1) Will the typical Android-enabled device be able to support USB devices? I know most PDAs today don't have USB Host support, which throws a wrench into using a lot of external hardware.
Ans:-Yes. Lot of Android devices are available in the market they support USB devices (espy Keyboard/NFC reader and Flash drive...etc) This helpful to you:- http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/index.html Eg:- Acer/TOSHIBA/eLocity (they gave Mini USB support also) 2) Will a device running Android typically have an interface (USB, proprietary, whatever) that will allow a user to plug in an external keyboard? Ans:-Yes. I have succeeded with Acer ICONIA. BR Srinivas On Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:07:08 PM UTC-6, EdgarVerona wrote: > > Okay, I have a question... perhaps this is all speculation... but I've > been searching the Docs and the newsgroup for the past couple of days > trying to get the answer to this question, and no one so far knows (or > at least no one's spoken up about it). Maybe I'm looking for the > wrong thing, but I've done searches on both for "USB Host", "external > keyboard", "keyboard", etc... for hours. So I figured I'd jump into > the shark-infested water and ask my questions. Please try not to tear > off a limb. ;) > > Anyways, my questions are as follows... since I can't find it in the > docs, I imagine no one besides a Google rep will be able to answer > these questions, but I figured I might as well try. > > 1) Will the typical Android-enabled device be able to support USB > devices? I know most PDAs today don't have USB Host support, which > throws a wrench into using a lot of external hardware. > > 2) Will a device running Android typically have an interface (USB, > proprietary, whatever) that will allow a user to plug in an external > keyboard? > > I have an idea that I'd like to implement, but the idea involves some > users potentially having to do an extended amount of typing on-the-go > (only a small percentage of dedicated users, but those dedicated users > will definitely want the ability to be able to contribute without > having to get back to their home PC first), which won't be worth much > if you can only type on a virtual keyboard or one of those thumbpad > keyboards. > > The solution would partly involve allowing contributions to come from > desktop PCs (where you'd certainly have a full size keyboard), but I > think it'd be great if it could come from the mobile device itself so > you weren't strapped to a desktop/laptop for the "content creation" > part of the application. > > Thanks in advance for any information you may have found out! > > -Alex > > If anyone has found any hints of answers to either of these, I'd > greatly appreciate any info you've found. Thanks! =) > > -Alex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
