My iOS 5 Feature Requests

iOS 5 is due to be shown to developers for the first time at WWDC this summer, and released to the public this fall. Here is my wishlist of features I hope make it into iOS 5. Things like a new notification system, social integration, improved file copy, wireless/cloud syncing I think are necessary, and the rest of the items in bold are my top requests, in no particular order.

• New notification system (like WebOS)
• Lockscreen Information (email, news, weather)
• Multi-user support for iPad (with gesture or voice-based logins & individual app data profiles)
• Over the air, delta updates (as long as they aren’t applied without permission - having to reinstall the entire OS for every update is ridiculous)
• Improved file copy experience (outside of iTunes) & Ability to mount iDevice as a flash drive
• Improved, system wide Voice Control and voice-to-text transcription
• Selective App Data backup & restore (like game saves)
• Cloud syncing (Non-mandatory) & Wireless backup/syncing with Mac
• To-Do lists in Calendar
• System-wide dictionary/thesaurus app (like OS X has, useable in any app. with custom dictionary and translation dictionary support)
• Social: Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc. integration throughout the OS & APIs for developers
• Mail: IMAP-Idle for Gmail; Local notifications for received mail messages; Gmail staring, tags, ability to delete Gmail messages instead of archiving them (in addition to archive ability); Editable Exchange drafts
• AirPrint: Print to PDF creation & compatibility with additional printers & ability to print through a Mac or a PC
• Rich Text support (iOS 4.x only supports Plain Text)
• Background updating for app content (Twitter, Facebook, Instapaper, Reeder, etc.)

• Official pull to refresh support

• Safari: Stop bookmarks from popping-up when Safari is opened with no open tabs; Wireless bookmark syncing for free (sans MobileMe or a paid subscription); Ability to drag and re-arrange Safari tabs; Safari Autofill keeps auto-filling the wrong email (Should have an option to select what info we want to use from the contact card, like what email address)

• Improved Photos app with features more like iPhoto (tagging, image editing, image rotation, custom Camera Roll folders, etc.)
• Improved YouTube app (doesn’t log you out, can manage subscriptions, etc.)
• GarageBand and iWork for iPhone
• Ability to see previously-purchased, but not installed apps in the App Store
• Ability to update apps without having to have double the space available on the iDevice
• Dynamically updating weather app icon (with temperature and forecast)
• Transcription and Forwarding of Visual Voicemail
• Support for USB card readers & flash drives (for copying photos/files with no conversion)
• Custom Audio Alerts (Custom email, calendar, and notification audio alerts)
• Improved Camera app (more like Camera+)
• FaceTime over 3G