What would you like to see in the next firmware upgrade?

[NineToTheSky]

There are many interesting ideas on the list; will it be seen by someone at HTC at some point?

Yes, I'm going to send it to HTC.

 

[geemacd]

you would hope that someone from HTC is populating this forum ???? This appears to be the biggest out there for their products and they would learn more by reading here than polling people etc.

Another android forum I am a member of (archos 5 android) is read by people from Archos and they also post up firmware updates on there and that seems to be a relationship that if dealt with correctly can work to the advantage of all parties

 

[jaseuk]

Apps to SD !!!!!

I am sick of deleting apps, hopefully they'll get the hint from the no. of people choosing 'not enough space' as their reason.

 

[@ndrew]

Long press to power up please
Apps to SD card

 

[Deleted User]

Proper support for apostrophes using the T9 keypad.

 

[corney91]

Have the keyboard recognise if a space has been missed when typing, I miss spaces more than any other typo but it only corrects it word by word

 

[jimmyb79]

Improved bluetooth profile to allow sending of files to any device.
Universal native email inbox

 

[bonerp]

Update on wifi option.

There seems to be a lot of regular downloads and this could eat into peoples usage limit.

 

[NineToTheSky]

I have sent the current list of firmware wishes to HTC, and I have received this reply:

Thank you for contacting us. About the problem that you have mentioned t us, I can gladly help you wit that: All your suggestions will be transfered to the accurate department. I trust that this resolve's your query, please do not hesitate to contact us again if required. Thank you for contacting HTC. Best regards, Patricia D HTC

 

[DC1]

Does nobody apart from Kboya and me use and RECORD music?

This is the one thing that is completely useless compared to my old SE C902. A plug in mic via the micro usb maybe? Or anything please!!!

Even if playback has no eq, and sounds dreadful without phones, what is the point of a good video recorder with audio that is 100 times worse than my now ancient SE ???

Please Google / HTC whoever - come up with something to make sound recording useable - great idea, but dreadful implementation.

I'm almost begging now....

 

[matttye]

- 720p recording.
- More widgets! (notes, for example, should have been built in - very useful!)
- A way to search music (am I missing something?!)
- Android 2.2
- A "lo fi" display mode, whereby apps usual colours are ignored and a black background with gray text is used, for OLED power saving.

 

[madnlooney]

i think audio sync with video and apps to SD will be good. The main one being apps to sd

 

[MrIzzard]

A great thread, I've only just come across this, but have some more thoughts not mentioned yet (NineToTheSky, do you plan to send them any more requests in the future?)...

- birthdays in contacts to appear in the calendar... and get notifications

- the ability to turn on the camera flash LED and leave it on

- to improve sound in video camera recordings, the ability to up the sample rate (the microphone is actually okay, it's just the way the audio is recorded)... same with the audio recorder too

- when phone contacts are linked to facebook contacts (to complete contacts with extra email addresses, birthdays etc), can some of this data be permenantly dragged across to the phone contact, even after they've been unlinked (so when we sync contacts back to outlook on a PC, the info comes with it)

Them there are my dreams!! Otherwise, awesome phone!

James

 

[tuatha]

Tabbed browsing for the otherwise excellent browser.

This windows business is outdated and annoying.

 

[bonerp]

Tabbed browsing for the otherwise excellent browser.

This windows business is outdated and annoying.

...and I'd like more than 4. PITA. With the processor this thing has you could have lots more open.

 

[justinbrett1975]

I would like to see:

Shockwave Flash added. (so videos can be played and catchuptv.com would work)
Allow the Optical sensor to be used as a mouse pointer
Pre definded profiles for sounds (like nokia) which can be changed.
Fix problem with when making a call the screen going off even when its away from your ear so you can't hang up.

 

[miles_t]

Sending music to my car stereo by using the FM radio transmission capabilities of the onboard radio chip.

That would be sweet!!!

Plus the apps being saved to SD. Then I would be very happy

 

[thegadgetdude]

- AAC used for audio recording (in video and voice recording apps) instead of the awful AMR.
- Improved video recording, 720p that was mentioned in an interview with someone from HTC would be nice, although improving low light/frame rate is something that is more important imo.
- Apps on SD card without the need to root the device


I liked the "Sending music to car stereo by using the FM radio transmission capabilities of the onboard radio chip" idea, whether thats' something an app could do or a firmware update is required I'm not sure but that'd be really useful!

Basically better audio and video recording, anything else for me is a bonus!

 

[Big.mac]

I use my phone for work all day. Two things which would make a very big difference for me are:

i) Screen lock and timeout being seperated like on a WM phone. Corporate policy is to have a passcode on the phone if it has corporate email on it. Default time is after one hour. I want the phone to turn the screen off to save battery power after (say) two mins BUT i don't want to have to put the code in every time. Happy for the code to come into play after 1 hour. WM can do it so there is a way.

ii) Synch with Exchange 'to do' list. I can't live without this

Sad things to want but very important for corporate users

 

[biker74]

I was away to start a new thread about what I think is missing on the Desire, however, its all been addressed here.

What I would like to know is, being new to HTC, are they quite good at addressing issues and are they quite good at getting upgrades out to the consumer. Had an iphone before and recently dumped the Blackberry (they're useless), many thanks.

 

[oggietomas]

I would die for Flash 10.1, hopefully comes before the world cup

 

[Nodders]

... are they quite good at addressing issues and are they quite good at getting upgrades out to the consumer...

To date, not really. In fact they have infamously badly fumbled the Hero/Eris update. Fingers crossed though that they have identified lessons and are seeking to learn them so there will be an improvement in the future.

 

[nex777]

- AAC used for audio recording (in video and voice recording apps) instead of the awful AMR.
- Improved video recording, 720p that was mentioned in an interview with someone from HTC would be nice, although improving low light/frame rate is something that is more important imo.
- Apps on SD card without the need to root the device


I liked the "Sending music to car stereo by using the FM radio transmission capabilities of the onboard radio chip" idea, whether thats' something an app could do or a firmware update is required I'm not sure but that'd be really useful!

Basically better audio and video recording, anything else for me is a bonus!

AAC a must! it's a real shame puting the amr, tw o of my frend's switch the desire becaus of crapy audio recording. Is it possible to change that with an update?

 

[Gisbourne]

The facility to mark all e-mails as read in a non-google account, but the gmail client could also be improved in this respect too.

 

[oliverjames]

My gripes in no particular order:

1. The lack of an HID bluetooth stack. This prevents use of an external bluetooth keyboard and hence prohibits the device being used as a productive mini-office when traveling.

2. Gmail not fully integrated with the other communications options - for example, cannot send contact details via mail if one uses Gmail configured via the Gmail app. This is surprising given the Google-centric nature of the OS. I have tried using Mail instead and like its pinch zoom and download advantages but dislike it's lack of push for new mail.

3. When searching one cannot select the previous search phrase and edit it.

4. Inability to move some large apps to the MC. With Flash, Google Maps, Google Earth etc weighing in at around 10Mbytes apiece, this severely limits the number of useful apps that can be loaded.