Comments on: What do you want from the next Android device?

Crave asks its readers what they want from the next Google Android smartphone.

[forever4now]

Support for a bluetooth keyboard & mouse and a HDMI/Displayport port, to connect the device to a TV or monitor.

[wikimon]

technically the port on the G1 is a HTC-USB which has thestandard USB pins and a few extras "for video" but no one's really done anything with it (that i know of). definitely second your nominations though

[avitous]

I'd simply like to see one offered through Sprint. Love to try one, but am not interested in switching to a different cell carrier to do so.

[AlexanderNelson]

I would love an Android phone for AT&T. I have yet to see one.

[Police_States_of_America]

time travel
also flac support

[NYTechie]

LOL

[7aji88]

come on be real, it's a phone not a Delorean!

[keithhearn]

Mine already has time travel. It's running Android 4.3beta Pineapple Upside Down Cake. It just appeared on my desk a few months ago. The battery life is great, too. Haven't had to recharge it yet. Actually, I'm not sure it's a battery, it's got a "Mr. Fusion" logo.

[wikimon]

I want a comparable screen resolution to the HD Touch. and i want it AMOLED for power saving. and of course USB 3.0.

Native Exchange support and VPN. I want to start using my phone as a credit/debit card. after scanning all items go low-tech and scan a barcode off my phone to get my card info or do it high tech via wireless, i don't care. if i can carry just a phone and no wallet, no cards nothing that would be awesome. we'll get rid of car and house keys next... :D

oh and along with that better battery life or sell me some methanol fuel cell pack. that would be sweet.

you know what, just to be quirky let's go with TWO touchscreens, flip it open and instead of a keyboard you get another touch screen (with a soft keyboard if doing text entry of course)

[CrikeyMike]

I too want HDMI out on my Android phone.

[xtian616]

I would love a video camera that has at least 30 fps. All of the new nokia's and sony's have 30 fps on most of their high end phone. Enough the with the 15 fps bs!

[CrikeyMike]

I too want HDMI out on my Android phone.

[xtian616]

An HD version!!!

[timber2005]

I want it to make toast.
And Sprint to offer one.

[gbelk08]

I definitely want internal memory added. SSDs are getting cheaper they're faster than microSD cards, and you don't have to buy another accessory.

[monkeyfun14]

Flash = SSD honestly.

[FoneFrenzy]

How about a Palm Pre?

[lightningrob]

I'd like it on a network other than T-Mobile.

[OctoChops]

how about Verizon as a carrier!

[calculatorwatch]

I agree, come on verizon!

and a keyboard would be cool

and it'd be cool if verizon didn't disable any features

[eshn]

I would like android device seen in more countries like India.

[gerrrg]

Mmmm....D O N U T.

I just want my cupcake, first.

[gerrrg]

Okay I give in...

-I want full editing power on mobile Google Docs.
-I want my Google Docs spreadsheets to actually update with live information, rather than saying, "updating" in perpetuity.
-I also want full flash support...and pdf.
-I would love a higher built-in flash memory...say 8GB?
-I think it would be really, really swell if it would also incorporate broadcast TV reception, too.

:D

[U. Tripps]

Vertical layout with physical keyboard. Not a horizontal keyboard. I want a BlackBerry-style keyboard.

Also, native MS Exchange support or they will never crack the corporate market. Which would be a shame because Android could be really great as customized for different enterprise needs.

[liquidmetalband]

Two things: larger memory (I need iPod-sized storage, like 100GB+) and a better network provider (T-Mobile doesn't cut it in my country. We need O2)

[Remo_Williams]

First of all, to nearly every doofus asking for ports and jacks: Android is the OS, so asking for an HDMI port means you can't read. Or you don't know what an OS is.

We need ActiveSync Office support, including Exchange. ASAP, right after Google delivers enterprise WiFi connectivity, not just code stubs. If I could sync internally, i.e. get a valid corp IP with enterprise WiFi, then maybe the Exchange 2007 push tech would be viable, but corp firewalls and HR/legal-designed impediments means ActiveSync is the way to go.

C'mon, who here *doesn't* want to connect via USB and backup the whole phone in one shot? Or sync your Outlook contacts/calendar/tasks/email right away? I know I dod, and with a Dell Axim, I used to all the time. Likewise my Nokia 3650, so why is my tech from six years ago more useful than this?

-Remo

[forever4now]

The title of the article reads: "What do you want from the next Android device?"

The last sentence of the article reads: "dear Crave reader: what would you like to see in the next Android device? It can be about the hardware or software or both. I'd love to hear your thoughts."

It sure sounds like comments about "ports and jacks" are legitimate, to me. Besides, in many/most cases, the OS has to be modified to support new interfaces.