With the release of their Ice Cream Sandwich OS, also called Android 4.0, Google will robustly support USB host mode — enabling phones to use USB devices similar to a traditional computer.
This type of robust connectivity prompted me to contact Mobisante, makers of the much heralded smartphone ultrasound device, MobiUS. One of their biggest limitations has been the inability to have proper USB 2.0 host support to connect to smartphones, forcing them to use an outdated Windows Mobile 6.5 OS on a Toshiba smartphone. iMedicalApps
just to clarify... we are looking into Android. With USB host support announced in the latest versions of Android, it has become technically feasible for us to do so. However, no announced time line yet.
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