Just read about this patent Apple has filed for some iPhone features that hopefully are already under development. The patent filing is old, actually. Filed in Feb 2008, but their details have been made public only now.
The most important feature is a customizable home screen. The trick here is that the iPhone will know what your location is, and accordingly display information such as the local weather, nearby landmarks, and the like. Based on your location, the iPhone updates this information automatically. And you will be able to access this information by tapping just that one icon for ‘local home screen’.
This will certainly be a fun feature to use. More importantly, it gives us a glimpse into the directions in which iPhone development will progress in the near future.
There’s some more exciting stuff in the patent. For more details, check out Apple Insider
