USB OTG Supported Phones?

Question

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?

Solution 1

This is a close to complete list. I'm not sure about the android/WP development support for reading those ascii charachters though.

Solution 2

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.

Solution 3

Samsung Galaxy S II supports it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrKkklO_Fok

Solution 4

Nokia's Symbian^3 phones support USB OTG 1.3.

Solution 5

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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Comments

[AlcubierreDrive]

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.

[Jim Baca]

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.