It was just 57 days ago that I posted my iOS 6 Wishlist and it seems as if my wishes might be coming true.  It has been nearly confirmed that there will be a new mapping service with iOS 6 and that Apple will be ditching Google Maps.  While I’m sad to see Google Maps take a hike, I have confidence that Apple’s offering is going to be a significant and worthy opponent to Google’s mapping service.  And in order to do this, Apple will need to offer turn-by-turn navigation, another item on my wishlist, just to have the same functionality as Google Maps for Android.  What else was on my list?  Better Siri.  If you didn’t catch Tim Cook’s interview at the D10 conference, he mentioned that there is a lot that Siri can do, that they’ve got some great ideas for Siri, and that there are great things coming in the next coming months.

The only other item that was on my list is a better Mail app.  I have no evidence to prove that it is or isn’t happening, but even if it isn’t I would say that 3 out of 4 ain’t bad.  Let’s see if these materialize!

After my post about my iPhone 5 wish list, I made the plunge. Traded my GSM Galaxy Nexus for a shiny white iPhone 4S. It’s been about a month and a half with the new device and I am even writing this post using it. While I am fully content and satisfied with y decision, there are a few items I have on my wish list for the next generation of iOS:

1. Updated Mail client
It’s no secret that the Gmail app for Android is leaps and bounds ahead of iOS’ Mail offering. The Mail app just can’t keep up with a power gmail user and the downgrade has been difficult. A new revamped Mail app with deep integration of now only Gmail but many popular email services along with an updates UI would put the Mail app where it needs to be moving forward.

2. New Maps
It has been rumored that Apple may be ditching Google Maps in iOS when open street maps were found in their new iPhoto iOS app. If this is the case I am not necessarily happy about it because I feel Google Maps is one of, of not the, best mapping services. But the Google Maps app for iOS is severely outdated maybe even more so than Mail. A new mapping service would surely bring a new Maps app and I am all for that.

3. Turn by Turn Navigation
In the same vein as a new Maps app would be adding the functionality to have turn by turn navigation integrated into the OS. Couple that with Siri and we could be seeing some very nice features.

4. Better Siri
On the heels of a class action lawsuit for false advertising, Siri doesn’t exactly perform as good as Apple has made her out to be. It doesn’t seem to make sense to have Siri need to connect to Apple servers for actions that can be completely localized (i.e. “call mom”). I can’t imagine Apple wouldn’t have a significant performance boost for their favorite assistant with their newest release.

That’s all I’ve got for now, but as more needs arise I will be sure to add them to the list.