- 10 Apps We Would Improve with iOS 4 and iPhone 4
- COMPANY: Nuance CommunicationsAPP: Dragon DictationWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: Lab48APP: vTie PremiumWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: Cisco SystemsAPP: Cisco WebEx Meeting CenterWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: Obapp.comAPP: MuniAppWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: AjiAPP: TouchTerm Pro SSHWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: ReaddleAPP: Scanner ProWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: AutomatticAPP: WordPressWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: Shape ServicesAPP: Business Card ReaderWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: Ilium SoftwareAPP: eWalletWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
- COMPANY: Izatt InternationalAPP: MileBugWHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
10 Apps We Would Improve with iOS 4 and iPhone 4
by P. J. Connolly
COMPANY: Nuance Communications
APP: Dragon Dictation
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
Currently, Dragon saves to a text file, copies to a clipboard or launches e-mail. Multitasking could allow it to paste directly into an open document in Apple’s Pages or another word processor.
COMPANY: Lab48
APP: vTie Premium
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
Diagrams for knotting a necktie are helpful; to go to the next level, vTie could use the iPhone 4’s video camera to walk one through the process.
COMPANY: Cisco Systems
APP: Cisco WebEx Meeting Center
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
The ability to show the presenter may be a double-edged sword, but it would be nice to have the option.
COMPANY: Obapp.com
APP: MuniApp
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
Being able to use an application while waiting for the bus is a way to put wasted time to good use; multitasking would allow transit-focused apps like MuniApp to update predictions without missing a beat.
COMPANY: Aji
APP: TouchTerm Pro SSH
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
Running an SSH client on your mobile device is helpful, but being able to run a process in the background and do something useful while waiting for it to complete would be priceless.
COMPANY: Readdle
APP: Scanner Pro
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
Scanning documents is nice, but performing OCR on a document is better.
COMPANY: Automattic
APP: WordPress
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
New video support functions in iOS 4 could make it possible to create on-the-fly video blog updates.
COMPANY: Shape Services
APP: Business Card Reader
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
The only thing worse than having a pocket full of other people’s business cards is trying to put faces to those names; tools like this are crying out for the ability to take a snapshot to go with the card.
COMPANY: Ilium Software
APP: eWallet
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
Password management apps could benefit from the additional level of security that facial recognition provides, to authenticate the user before revealing stored passwords.
COMPANY: Izatt International
APP: MileBug
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED:
Mileage-logging programs could benefit from the built-in GPS functions of the iPhone 4; older models could append a screenshot of the odometer to document beginning and end points of a journey.