I'm looking for Symbian/Android/Windows Phone which support USB OTG. I Have simple device which send very basic ascii data thro USB and I need to read data in phone application.
Is there any cellphones with USB Host support?
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FYI, on quite a few devices, USB host is supported but the port either provides no power or insufficient power. If you don't succeed the first time, try using a powered USB hub in between your Android host and your client device. – AlcubierreDrive Jan 06 '13 at 21:12
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This is a close to complete list. I'm not sure about the android/WP development support for reading those ascii charachters though.
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For anyone else looking at this list. Be aware that some manufactures claim to have OTG support when in reality they may only support a subsection(Such as the hard drive) of the OTG spec. I encountered this with a samgsung galaxy 10 tab. – Jim Baca May 24 '13 at 00:52
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The hardware on the Nexus 1 (like many other phones) supports USB host mode even though the vanilla drivers that comes with it do not.
However, there's a driver available on the net that allows you to turn the support on.See here: http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/ and since it's a Google dev phone "rooting" is a supported feature, not a hack.
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To the best of my knowledge none of the current WP7 devices provide USB host support (more than happy to be corrected, though :)).
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