iPhone Spark

Everybody’s got an axe to grind about what kind of applications they’d like to see on the iPhone. Me? Despite all the great web-based alternatives, I’m holding out for IM and an RSS newsreader.

Phill Ryu of My Dream App and Mac Heist has his own list of five applications he’d like to see Apple port over. Of course, being Phill Ryu, he couldn’t be content to just write about them, so he enlisted Josh Pyles of Pixelmatrix Design to help him mock up concept art for the apps.

First up was an eBook reader with definite Delicious Library overtones (pictured), followed by an online version of the iTunes Store (with an option to save items to download when you’re on a Wi-Fi connection); a Skitch-like Sketch program (something I hadn’t considered, but would definitely have fun with); an auto-switching VoIP client; and a version of iMovie (probably not ‘08) with the option to upload to YouTube.

Interesting ideas all, though I’m not sure that Apple would take their time to deliver most of them. Just another reason why opening the platform to third-party developers would be a smashing idea. Which of Phill’s apps would you go for? What else might you suggest?

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