Contacts | Please fix the iPhone

Give us iChat! Complete with threaded text discussions like iChat for the Mac. Make it run in the background so that we can be logged into IM all the time and receive instant messages when our phone is asleep. Give us ringtone and vibration settings to alert us of new IMs. Make it work with the Jabber, AIM accounts that we use with iChat on the Mac. For bonus points add support for MSN and Yahoo.

Originally posted by Dingo on October 20th, 2008

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4384 people would love to see this fixed

Two-way sync between iPhone and Google Calendar & Contacts (like for Exchange)

Calendar Contacts

Originally posted by Yanda on October 20th, 2008

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887 people would love to see this fixed

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I want to be able to send and receive vcards!

Contacts SMS

Originally posted by seb on October 11th, 2008

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843 people would love to see this fixed

Let me mark many people in my contacts or add entire groups when sending a text message to more than one person.

Contacts SMS

Originally posted by Aaron M on October 17th, 2008

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827 people would love to see this fixed

MMS!!!!! You spend $500 on a phone the phone is amazing but it can't do something that cheap $20 phones can do send PICTURES!! It's the biggest downfall the iPhone has it's really not that hard they made it so you can email pictures why can't we text them or receive them??

Apps AT&T Camera Contacts Mail Photos Restrictions SMS

Originally posted by Ashi on October 20th, 2008

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635 people would love to see this fixed

watch videos online.

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Originally posted by devteam on October 21st, 2008

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431 people would love to see this fixed

Dialing a number written into the notes for a contact

Contacts Notes Phone

Originally posted by Capn Cafeen on October 20th, 2008

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423 people would love to see this fixed

I want to be able to send a text message from the Mac's address Book, via Bluetooth, like I used to do with my old Sony ericsson and Nokia, years ago!

Bluetooth Contacts SMS

Originally posted by Lucas on October 14th, 2008

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403 people would love to see this fixed

An Instant Messaging client.... and make one that sits at the same level as the Blackberry Messenger..... were you can send not only text but also pictures, videos, voice recording and even files.....Of course make it a background running always on application. Integration with other IM services would be a killer, Live Messenger, Yahoo, AOL IM.....

Apps Contacts Fetch/Push data Mail MobileMe Phone SMS

Originally posted by IM Please IM on October 20th, 2008

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307 people would love to see this fixed

sync note and to-dos over the air? and left me swipe leftright for different email accounts, without having to go through many touches to get to another email account. pls.

Calendar Contacts Fetch/Push data Mail Notes Sync

Originally posted by khang on October 20th, 2008

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286 people would love to see this fixed

Fix the Contact sync in iTunes to use a later version of the Google Contact API so that we can sync just certain groups of contacts, not every one I have in Google.

Contacts Google Sync

Originally posted by Guinnessisgood on October 20th, 2008

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272 people would love to see this fixed

Don't delete a contact I just entered if I hit the home button instead of save.

Contacts Home Button

Originally posted by Steve on October 20th, 2008

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271 people would love to see this fixed

I want to use my Apple wireless keyboard to type stuff on my iPhone. Get it done!

Bluetooth Contacts Google Hardware Keyboard Notes SMS

Originally posted by Stoobaloo on October 21st, 2008

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269 people would love to see this fixed

Add EDIT button when seeing contact details from Favorites and Recents in Phonebook.

Contacts Phone

Originally posted by luke on October 13th, 2008

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268 people would love to see this fixed

Please make it possible to add attendees to a new meeting request on my Exchange account. Meetings I can only send to myself are useless.

Calendar Contacts Mail On-the-Go

Originally posted by Alex on October 20th, 2008

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266 people would love to see this fixed

Make a dynamic scroll bar!! I don't want to see a letter in the scroll bar when I don't have a contact's/song's name that's starts with this letter.

Contacts iPod

Originally posted by Raz Matus on October 21st, 2008

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262 people would love to see this fixed

Allow categories in Contacts, so I can keep my private and business contacts separate; I want to be able to sync business contacts with a computer at work and personal contacts with a home computer and not 'infect' each with the other's data. Do the same for Notes and Calendar too and you'll be half way there!

Calendar Contacts Notes Sync

Originally posted by Bruce Davies on October 20th, 2008

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250 people would love to see this fixed

Add a search function for emails and contacts; contacts should be searchable across all fields.

