Android G2 Wish List

Now that it is more or less clear what G1 is, it is becoming clear what it's missing.

First of all, the big items:

• UMA - but unlikely this will happen;
  
• Improved battery life - it is possible to drain the battery in an hour when actually doing something;
• Improved voice recognition - current generation is pretty much unusable;
  
• Hands-free operation, voice commands over headset - it is dangerous to use G1 to initiate a call when driving, visual feedback is required. Any feedback other than audible, or pressing a button on a headset, is unacceptable;
  
• Internationalization (input language support);
• Google Talk Voice - I know this will not happen, but still want it;
• Google Apps Integration - I don't see why GMail should get preferential treatment over an offering with identical, if not superior (for paid editions) functionality.

Low hanging fruit:

• I wish Google developers realize that GMail contacts with no first/last name, but with company name, should not be displayed as just a telephone number in Android contact list. It is ugly to copy/paste the company name into the name field - it is not the name. Interestingly enough, they got this right in GMail, but not Android...
  
• Along the same lines: contact should be searchable by company name as well as name. Well, while we're at that, why don't make it searchable by any field? (Update: fixed in GMail)
  

From this point on, in no particular order (RC33 fixed these issues):

• Auto-answer when on handset options
• User-programmable buttons
• Volume control buttons in a place where they don't get pressed all the time
• "Escalating" volume setting for ringtones and alarms
  
• Better tactile feedback
  
• Raised keys on the face (flat keys are pretty difficult to find)
• Cached Market entries
• Centralized application update notification (today, there's no way to find out about the update other than look it up in the Market manually)
• Market Watch List (an application may be not good enough today, but I want to keep an eye on ie)
  
• Customizable clock on the home screen (I'd rather have a digital, with 24 hour display)
• Full control of the phone via remote connection - TCP or at least USB (GMail sync is a good start, but some operations are just too cumbersome and slow on the phone itself)
• External screen/docking interface - it would be nice to plug the phone into the car and have input and output on a bigger screen (maps, GPS, directions, you name it) - another view at the same problem
  
• Multi-touch screen - those zoom buttons are annoying
• Web access to Market - even today, access is already slow and cumbersome, and there's too many applications to view comfortably. And please not as clumsy as Apple App Store;
• No IM interruptions on joining/departing WiFi.

(more to come)