iOS and the need for Unity

Too many i'S on the dancefloor...

Daily before my commute to work, I load up my iPhone and iPad into my bag, and strap on an iPod Nano watch to my wrist.  I realize that I am probably mugging fodder by doing this, but I also know that I'm not alone from hundreds of others that find a need to carry these many iOS devices because of the individual advantages of each.

And after having used my iPad for a year for work purposes, my iPhone for several years, and my iWatch for a few months, I've come to the conclusion that Apple needs to make these devices talk to each other - and fast.


While working on my iPad, I hear the faint sound of a text message being received on my iPhone.  So I have to put down my iPad, pull out my iPhone, and use the iPhone to respond.  Then I find myself shuffling back and forth between the iPad and iPhone to correspond with people - some over texts using the iPhone, some over email using the iPad.  Why can't I do this all from the iPad with some sort of connectivity/syncing/tethering between the products? Why can't I respond to text messages using a much larger screen and keyboard on the iPad and be able to push that message out through my iPhone? This way, I don't look like the tool who's constantly juggling iProducts.

Add in the iWatch (which, admittedly, I already look geeky wearing, but I'm pulling it off with a geek-sheik flare).  The next generation of iPod Nano could really benefit from two things: vibration and iOS connectivity.  I don't need the Nano to become an iPhone.  I don't want to compose messages on it, or dial out, or do the Dick Tracy videowatch thing (though I would love it if all of those things were available on a watch).  What I need to be able to do, and where I see Apple getting more sales of the nano-as-watch concept, is for my iWatch to buzz on my wrist when I get a text or call.  Without fumbling for my phone from my pocket or bag, I should be able to look at my watch and read the text; better yet, I should be able to look at my watch and see who's calling me, and be able to answer the call on a bluetooth headset via the watch without ever touching the phone.  Likewise, I should be able to dial up calls through my iphone via my watch - either with a keypad or address book.  I don't need the iWatch to be a phone, I need it to be able to control and interface with my phone. 

Finally, and this is small potatoes compared to my dream of interconnectivity between iOS products, my iWatch should be able to buzz me when I set a timer, not to mention have a built in alarm clock.  I can do without a speaker on the iPod Nano, but wearing this tech on my wrist really demands a silent way to be notified more elegantly than the traditional digital watch beeps.

So there's my wishlist.  I had to get it out there.  I've got to believe someone much smarter at Apple has already figured this out and is currently working on the next software/hardware advance that will make me re-buy everything all over again.  Those kids at Apple are pretty darn good at that sort of thing.