I decided to put together a wishlist for the new iPhone “2″, which MacRumors.com is reporting is likely to be on the way. They feel this way for a few reasons.

• Code in the 2.x firmware, where you can see a version designation for the Next generation iphone:  “iPhone2,1″. This is found in the USBDeviceConfiguration.plist, which is unencrypted.
• Pinchmedia Ad Serving reports also identify a Device Name of of iPhone2,1  with 2 unique users. This would mean these phones are in alpha or beta testing.
• Imagination Technologies is also likely to be a part of any processor upgrades in the near future, possibly providing multiple GPU’s for these new units (or so it’s rumored)

At any rate, if all these things are true, we’re probably looking at a new iPhone with multiple GPUs, more storage space and probably some other upgrades as well.

I’d like to see a few serious hardware & software upgrades of my own for the new iPhone. Some are things everyone wants and I’ve included a few of my own that I’d find particularly useful. Here’s my wishlist if a new iteration is available in June:

1. Increased battery life
2. Replaceable battery
3. Better Speaker(s)
4. Integrated/detachable wireless bluetooth earphone co-engineered by Apple and Aliph, using the same tech as in the Jawbone.
5. Faster Processors that suck less power.
6. Audio commands for iPhone, allowing the user with the click of a tactile “listen” button to have the phone listen to your command, then autodial, or any number of other commands so you can conduct a call while trying to drive without worrying about the button you’re hitting. Either that or just have the phone listen for your commands when you’re in “wireless earpiece mode”.
7. Turn-by-Turn GPS with AUDIO Directions, and voice command responses
8. Multi-pointer Google Map Directions, where you can select more than one midpoint to establish a route or detour. I’m damn sick of having to re-configure my path based on current location when I had to take a detour, or not being able to set up a different route to take based on my desires for travel.
9. Improved Safari & Mail compatibility support, permitting actual selection of iCal invitations through either Apple Mail or Safari (if you happen to be looking at Gmail or some other calendar), where if the .ics  file is selected, you can actually RESPOND to the event.
10. Better yet, you could try and integrate Mail and iCal so it’s seamless, with Reoccuring ToDo’s (NOT EVENTS).
11. Set up some filesharing services and allow a user to attach files to emails from a holding space without special programming or apps.
12. A better camera that doesn’t turn my pictures green or require that I attach an iclarify case to the phone.
13. An onscreen switch in Safari (or command bar with specific commands) that allows me to temporarily deactivate WiFi so I can use Edge or 3G without being interrupted by locked WiFi networks I can’t use.
14. Auto Dictation. I’d love to see this integrated, or made a part of Mobile Me if it has to have an online component to it, similar to Google’s audio search.
15. Flash Plugin
16. If no Flash Plugin: .FLA file conversion services, so Flash Developers can have a version of their Flash app produced for the iPhone in a compatable manner, with minimal re-authoring for a different code base.
17. Mini-mobile versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote for use on the iPhone when you purchase the latest versions of iLife and iWork.

Okay that’s it for now. I’ll be back with some more ideas after I think this over a bit. This is what came to mind on short notice.