maemo.org - Talk - N900 specs revealed

You're all forgetting RDS. That means you can pull down traffic information from FM sideband for GPS nav (or song information from whatever station you're listening to).

Heck, stick the Rover on a car holder, listen to FM with the car stereo and get the song and station info from the tablet.

sachin007

2009-08-08 18:42

Re: N900 specs revealed

I remember the last time when the n810 was released everyone was pissed off because :

1. D pad on the keyboard
2. Loss of the 1 full size sd card replaced by 2 gb internal memory.
3. Lack of av out
4. Lack of a better camera.
5. Lack of fm receiver.

SO what are the peeves of the rover?

1. The biggest ... reduction in screen size
2. Complete lack of the d pad.
3. 3 row keyboard.
4. Smaller battery

These have been discussed and i have gotten over them....

Now the good points of the rover which are new:

1. 32 gb memory
2. Stylus
3. Stand still present.... do not know about the usability of it
4. Phone with tmobile 3g....

Compared to last time.... the reaction is positive.

attila77

2009-08-08 18:46

Re: N900 specs revealed

Quote:

Originally Posted by sachin007 (Post 309918)

Now the good points of the rover which are new:

1. 32 gb memory
2. Stylus
3. Stand still present.... do not know about the usability of it
4. Phone with tmobile 3g....

5. 5mpix cam
6. accelerometers
7. video out
8. microsd (compared to mini)

Well, personally I miss the electronic compass as it would have made possible all sorts of AR goodies, but you can't have it all I guess.

drizek

2009-08-08 19:04

Re: N900 specs revealed

Quote:

Originally Posted by attila77 (Post 309914)

a) a FM receiver uses a (microscopic) fraction of power compared to Pandora over 3G which is almost a full-throttle thing. Oh, and it's $free$.

b) It has an FM transmitter. This way you can listen to it in a car without additional adapters. My car has no fancy-shmancy ipod dock or bluetooth option, so I certainly appreciate this :)

c) if you have a transmitter, a receiver is a no-brainer.

d) it might be part of a bundle (like the FM radio came in a bundle with the bluetooth chip in the N800). So, if it's there anyway, why not use it.

Well IIRC, the FM radio applet on the n800 caused some battery draining issues. That's the only reason I brought it up.

As for the transmitter, I have tried that with a GPS unit and it just sounds terrible in every car I've tried it in. It actually osunds better to use the built in speakers, or ideally hook it up with Line In.

sachin007

2009-08-08 21:11

Re: N900 specs revealed

Quote:

Originally Posted by sachin007 (Post 309691)

On the lower end of the device as seen on the diagram you see the following:

1. Speaker - the perforated one
2. Hardware screen lock
3. Audio jack

On the upper end;

1. Speaker
2. May be micro usb
3. I am not sure what the third one is

Then on the left side of the device:

1. power button in the center
2. zoom keys on the top
3. Power hole

Now compare with the image i posted in the thread. The lower end matches exactly.

Looks like it is the back flap opener in between the audio jack and speaker on the side of the device. They must have left the hardware screen lock in its original place.

ming387

2009-08-08 21:14

Re: N900 specs revealed

There's one more complaint.. it's very very ugly.

The N810 looks so so much better than the n900.

What were the designers of the n900 thinking?

... I'm still getting it, but it's damn ugly... lol

ioioio

2009-08-09 00:46

Re: N900 specs revealed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 309759)

*sigh*

That brings back some really bad memories...

LOL, care to elaborate?

Texrat

2009-08-09 00:56

Re: N900 specs revealed

Quote:

Originally Posted by ioioio (Post 310027)

LOL, care to elaborate?

You had to be here.

I was one of the first Nokia employees crazy enough to brave these parts... but it was the imposters who made it really... interesting. ;)

dormant

2009-08-09 01:50

Re: N900 specs revealed

I'm not buying one unless I can get a lovely red leather Nokia screen cover like I have for my N800.

Anyone know if there is larger version in the pipeline, same size as the n810? I'd prefer to wait for that.

Benson

2009-08-09 02:32

Re: N900 specs revealed

The FM tuner is useful around the house if you have an mpd server broadcasting on a WFM transmitter. A2DP (the standard modern solution) would certainly work to get that audio to the tablet, but it's much simpler and higher quality to broadcast one signal than to set up separate A2DP links to each tablet, stereo, etc. tnroughout the house.

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