CIO.com blogger James A. Martin's iPhone 5 feature wish list is growing. Here are four more features the current iPhone lacks that could vastly improve Apple's next-generation smartphone. UPDATE: The multiple calendar alerts section was revised for clarification purposes. Last week, I wrote about five features I’d like to see in the next iPhone and iOS 6. (See iPhone 5 Wish List: 5 New Features for details.) Here are four more to add to the wish list. * Better battery life. The iPhone 4S’s battery life isn’t terrible, but I’m hoping for a serious battery upgrade in the next iPhone. One reason: Turn-by-turn directions, which Apple’s new Maps app will offer. Whenever I use a GPS app with voice-guided directions, my iPhone 4S’s battery takes a major hit. Apple will likely add 4G to the next iPhone, too, so improved battery performance will be essential. But how much better will it be? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe * Multiple calendar alerts for everyone. Apple’s Calendar app offers the ability to set up to two reminders per event. But that capability isn’t available to every user, depending upon your calendar syncing set up. For instance, I sync my iOS calendar with my Google calendar. But when setting up a new appointment on my iPhone, I only have the option to create one reminder per event. Some third-party iOS apps, including the $7 CalenGoo shown below (which syncs with Google Calendar), allow you to work around that limitation. * Automatic hashtag insertions in Siri-dictated tweets. With iOS 6, you’ll be able to dictate and post tweets using Siri. I love that idea, but wouldn’t it also be cool if Siri had the intelligence to automatically translate keywords into popular hashtag phrases? * Easy Bluetooth on/off. To turn Bluetooth on or off in current versions of iOS, you have to open the Settings, select General and then choose Bluetooth. A Bluetooth on/off switch directly under Wi-Fi in Settings would be much more convenient, or even a home screen icon (like Android has). What’s on your iPhone 5 wish list? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Related content opinion Four questions for a casino InfoSec director By Beth Kormanik Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Media and Entertainment Industry Events Security brandpost Four Leadership Motions make leading transformative work easier The Four Leadership Motions can be extremely beneficial —they don’t just drive results among software developers, they help people make extraordinary progress wherever they lead. By Jason Fraser, Director, Product Management & Design, VMware Tanzu Labs, Public Sector Sep 21, 2023 5 mins IT Leadership feature The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value. This year started out about the same, with slightly better ML algorithms and improved d By Maria Korolov Sep 21, 2023 16 mins Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence opinion 6 deadly sins of enterprise architecture EA is a complex endeavor made all the more challenging by the mistakes we enterprise architects can’t help but keep making — all in an honest effort to keep the enterprise humming. By Peter Wayner Sep 21, 2023 9 mins Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Software Development Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe