What functionality would you like to see added to your phone

flagpole · 21-06-2008, 11:27

I'm thinking of stuff that you'd like in your phone or the upgrade to it whether it exists currently or not, realistic or otherwise....

On my N95 8GB i'd like:
-Optical Zoom
-faster flash memory (it's pretty slow at the mo)

then perhaps less realistically:
-USB hosting - so you could upload pictures from your camera etc.
-Laser keyboard - it can't be that hard, they're not that expensive
-Projection display - would work well withthe laser keyboard
-non-contact thermometer - this may be just me
-laser tape measure - again just me??

fmradiotuner1 · 21-06-2008, 11:36

Projection display would be nice but the N95 has a TV out see you can see pictures on a TV but it would be great for video when out.

Built in freeview would be good shame the one on the N96 wont work in the UK.

Would be even better if you could stream stuff from your Sky + box but this cost quite a bit now.

And some times the signal brakes up.

I have never used this.

Russ_WWFC · 21-06-2008, 13:52

I got the N95 on 3 with unlimited data so an app that handles a Windows Media Player stream (for TalkSPORT) would be nice.

BBC Iplayer too would be cool and as a previous poster said, optical zoom

bradisace · 21-06-2008, 14:12

One thing I would like removed from all phones ever made are touch sensitive buttons - I have a Samsung E900, need I say more!!!???

To answer the original post I would like to see the addition of more traditional keypads!

Lurch · 21-06-2008, 14:25

I'd like mine to have a feature whereby it actually works. That's all I want, a phone that works as a phone, rather than a phone with a billion useless features that don;t work all accessed via an awful menu system designed by a moron using keys made for someone with hands the size of a new born babies.

I hate mobiles and what they have become, they're all crap and every single one winds me up.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/technolo...sung-g600.html

Expect to see similar reviews of every single phone I own from now on.

sean2003 · 21-06-2008, 14:45

I don't want any functions added to my phone really... It does all i want from it already.

wavejockglw · 21-06-2008, 14:51

When will some company perfect a speech to text fuction.

Just click 'speech message' and speak clearly and your voice would be converted to SMS.

Its possible for tags for dialling with bluetooth - so why not?

sean2003 · 21-06-2008, 14:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavejockglw

When will some company perfect a speech to text fuction.

Just click 'speech message' and speak clearly and your voice would be converted to SMS.

Its possible for tags for dialling with bluetooth - so why not?

That would be great, imagine all the people on the bus / train talking loudly into their mobile

Talizman · 21-06-2008, 15:23

Xray vision through clothes in the camera.

flagpole · 21-06-2008, 18:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavejockglw

When will some company perfect a speech to text fuction.

Just click 'speech message' and speak clearly and your voice would be converted to SMS.

Its possible for tags for dialling with bluetooth - so why not?

Yeah voice recognition would be good. I think to do it properly you need something like a 2GHz processor and a gig of RAM, so realistically we're a few years off. But i saw a thing on tv earler where the voice recognition was sort of done online so your phone would off load the sound to a processor somewhere else and stream the text back.

Freeview, yep would be cool. I think this'll happen soon enough. whenever they create a mobile standard like DVB-H what ususally happens is the processing power of mobile devices increases faster than the uptake of the mobile standard (like xhtml) so that it's not needed.

MaxCherry · 21-06-2008, 21:32

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MaxCherry · 21-06-2008, 21:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by fmradiotuner1

Projection display would be nice but the N95 has a TV out see you can see pictures on a TV but it would be great for video when out.

Built in freeview would be good shame the one on the N96 wont work in the UK.

Would be even better if you could stream stuff from your Sky + box but this cost quite a bit now.

And some times the signal brakes up.

I have never used this.

There is a phone with a projector coming out before the end of this year. Cant remember the make, it began with S, I read it on theresigter.com

Ricardodaforce · 21-06-2008, 21:36

Motorola announced ages ago they were partnering with kodak to work on projection technology. The main challenge they are trying to overcome is battery performance.

prking · 22-06-2008, 09:00

I think it was Samsung who announced a projector phone. Only to be beaten to the market by one of those chinese companies!

Ricardodaforce · 22-06-2008, 09:14

This is what I was thinking of.

Ricardodaforce · 22-06-2008, 09:15

And it does look like Motorola were the first. Makes a change!

flagpole · 22-06-2008, 10:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by prking

I think it was Samsung who announced a projector phone. Only to be beaten to the market by one of those chinese companies!

You mean Nokla, or was it Samsong or possibly LJ.

Those crazy chinese guys if they'd only develope their own frikin phones rather than ripping off everyone elses they might actually sell some, they have some good ideas.

I see the projector as initially being a quick flash to show a picture, but ultimately being an actual display.

