This brings me to:
3) A common documents folder. If I transfer a file with AirSharing the only app that can see it is AirSharing. If I transfer a file with MobileFiles the only app that can see it is MobileFiles. That's just madness. A common documents folder to which all apps (including the native Mail app) have read and write access would be a big improvement to the platform in my opinion. I'm guessing that at some point Apple might spring on us a whole host of improvements to do with document management and editing to move the iPhone to the next level as a business device. I don't really need copy and paste (my previous devices had it and I hardly used it) or the ability to edit documents (ditto; even the iPhone screen is too small IMO) but I'd love to see some file management improvements.
Anyway, before I started out on the above (which turns out to have been a rather long distraction) I had a point in mind. In answering your question, Casey, what's my 'Favorite thing about the iPhone 3G' I was really thinking about the round robin and comparisons with other platforms. The real truth of the matter is though an answer that might apply to almost any smartphone. My favourite thing is the convergence of basic features: phone, calendar, contacts, email, SMS, web browsing. As I've noted above I think the iPhone is better in some of these areas than at least some of the competition, and also adds *great* media functionality into the mix, but it's the basics that I use most often and they're my real favourites.
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