[MacBerry]

So here's my thinking:

- The whole point of an inbox in GTD is that you just bung stuff into it, to be processed later.

- Given the choice of the iPhone and the Desktop apps, which are you most likely to have to hand when a thought hits you - the iPhone I'd suggest.

- Given the two points above, inbox use on the iPhone should be made as easy as can be, easier than the desktop even, if there has to be a choice.

- It's not ;)

In other words, I'm, well, anywhere, and take a call asking for a quote. I should be able to grab my iPhone, and with the absolute minimum fuss, be able to add "Quote for Acme" to the inbox without having to take ANY decisions there and then, other than what to call it.

So what I'd like to see is:

1) The ability to add a voice note to the inbox without having to go via the full app. I'd really like a separate "mini-app" on my home screen, that does nothing but record a new note and add it into the inbox - tap button on home screen>talk>tap "done">mini-app exits and the new inbox item is there when I next open the full OF. The same mini-app could also offer options for photo and text inbox items, or there could be separate mini-apps for each.

For now the closest I can get is to open OF>tap new inbox item>type "V" in the subject so I can see it's a voice item later (it won't save without something in there anyway)>tap done on the keyboard>tap to record>tap to stop>tap to save. It's not bad, but it could be a lot easier too.

2) The ability to add items to inbox without having to decide whether they are actions or projects yet. "Quote for Acme" might be a single action, but it could be a project just as easily. Either way I should be able to just chuck it into the inbox and decide what it is later, when I process it. This ability exists on the desktop via drag and drop, but is needed even more critically on the iPhone I think.

Obviously drag and drop won't work on the iPhone, but a drop down box or similar, offering options to make the item a task or a project, would.

3) A single tap way to enter another inbox item immediately after entering the first, the equivalent of enter on the desktop.

4) Templates. Type "Acme", choose a template from a drop down list or similar, and it turns into "Quote for Acme", with the appropriate contexts etc set. Even better, it turns it into a project called "Quote for Acme", sets it parallel or sequential, and adds actions for "Send Acme enquiry to Widgets Ltd", "Select equipment for Acme", "Prepare Acme estimate", and "Prepare and issue Acme quote". I then simply add start and due dates when I process it. All of this set up by the user once only.

Mark