Droid 2...what we want

[BartJJ]

so what do you guys want in the next motorola droid? i personally want the 1.5ghz snapdragon dual core processor in the next one that is suppose to be out by the end of the year...and a better keyboard (aka take out the extra rows of keys and spread them out a little but leave the dpad for emulators its just too good for it to take it out ) and no more chin... its just pointless and it could be used for the keyboard... i mean look at it... its a good half inch lol

 

[JhankG]

I want to enjoy my damn Droid for more than two months before thinking about the next version of it!

 

[thelion]

I wont be getting Droid 2 so I don't care. My Droid works just fine and dandy, thanks I'll upgrade in another 18 months or so. Until then, I don't care what they do with the phones.

 

[Foy]

slide out

Get rid of the slide out keyboard.
Do that, round the corners a bit, leave the rest alone = iPhone killer.

Foy
Las Vegas

 

[StepDroid]

That didn't last long... prolly not gonna think about something else until after 2.1 and learning everything about this phone.

 

[CYBER DROIID]

Get rid of the slide out keyboard.
Do that, round the corners a bit, leave the rest alone = iPhone killer.

Foy
Las Vegas

That would be the nexus one there slick ........

 

[Backnblack]

Get rid of the slide out keyboard.
Do that, round the corners a bit, leave the rest alone = iPhone killer.

Foy
Las Vegas

Already been Done...
Nexus One Forum - Google Phone Forum

 

[R1Lover]

This is almost getting stupid..... people just can't seem to leave well enough alone.

 

[iPirate]

There isn't anything currently the Droid can't do that I would want it to do.

If I had to release a new phone tomorrow as the Droid 2, it would have an OLED screen(although im not sure how well they are doing on the N1) only to save some battery life.

Over the next year new apps and possibly new hardware will come out that will shape what the next Droid will have.

 

[bbtkd]

This is almost getting stupid..... people just can't seem to leave well enough alone.

Well, I would suspect that if Moto is being at all savvy they monitor these forums to get a read on what users want.

I'd like to see more built in memory, faster CPU, lose the keyboard, add a second micro-SD card slot since they are small, more battery life, LTE, HDMI, and a headphone jack that is modular and user or store replaceable (would be accessible from under the battery cover). I'd also like to see them make it more robust as far as being able to handle being dropped.

 

[dezymond]

The phone has barely been out for 3 months and you guys are wondering what's next. Honestly, does no one enjoy their stuff anymore?

Many people who get the latest devices just get it to say they have it. Do they even take the time to truly enjoy the phone or just worry about when the next upgrade is coming? Cmon guys and gals, enjoy the Droid. It's an excellent piece of hardware and even say a year from now it'll be great.

 

[Nick177th]

Hell, I HOPE we get it on Driod 1 but, I need them to fix the voice command issue on bluetooth headsets. saw a thread that shows the function is disabled but, present in the android platform. I love in Indiana (for now) but, will be relocating back to georgia in about 18 months. GA is strictly hands free as far as driving. That is the only thing i don't like about the device.

 

[Nedaroth]

Becareful what you wish for, i dont think the OLED screen is doing so well, its said there are bad in sunlight and didnt the apple fanboy over at engagit say he liked droids screen the best out of them all. In fact i think thats the only nice thing he has ever said about our beloved droid.

And snap dragon, no big deal.:motdroidvert:

 

[skiahh]

so what do you guys want in the next motorola droid? i personally want the 1.5ghz snapdragon dual core processor in the next one that is suppose to be out by the end of the year...and a better keyboard (aka take out the extra rows of keys and spread them out a little but leave the dpad for emulators its just too good for it to take it out ) and no more chin... its just pointless and it could be used for the keyboard... i mean look at it... its a good half inch lol

Personally, I like the chin. Helps me orient the phone in the dark very quickly and easily. And it's not more than a quarter inch, if that.

 

[andjarnic]

As a developer of android, the hardware of MotoDroid is plenty powerful. I'd instead opt for FAR better hardware reachable capabilities.. by that I mean, presently video games and music apps like those you see on iPhone are no where near possible on Android, even with 2.1. The latency for audio production like apps on iPhone (BeatMaker, for example) is impossible on Android. As well, high end video graphics are just not possible due to limitations with how the native layer of Android (called NDK) can work with graphics hardware. It's coming, for sure..just not there yet.

I'd say tho, the "next gen" android devices.. would include Android 3.0 (or 2.5..which ever is due out end of year), a dual-core cpu 1Ghz or better, 512MB to 1GB ram and allow each running app to not be stuck to 24MB ram. Give us full ram capabilities with the ability to offer the user a single-app run mode.. so that high end games and music apps can sort of take over the android device and not potentially be shut down by Android due to using too much memory and some background task needing more. Basically, in order to compete with iPhone on games and music apps, which is a very big segment for iPhone, we need more underlying hardware access so us developers can get apps/games to the iPhone level.

To clarify the last part.. Android OS has total control over shutting down apps that are consuming too much memory. I do not know yet if it would actually shut down the current app running, but it will shut down background processes (services) and "paused" apps (those that you ran then hit back/home to start another app.. are currently paused). Thus, it would be nice if there was an iPhone like mode where you could run one main app, pause/suspend/stop all background tasks EXCEPT specific ones (such as the phone app..which handles incoming calls, outgoing calls, and SMS for messages, and a few others like the battery app, home page, etc). It would make it possible for us developers to offer more iPhone/Nintendo DS like games and music apps for Android.