IPhone

For all its momentum, there are still some core issues iPhone owners want to have resolved - and first among them is 3G capability. According to the survey, that's the number one feature iPhone owners want integrated into the next generation of the iPhone (19%) - even more so than third-party software (18%), GPS functionality (15%) or E-mail integration (10%).

The same holds true among respondents who say they are interested in but haven't yet purchased an iPhone. One-in-four say they are holding out to wait for the next generation iPhone (14%) or for 3G network compatibility (11%).

The iPhone's lack of a tactile keyboard, a major feature of its design which allows for the large touchscreen, could end up being a problem for users who must input a lot of text, such as the business users, a market dominated by the BlackBerry.

The iPhone is limited to web applications and doesn't have an API* ** to extend it. The organizations requiring custom applications will prefer more extensible mobile platforms (e.g: J2ME, SymbianOS, PalmOS, Linux, Android, Windows Mobile)

Steve Jobs' tendency to enforce tight control over Apple's products and their accompanying media or software could hinder the iPhone's adoption and provide bad publicity for the product.

*(Application programming interface) On October 17th, 2007, Steve Jobs announced that a Software Developer's Kit (SDK) would be made available for the iPhone/iPod Touch in February 2008[1]. The SDK makes "official" third party applications possible.

**(Application programming interface)The phone has successfully been unlocked with the succession of new firmware patches. This allows users to develop any native application of their doing. Jailbreakme.com and http://iphone.nullriver.com/beta/ for more info