@archkron , the DAC in the iPhone (and most iPods) is great. It's the amplifier that is awful. Pair the iPhone/iPod with a line out adapter (which bypasses the internal amp) and a good dedicated amplifier, and you have a listening station that far exceeds even Cowon players in quality. You can get a line out adapter from here: http://www.headphone.com/accessories/sendstation-ipod-pocket-dock-line-out-mini-usb.php

Although, I cheat and use the cable from BMW's 6FL option.

@LogoPolis,

Nice try. But you will see that the page I linked is right on the CHDK main page. I'm assuming everyone can Google CHDK and click the first link to get the goods.

Also, do you honestly think that CHDK is more difficult than this hack? Both require an old cheap camera, except CHDK doesn't require you tear your camera apart.

Yuck. I would rather have a Canon with CHDK installed. It even lets you script the camera for those who want the nerd factor. Take a look at what people have done with CHDK: http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/chdk

My top 10:

1) Make it GSM (the only reason I had to return mine; no reception at the office).
2) More apps.
3) C/C++ developer kit.
4) MSN, Yahoo, and FaceBook messenger support.
5) Video recording with FaceBook and Youtube upload.
6) Every cell phone I've used other than the Sony-Ericsson T68i/T68mc could use improved battery life. This one is no exception.
7) Synergy excluded contacts, since I really don't need my entire gmail mailing history as contacts.
8) Trackball button or TAB key, since I'd rather not have to move my lazy fingers back up and select the next input box to type in.
9) SMB over Wi-Fi, so I can transfer things between the device while on the Touchstone charger.
10) Glass LCD/OLED display.

The economy is done for! But, I would like these!

@tails2,

I have to politely disagree. Japanese phones have been largely the same since shortly after the turn of the century. Sure, they have 1seg and are bordering on insane when it comes to the megapixels their cameras push. But, phones outside of Japan have become far more advanced in processing speed, battery life (use one of DoCoMo's new 1seg, 8 megapixel, rotating display monsters for a day and see what I mean), and visuals. Both Japan and rest of the world use UMTS, so Japan's networks aren't any faster currently.

I have asked Japanese people why they haven't considered an iPhone, and the reasons are mostly UI usability and personalization. Touch screen phones are much too fiddly compared to a keypad. On the personalization front you have to take a look at most Japanese cell phone users. Their phones are usually decked out, in the color of their choice, with a cell phone charm of their choice, with a background of their choice, and with a screensaver of their choice. None of this is available on the iPhone (the unlock screen doesn't count :).

In the end, I feel the iPhone is a superior phone to nearly all, if not all, of the Japanese market phones. However, even with Softbank offering the phone for practically free with contract, because of the cultural drawbacks, iPhone will remain unpopular.

@iphonerulez,

I know you are a troll, but you make a point that is interesting. What you say would be mostly true, until you look at a market like the Japan. The iPhone struggles to sell there as the Japanese purchase more cell phones with a keypad to tap out their utterances. It's not like Apple has poor Japanese support either. iPhone's Japanese input support is some of the best I've ever seen. However, the Japanese are rushed people, always on tight schedules from the office to the subway train. Therefore they have no time to deal with an arguably superior virtual keyboard and prefer the accuracy of a physical keypad.

This also holds true for other Asian markets like China, Taiwan, and South Korea.

You know how I'd "fix" the economy. Giggidy giggidy!

The reason why manufacturers don't make too many Bluetooth mice is because of an inherent flaw in Windows (*nix are mostly unaffected). When you connect a USB or PS2 mouse, the drivers used are system device drivers. Therefore, nothing short of a freeze in the kernel will cause the driver to stop polling the mouse and updating the hardware cursor. However, on Windows, the Bluetooth stack is mostly in software. Therefore, if other software uses too many CPU cycles, your mouse will begin to miss its polls and cursor updates. You can probably imagine how this can screw up your favorite video game.

I feel your pain though. I too long for a great Bluetooth mouse to use on my Windows-based Eee PC.

I would fix the economy by buying lots of plastic wrap and wrapping the entire world in a layer of plastic wrap.