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	eiffel	2009-10-07 , 10:04
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Where is the best step-by-step guide for a new developer (who is a skilled software engineer but has not used this kind of development toolchain before)?

	qgil	2009-10-07 , 10:22
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy

Is it true that 'rapier' Bible software will run on an n900 out of the box? Is it very hard to achieve?

Not out of the box. You can ask the developer of Rapier for Maemo 4 to port the application or submit a Brainstorm proposal.

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	pycage	2009-10-07 , 10:34
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy

As it is 'always connected' does the n900 consume data just 'staying in touch' even when I'm not using it? If so, how much?

Not a lot. It really depends on what you're running that consumes data in the background. E-Mail or instant messaging only consume a few kBytes when idle. There is a GPRS monitor applet with which you can exactly see how much data is transferred.

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	pycage	2009-10-07 , 10:37
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy

Please describe the simplest, most user friendly and most function-rich ways an n900 can view and edit office type documents so I can choose between them.

I guess this would be the commercial Documents To Go software that exists for a bunch of mobile phones already. Viewing documents is free, editing documents requires you to pay for the software (the Android version is about 20 €, if I recall correctly, so the Maemo version should be priced similarly).

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	qgil	2009-10-07 , 11:26
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy

The n900 manual seems to imply I can't add or edit playlists in the media player: does this mean I can't categorise my music by type (classical, jazz, rock) to play according to my mood? Seriously?

The Media Player provides "Genres" playlists automatically based on the metadata of the audio files. The community application http://maemo.org/packages/view/mussorgsky/ allows you to edit the metadata in the device itself. Currently in extras-devel (alpha-ish) and hopefully available in Extras soon.

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peio	2009-10-07 , 12:05
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Is there a way to sync my multiple google calendars in N900 with different calendars appearing in different colors? (OTA or via outlook or via PC suite?)

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peio	2009-10-07 , 12:07
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If I buy a N900 with qwerty keyboard, how do I type "é" or "à"? (I usually use an azerty keyboard, but qwerty n900 are a lot cheaper in France)

peio	2009-10-07 , 12:09
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About the browser: Can I create a new photo album from the facebook website? (I mean can I browse files on the harddrive exactly like on a desktop PC?)

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peio	2009-10-07 , 12:11
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About the browser: Does the size of the text adjust depending of the "importance" of the text, like on safari mobile (i.e. in this particular webpage, the discussions are written bigger than the "edit", "quote", "join date" etc, and I don't need to zoom at all to read the forum)