100 ways Android could improve
Over the last few weeks, we asked you what features you’d like to see introduced in Android 3.0, the next big step forward for the great green robot. Hundreds of you entered, and here are the hundred Android improvements you came up with…
NOTE - a few of these are already possible on Android, but we’re talking about integrated Android features here. Think one of the suggestions is crazy, a bit fab or downright impossible? Let us know in the comments. The number in brackets tells you how many readers suggested the feature.
… and no, not all of them are deadly serious.
- Battery life/power management improvements (20 votes)
- Homing/tracking device features (14 votes)
- New Android Market (7 votes)
- Video editing (7 votes)
- Real multitasking (multi-window display) (6 votes)
- Better GPS mapping on Google Maps (6 votes)
- Built-in remote desktop app (6 votes)
Google Docs/ more cloud features (5 votes)- IR transmitter for universal remote function (5 votes)
- Apple Fanboy alert system (5 votes)
- Decent media player (5 votes)
- 720p video recording (5 votes)
- Biometric security (4 votes)
- Post-it note memory jogger (4 votes)
- Photo editing (4 votes)
- App creator (3 votes)
- Car/key locator (3 votes)
- More Chrome – Android integration (3 votes)
- Form filler (3 votes)
- GPS map geocachingc (3 votes)
- iPhone emulator (3 votes)
Night vision video (2 votes)- Hibernation mode (2 votes)
- Solar charging (2 votes)
- Upgraded anti-theft (2 votes)
- Built-in shopping helper app (2 votes)
- Parental controls (2 votes)
- Stream music to PC (2 votes)
- Better interface (2 votes)
- Task/application management (2 votes)
- Barcode app discovery system
- Built-in music store
- Wi-Fi proxy support
- Call waiting notification
- Built-in AR
- Less fragmentation
- Voice activation
- Built-in Android upgrade feature (for instant upgrade)
- Anti-drunkard feature
- Virtual laser keyboard support
- Pedometer
- Bottle opener
- Better exchange support
- Built-in translation software
Pub nav- More built-in memory
- Gyroscope
- Better keyboard
- Wi-Fi printing
- App backup as standard
- Woman’s mind reader feature
- English language simplifier
- GPS maps saving to SD
- Good built-in drawing app
- Sync suite app for computer
- Wireless Sync
- Better touchscreen cursor control
- Other devices
- SWYPE as standard
- Google social network
- Mobile View per window
- Foursquare integration
More robots- Better screen resolution
- CPU sharing with other devices over Wi-Fi
- TV transmitter for video/pics
- Less geeky image through better marketing
- Push apps from PC to phone
- Unified comms, giving better transition from 2G/3G etc.
- Relationship mapping software
- Full native Google Apps support
- Webcam streaming
- Built-in projector
- More multiplayer gaming
- Improved web browsing
- Built-in gift-wrapping instructions app
- X-ray vision
- Cisco IPSec VPN support
- FM transmitter
- Thermometer
- Sand castle app
- Slideshow app
- Etch a sketch
- Compass
- Animated on-screen Android tutor
- eBook store/support
Contact proximity alert- BBC 6 Music app
- One-touch home screen Facebook access
- Home automation, using intelligent GPS
- GPS treasure hunt game
- Built-in retro games
- Built-in breathalyser
- Bump Top integration
- One-liner/wit app
- Podcast manager
- DAB radio
- Greetings/celebrations card app
- Freeview TV built-in (over Wi-Fi)
- Decision maker app
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July 28th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Good list. You listed DAB radio twice though, at 97 and 60.
July 28th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Thanks for the spot, Benny. We’ll edit now.