Contacts Mail

Originally posted by DEP on October 20th, 2008

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249 people would love to see this fixed

The fact that it randomly deletes all contacts and calendar information if you're syncing with MobileKickMeIntheGroin.

Calendar Contacts Fetch/Push data MobileMe

Originally posted by DrJ on October 21st, 2008

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248 people would love to see this fixed

Why can't I change the size of the text in SMS and Contacts? It is too small to read!

Contacts SMS

Originally posted by Mtwang on October 20th, 2008

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247 people would love to see this fixed

What good is a bluetooth headset if I need to take my phone out of the holster to dial? My 7 year old two-generations ago phone could do voice assisted dialing. Where is my voice recognition?

Bluetooth Contacts On-the-Go

Originally posted by Voice recognition on October 20th, 2008

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241 people would love to see this fixed

Forwarding contacts. Forward texts. Adding my own text alerts. Better layout in the AppStore. Better layout in the iTunes Wifi store. Landscape emails. Forward pictures via bluetooth. Copy & Paste. Flash. Transparent Dock. Cancel an alarm without having to swipe. Have my Wallpaper dimmed as a background on Springboard.

Alarm App Store Bluetooth Contacts iTunes Store Mail Maps SMS Sounds Wallpaper

Originally posted by SuperTee on October 21st, 2008

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235 people would love to see this fixed

Please offer to sync email and contact info with Thunderbird: and bookmarks with Firefox. Playing together is good business.

Contacts Fetch/Push data Mail MobileMe Sync

Originally posted by Roger Edwards on October 20th, 2008

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231 people would love to see this fixed

Please fix the Bluetooth Personal Addressbook - it doesn't work on my (new) car. I get dialed calls, but not the addressbook itself, missed calls or received calls. Reading various blogs says this is goofed up all over the spectrum of different iPhone releases and car kits. Other phone get it right....

Bluetooth Contacts

Originally posted by Car talk on October 20th, 2008

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227 people would love to see this fixed

Let me ring tones to whole groups - not just individuals

Contacts Phone Settings Sounds

Originally posted by Kuma on October 20th, 2008

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224 people would love to see this fixed

I want to be able to send contact information via SMS

Contacts SMS

Originally posted by mark H on October 20th, 2008

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224 people would love to see this fixed

Birthdays should have alarm reminders. It makes no sense to have to pull up a contact's info to find out that their Birthday was last week?! I can't always remember beforehand but my iPhone should!

Alarm Calendar Contacts Date Fetch/Push data

Originally posted by Geoff on October 21st, 2008

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224 people would love to see this fixed

Email or SMS a contact - vCard nice too, but really, just the contact information alone would be nice.

Contacts On-the-Go SMS

Originally posted by Superfly on October 20th, 2008

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221 people would love to see this fixed

I know Apple has that love/hate relationship with Microsoft and all, but please Hotmail one of the most popular e-mail services out there. Can we please have Hotmail supported in the Mail App? (bonus for Windows Live Calendar/ Windows Live Contacts synching (different from Windows Contacts)

Calendar Contacts Mail

Originally posted by Kevin on October 21st, 2008

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220 people would love to see this fixed

Allow me to schedule a call to the contact im looking at while in contact view (one extra button ?) .. Allow me to pickup and insert a contact entry while scheduling an appointment in calendar .... with this who needs CRM !! Maybe allow 2 or 3 custom searchable fields in contacts

Calendar Contacts

Originally posted by Allan on October 20th, 2008

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219 people would love to see this fixed

In the Contacts app, it's way too difficult to engage the "search" function. The tiny little "magnifying glass" icon is too small, and you end up hitting the "Add" function, etc.

Contacts

Originally posted by Bob W on October 20th, 2008

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213 people would love to see this fixed

Why can I not send and receive contact vCards via Bluetooth?! Apple, what is the point of Bluetooth on the iPhone??? I don't use headsets!

Bluetooth Contacts

Originally posted by nick on October 20th, 2008

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212 people would love to see this fixed

Allow me to set one contact as "Me" and send that contact to anyone as a vCard in email.

Contacts Mail

Originally posted by jna on October 20th, 2008

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211 people would love to see this fixed

I would love to be able to 'search for sender' in Mail. Essential for business users!

Contacts Date Mail On-the-Go

Originally posted by Simon Webb on October 21st, 2008

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210 people would love to see this fixed

Search the notes in the adressbook

Contacts

Originally posted by podpimp on October 20th, 2008

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209 people would love to see this fixed

Complex vibration. Ability to set "morse code"-like vibrations to Contacts, in such a way that the user can determine who's calling without having to interact with the phone. E.g. 3 long = my main squeeze. Setting for "all calls" or "only when silent."

