Just when iPhone users were starting to think Apple and AT&T didn’t give a rat’s arse about our desires, AT&T recently sent a survey to its customers asking them to rate a level of interest in new potential services for the device. While this list probably has nothing to do with Apple, it does include some interesting features that people have indicated they want on the device.

• Cut & paste functionality. A third party solution was briefly put in place, but Apple killed that with a software update.
• MMS (picture messaging). It’s still pretty odd that a device so capable cannot do this.
• Flash and JAVA support is there as well, both are perpetually rumored new features.
• iChat (instant messaging). While there are plenty of third party IM solutions out there, none can yet run in the background. The hope is that an Apple-made one could (as I referenced above).
• Downloadable ringtones.
• GPS turn-by-turn directions. This is another feature that is always rumored to be coming and probably will at some point.
• Video recording. The iPhone’s current camera is only enabled to take pictures, but as we’ve seen on iPhone hacked to run applications not in the app store, video is possible. It’s definitely worth noting that the video streaming service Qik apparently has figured out a way to get video recording functionality working on non-hacked iPhones. Both Digg founder Kevin Rose and blogger Robert Scoble have now seen this in action, but the app is still not available in the App Store, and it’s not clear when it will be (though Rose expects soon)

Video for Christmas?

What are you hoping for?  Personally we’re praying for a video streamer/recorder and some copy/paste!  Maybe there is a Santa Claus?

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