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Craig Hockenberry:

A lot of people I know and respect have been commenting on problems associated with the iPhone mute switch. […] I’ve come to the realization that this is a problem bigger than just alarms going off at inopportune moments. What we really want is for the devices in our pocket to behave differently depending on where they’re physically located.

Smart idea. So long as this is presented during setup, it would be easily discoverable and therefore widely-used.

I think this is along the lines of what can be expected from the next iteration of iOS. The most-requested features have been added already: apps, Exchange, copy & paste, multitasking, cloud storage, and a more adept notifications system, to name the most noteworthy examples. Now it’s about revision and enhancement.