Contacts Settings Sounds

Originally posted by radams on October 21st, 2008

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209 people would love to see this fixed

I need to send Contacts via SMS. This is a very simple button in the contacts that will stop the embarrasment of dictating numbers to friends and colleagues (yes, all iPhone 3G and cannot do this!). All Cheap mobiles have that! Come on Apple! it is not that difficult....

Contacts SMS

Originally posted by Tophelipilot on October 21st, 2008

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209 people would love to see this fixed

Allow me to see my "Recent Calls List" while in a call! Nothing is more frustrating than saying "let me give you the number of the person I was just speaking with. Oh wait, I can't view it while we're on the phone. Let's disconnect, then I'll save it as a new contact and I'll call you right back with the number!" LAME!

Contacts OS Phone

Originally posted by CuriousJohn on October 21st, 2008

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208 people would love to see this fixed

Allow the Iphone to sync with Windows live mail including calendars or give me direct access to sync with google calendar so I can sync with it from live mail and then ave the iphone pick the changes via network

Calendar Contacts Google

Originally posted by Antonio A on October 21st, 2008

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208 people would love to see this fixed

Syncing phone numbers. Sometimes they VANISH from the phone, sometimes from the computer. Also don't want to MobileMe sync anything - Fruux.com

Contacts Mail

Originally posted by ARCTOS on October 20th, 2008

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208 people would love to see this fixed

If a contact in the address book has a birthday listed, list that birthday in the calendar.

Calendar Contacts

Originally posted by Jared on October 21st, 2008

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205 people would love to see this fixed

I want to be able to forward text messages to other contacts

Contacts Phone Restrictions SMS

Originally posted by willowz on October 20th, 2008

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204 people would love to see this fixed

under the contact app give a little black bar on the bottom with icons for email, address, phone, groups, birthday etc because currently that app is useless.

Contacts

Originally posted by Asiago on October 21st, 2008

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202 people would love to see this fixed

Business Carding - ability to send my existing contacts as Business cards to other phones via SMS - every other phone can do this...please add this function

Contacts SMS

Originally posted by Uday C on October 21st, 2008

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201 people would love to see this fixed

Send contacts/vcards via SMS, BT. email. Duh.

Bluetooth Contacts On-the-Go SMS

Originally posted by Contactsvcards via SMS BT email Duh on October 21st, 2008

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201 people would love to see this fixed

Support for Apple's Addressbook smart groups as a syncing option. Currently only static groups are supported.

Contacts

Originally posted by Nicola on October 21st, 2008

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199 people would love to see this fixed

"Recent calls" show the name of the person who just called, if they are a known caller or a "favorite" but which number did they call from? If there are three phone numbers listed in the contact info for that person, which number did they just call you from? Which number do you call then back on?

Contacts Phone

Originally posted by Greg Mills on October 20th, 2008

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198 people would love to see this fixed

add my own tone for sending & recieving SMS messages. Just as we are able to do with the ringer(s) for different contacts

Contacts Phone Settings SMS

Originally posted by David L on October 20th, 2008

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196 people would love to see this fixed

Enable the editing of a contact when the detail view is opened from outside the Contacts application (e.g. favorites, call log, etc). Currently they are read only.

Contacts

Originally posted by Nicola on October 21st, 2008

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192 people would love to see this fixed

Hold down on elements in the standard applications to have a menu slide up/down. (Like holding the center button on the new Nano slides down that menu.) Hold down on phone number or email address within Mail for "Add to contact" and "Create new contact". Hold down on a Name in the Contacts application for "Add to group".

Contacts Mail

Originally posted by Lee Hericks on October 21st, 2008

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182 people would love to see this fixed

Sorting contacts by company name, come on apple, you are wanting to break into enterprise side of the business. Most sales people sort their contacts by company name, not by person. Help a sales guy out

Contacts

Originally posted by Mike on October 21st, 2008

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182 people would love to see this fixed

Make the entire iPhone searchable. Or at least contacts, notes, calendar, and other standard apps. Pretty much like Spotlight in OSX. Seems like that could be useful.

Calendar Contacts

Originally posted by Madhaze on October 20th, 2008

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175 people would love to see this fixed

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