

Sent by Allen | 2:30 PM ET | 06-27-2007

Hello

I was wondering about the internal battery. I have ipods and one of them the battery when dead and I try to repair and they said the it was cheaper to get an new ipod. Is this the same problem for the iphone? What will happened to the information in the iphone?
Marcel Delgadillo

Sent by Marcel Delgadillo | 2:32 PM ET | 06-27-2007

My phone needs to be as small as possible or I won't want to carry it around. My fantasy phone would pass for a wristwatch and have global coverage. I want a battery that will last a for over a week and recharge quickly. Ideally the phone will be sturdy and survive shock and moisture.

Sent by Diane | 2:33 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I want my phone to just be a phone. How about that?

Sent by Laura | 2:41 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I bought an ATT 8525 3 months ago for $400. They now are available refurbished for $100. The real gotcha is teh monthly fee for the data plan. The support people don't seem to know what the difference is between the $20, $40 and $60 plans are. I was told I could no longer stay on teh $20 plan I had for my RAZR and got upsold to the $40 plan. If I wanted to use my phone as a modem - up to the $60 plan. The worst part was that I couldn't get video services. Afet several calls to "customer support" I was dropped down to the $20 plan again and everything works. Go figure!

Sent by Charlie | 2:42 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I wish I could beam my notes and schedules into my current phone or have palm and blackberry users beam their info to me.

I don't use its wireless internet access features at all.

I'm in a financial business that uses lots of the abilities of my phone: I photo houses applying for refinance, have three-way calls with clients and banks, call clients when I'm getting lost on the way to their homes and call 911 with one key when there's hazard on the road.
The alarm beats the alarm on my palm for audibility and effectiveness. It has a calendar, calculator, all sorts of goodies. I call toll free long distance to headquarters. Its keypad is uncomplicated and thank heavens the phone is durable! Love it.

MOST handy is the hands-free dialing feature.

Sent by Anjala Ehelebe | 2:46 PM ET | 06-27-2007

the prom queen of technology...i like that...good one barrie!

Sent by Jessica | 2:55 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I simply want a phone that does not sound like I am talking into a can or inside of a cave. I realize this has to do more with the networks rather than the phone, but I still would like to hear the full spectrum of someone???s voice.

Sent by Matthew Scholtens | 3:26 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I want my cell phone to have a full-fledged computer attached. Seriously! Give me a tablet PC with a cell phone built in. Sure, I'd have to carry it around, but with a Bluetooth headset I wouldn't have to to take it out to take calls. As it is, I carry my iPaq with me for calendar/contacts/music anyway. At least the tablet PC would have a decent size screen to surf the internet with.

Sent by Garrett | 3:51 PM ET | 06-27-2007

Smart phones should make smart phone calls. If I haven???t called a friend in a long while or feel I haven???t gotten back to a customer in a timely manner I put the call off even longer???

Need Based Calling makes a queue of the people you know you need to call and then dials out one after the other...

Applications like this should run on your phone - Apple needs to open up the iPhone to developers. They're making the same mistake they made in the 80's by being little tin pot dictators with their hardware. It's my iPhone, I'm going home!

Sent by Theo | 4:51 PM ET | 06-27-2007

I'm an engineer and my husband is in the Law. I work in an export controlled work place and would lose my job if I brought in an unauthorized camera and my husband would get a one way ticket to jail if he brought a camera phone to court!

We are both High tech individuals, but are forced to use low tech phones because all the good phones have cameras! We are not alone in our plight.

???Momma said marry a Doctor, Lawyer, or Engineer??? but 1/3rd of us is left out in the cold where music playing, tone ringing, and text messing on our cool slim phones is concerned. We???re able to pay for the bells and whistles at a premium price but the cameras demote us to the cell phone equivalent of a rotary phone.

Where???s the niche boutique that will cater to those of us who can???t have a camera?

Sent by Tracy | 8:54 PM ET | 06-27-2007

Would a truly 'smart' phone recognize an inebriated user? If it could, it would eliminate the scourge of 'drunk dialing'!

Sent by Lorie | 9:04 AM ET | 06-28-2007

Most importantly can we get a phone that will not drop calls? My last phone never dropped a call. I have the same service on my new one and can't hold on to a single call.

Or how about one that has easily accessible and maneuvered help menu? I just got a phone with an MP3 player and while moving to my new apartment lost the book. Now I can't figure out how to use the player.

Sent by Melody | 5:53 PM ET | 06-28-2007

I'm curious when it was, exactly, that Talk of the Nation became the publicity and market research arm of Apple, Inc. Groovy though I'm sure the iPhone is, I suspect the prodigious sales of it's previous devices have left the company with more than enough to handle its own promotions work. I hope the staff of the show got something good in exchange for what amounted to an infomercial.

Sent by Blaine Duncan | 12:16 AM ET | 06-29-2007