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comparison with nokia e71

http://twitpic.com/fkmbe

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on nokia.es it says that the n900 does have a 3.6" screen^^
http://www.nokia.es/productos/movile...teclado-qwerty
mistake?? or does the spanish version have a bigger screen?? xD

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It would be nice to see what the chip set is. Even the wireless chip set.

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ccmcphe: Any specific commands that one could run from the command line to find out what drivers are being used? The community guys at Nokia World might be able to answer the chipset question by telling you the loaded drivers...

For now, post over in the N900 Questions thread if you have any questions about the new device that you think could be answered by the community members with their hands on one of these devices...

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dmesg and lsmod should give a hint somewhere, no?

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I'm also very disappointed about the lack of a digital compass, and I suppose for someone very enterprising it should be possible to add a bluetooth dongle... smart bluetooth chip acting as serial device + microcontroller or PLD + ADC + analog compass should do it. Pre digitized compass is too expensive I think.

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Not all that strange. I doubt the N900 can saturate an 802.11g link in any real-world task, and it certainly doesn't have room for multiple antennas for MIMO. The only real benefit would be the ability to operate on 2.4GHz n-only networks, but those are practically non-existent anyway.



So, did anyone catch this detail in the specs from forum.nokia.com:
Where DataViz is the shop that makes Documents To Go for basically every platform except Maemo 4. I hadn't heard any mention of this yet (although maybe I just overlooked?), but it looks like great news for business-type users.

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And the dongle is affixed somewhere on the device? That'd be neat, but kind of annoying that it:
- costs extra
- is optional to the device (when profiling your audience)
- needs separate power

I have no idea of how much AR apps would really matter in the realworld without a headgear-type setup. I think it'd be awkward to take out your smartphone and aim it around and around when you need to use it ;) BUT.. rumor is, Apple is going to make this 'a feature' in their next OS increment. So I'm expecting the community here to ***** about how apple didn't invent AR but profit from hyping it up and taking up all the limelight (and secretly envy Apple for doing so).

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Augmented Reality is already embedded in the Yelp app on the iPhone.
I hear that the iPhone compass swings alot....

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Yes, for some reason Apple is holding back all AR related apps. Yelp got through because they hid the AR feature as an easter egg (you engage it by shaking the phone 3 times).

I don't know about the compass being unfaithful, maybe it should drink less.