21-06-2008, 11:27	#1
flagpole Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,524	What functionality would you like to see added to your phone I'm thinking of stuff that you'd like in your phone or the upgrade to it whether it exists currently or not, realistic or otherwise.... On my N95 8GB i'd like: -Optical Zoom -faster flash memory (it's pretty slow at the mo) then perhaps less realistically: -USB hosting - so you could upload pictures from your camera etc. -Laser keyboard - it can't be that hard, they're not that expensive -Projection display - would work well withthe laser keyboard -non-contact thermometer - this may be just me -laser tape measure - again just me??

21-06-2008, 11:36	#2
fmradiotuner1 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TheEssexSunshineCoast Clacton Posts: 15,220	Projection display would be nice but the N95 has a TV out see you can see pictures on a TV but it would be great for video when out. Built in freeview would be good shame the one on the N96 wont work in the UK. Would be even better if you could stream stuff from your Sky + box but this cost quite a bit now. And some times the signal brakes up. I have never used this.

21-06-2008, 13:52	#3
Russ_WWFC Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,710	I got the N95 on 3 with unlimited data so an app that handles a Windows Media Player stream (for TalkSPORT) would be nice. BBC Iplayer too would be cool and as a previous poster said, optical zoom

21-06-2008, 14:12	#4
bradisace Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 518	One thing I would like removed from all phones ever made are touch sensitive buttons - I have a Samsung E900, need I say more!!!??? To answer the original post I would like to see the addition of more traditional keypads!

21-06-2008, 14:25	#5
Lurch Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sheffield Posts: 2,408	I'd like mine to have a feature whereby it actually works. That's all I want, a phone that works as a phone, rather than a phone with a billion useless features that don;t work all accessed via an awful menu system designed by a moron using keys made for someone with hands the size of a new born babies. I hate mobiles and what they have become, they're all crap and every single one winds me up. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/technolo...sung-g600.html Expect to see similar reviews of every single phone I own from now on.

21-06-2008, 14:45	#6
sean2003 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 2,618	I don't want any functions added to my phone really... It does all i want from it already.

21-06-2008, 14:51	#7
wavejockglw Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 10,276	When will some company perfect a speech to text fuction. Just click 'speech message' and speak clearly and your voice would be converted to SMS. Its possible for tags for dialling with bluetooth - so why not?

21-06-2008, 14:54	#8
sean2003 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 2,618	Quote: Originally Posted by wavejockglw When will some company perfect a speech to text fuction. Just click 'speech message' and speak clearly and your voice would be converted to SMS. Its possible for tags for dialling with bluetooth - so why not? That would be great, imagine all the people on the bus / train talking loudly into their mobile

21-06-2008, 15:23	#9
Talizman Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a journey Posts: 1,901	Xray vision through clothes in the camera.

21-06-2008, 18:32	#10
flagpole Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,524	Quote: Originally Posted by wavejockglw When will some company perfect a speech to text fuction. Just click 'speech message' and speak clearly and your voice would be converted to SMS. Its possible for tags for dialling with bluetooth - so why not? Yeah voice recognition would be good. I think to do it properly you need something like a 2GHz processor and a gig of RAM, so realistically we're a few years off. But i saw a thing on tv earler where the voice recognition was sort of done online so your phone would off load the sound to a processor somewhere else and stream the text back. Freeview, yep would be cool. I think this'll happen soon enough. whenever they create a mobile standard like DVB-H what ususally happens is the processing power of mobile devices increases faster than the uptake of the mobile standard (like xhtml) so that it's not needed.

21-06-2008, 21:32	#11
MaxCherry Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,825	emTube back working again

21-06-2008, 21:34	#12
MaxCherry Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 8,825	Quote: Originally Posted by fmradiotuner1 Projection display would be nice but the N95 has a TV out see you can see pictures on a TV but it would be great for video when out. Built in freeview would be good shame the one on the N96 wont work in the UK. Would be even better if you could stream stuff from your Sky + box but this cost quite a bit now. And some times the signal brakes up. I have never used this. There is a phone with a projector coming out before the end of this year. Cant remember the make, it began with S, I read it on theresigter.com

21-06-2008, 21:36	#13
Ricardodaforce Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alacant Posts: 7,773	Motorola announced ages ago they were partnering with kodak to work on projection technology. The main challenge they are trying to overcome is battery performance.

22-06-2008, 09:00	#14
prking Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Weston-super-Mare Posts: 9,167	I think it was Samsung who announced a projector phone. Only to be beaten to the market by one of those chinese companies!

22-06-2008, 09:14	#15
Ricardodaforce Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alacant Posts: 7,773	This is what I was thinking of.

22-06-2008, 09:15	#16
Ricardodaforce Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alacant Posts: 7,773	And it does look like Motorola were the first. Makes a change!

22-06-2008, 10:35	#17
flagpole Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,524	Quote: Originally Posted by prking I think it was Samsung who announced a projector phone. Only to be beaten to the market by one of those chinese companies! You mean Nokla, or was it Samsong or possibly LJ. Those crazy chinese guys if they'd only develope their own frikin phones rather than ripping off everyone elses they might actually sell some, they have some good ideas. I see the projector as initially being a quick flash to show a picture, but ultimately being an actual display.

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