Make Windows Phone competitive...

1. ability to control what get's synced to the cloud on the main account, just like on a secondary account (e-mail, contacts, calendar, tasks)

2. Bluetooth file transfer capability for media and documents; a common feature included even on basic phones

3. ability to disable text previews in the top bar and only show the sender for privacy reasons

4. ability to password protect photos/text messages for privacy reasons

5. swype-like capability to increase text messaging ease and speed on a touchscreen device

6. ability to create tiles with apps listed inside, similar to the games tile so one can easily organize the apps list; currently it's inconvenient having to remember the name for a specific app or to search for it through a long list when one has many apps installed

7. an audible missed call/text reminder with a customizable alert timeframe; not convenient having to look at phone frequently to see if any calls/texts were missed

8. usb drive capability to be able to connect to anyone's pc for file transfers without the need to install Zune; common feature on competitor's

9. ability to customize text message font size; it's currently too small compared to the font size in other parts of the OS

10. IE word wrap so won't have to constantly scroll left and right when zooming in on a website; currently difficult to easily browse sites after zooming in

11. IE folders for favorites for organizational purposes instead of one long favorites list

12. not being able to exit IE by pressing the back arrow key but by using an exit feature in the browser menu; IE is exited accidentally too frequently when attempting to go back to a previous page

13. ability to vibrate and ring on calls, not just vibrate then ring; there are times when a phone can't be heard when in a pocket and one quick vibrate isn't very effective

14. ability to export contacts as a csv file and save to a pc through Zune; likewise the ability import csv contacts from Zune to a phone

15. ability to export contacts to a sim card; currently only able to import

16. file explorer capability to be able to easily view all personal files on phone

17. ability to create picture albums on phone instead of having to do it through Zune

18. screen capture capability; long-press of the camera key would be convenient

19. ability to disable auto-rotate; currently really inconvenient texting/web browsing when using phone while lying down and the screen auto-rotates

20. ability to backup apps to a pc through Zune and the ability to quickly reinstall instead of doing it through the windowsphone.com website which is tedious for multiple apps

21. ability to save draft text messages instead of having to retype a message when leaving the messaging tile

22. have Bluetooth discoverable and Bluetooth searching as two separate options instead of one as is currently

23. in addition to the alarm feature, adding a timer/stopwatch

24. ability to e-mail documents as an attachment instead of a Sky-Drive link

25. ability to save Bing maps to phone, similar to Nokia Drive on the Lumia; very convenient feature to have when using a phone for GPS

26. *.txt file support

27. having a week view option in the calendar, not just day and month

28. for phones that have a micro-SD option, the capability to be able to remove and reinstall the card without negatively affecting the OS

29. ability to disable Notes in the Office tile from automatically syncing to the Sky-Drive

30. more theme options; ability to create one's own theme colors from a pallete

31. ability to have a wallpaper instead of only a white or black background

32. having Microsoft apps already installed on phone such as Unit Converter

33. ability to mark podcasts as favorites for streaming instead of searching each time; currently the only option is to download or play

34. ability to tag songs in Zune's marketplace for easy retrieval in the future

35. separate apps and games in Marketplace search; currently the two are together

36. ability to put the alarm on snooze by pressing the volume key

37. ability to adjust snooze frequency on alarm, i.e. every 5 minutes

38. ability to listen to music in a car through a usb cable using car's usb port

39. ability to send a group text by selecting all recipients in address book at once instead of going back and forth into the address book and selecting each contact individually

40. the speak to text functionality to include punctuation; for example, you can say "question mark" at the end of the sentence, and it will input the "?" character

41. when holding down the back button, having more than just the last five tasks shown

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AdminMobile Guru (Admin, Windows Phone) responded · Oct 29, 2012

We care about your suggestions, but we can’t use this grab-bag of features because there’s no way to know which of the features each person is voting for. We would like to know SPECIFICALLY what features you would like to see we need you to vote INDIVIDUALLY for the one that you want most (vs. one large grab bag of features). Please reallocate your votes to single features from this.

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