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hagba 2009-09-13 18:41
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Does N900 support Java Midlets OTB?since this is just about the only thing which is stopping me from a preorder.

Thanks in advance.

Bundyo 2009-09-13 19:00
Re: N900 Specifications
 
No. No midlets of any kind.

vinc17 2009-09-13 20:59
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Is the accelerometer official? It isn't mentioned in Nokia's N900 technical specifications. So, I'm wondering...

texaslabrat 2009-09-13 21:12
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by vinc17 (Post 326383)
Is the accelerometer official? It isn't mentioned in Nokia's N900 technical specifications. So, I'm wondering...
http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/00...ks_awesome.htm

vinc17 2009-09-13 21:56
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by texaslabrat (Post 326391)
This page does not mention an accelerometer, and I can't watch the video on either my laptop or on my N810.

texaslabrat 2009-09-13 22:01
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by vinc17 (Post 326405)
This page does not mention an accelerometer, and I can't watch the video on either my laptop or on my N810.
Ah, well...my intention was to show you the demonstration of the bounce game..which dramatically shows off the accelerometer in action. There are other videos that show the switch from portrait to landscape as you change the orientation of the handset...but they aren't as cool ;)

Short version: yes there is an accelerometer.

Jack6428 2009-09-13 22:13
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by vinc17 (Post 326383)
Is the accelerometer official? It isn't mentioned in Nokia's N900 technical specifications. So, I'm wondering...
what do you think :D? look at all the videos

vinc17 2009-09-13 22:32
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by texaslabrat (Post 326407)
Ah, well...my intention was to show you the demonstration of the bounce game..which dramatically shows off the accelerometer in action.
OK, I suppose that the GPS isn't accurate enough and that the cameras aren't used, so that this means that there is an accelerometer. :) I'm still wondering why Nokia doesn't say a word about it in their spec.

Quote:
Originally Posted by texaslabrat (Post 326407)
There are other videos that show the switch from portrait to landscape as you change the orientation of the handset...but they aren't as cool ;)
I've seen such a video, but isn't it something that could also be done with a gyroscope?

texaslabrat 2009-09-13 22:40
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by vinc17 (Post 326415)
OK, I suppose that the GPS isn't accurate enough and that the cameras aren't used, so that this means that there is an accelerometer. :) I'm still wondering why Nokia doesn't say a word about it in their spec.


I've seen such a video, but isn't it something that could also be done with a gyroscope?
gyroscope? um, yeah..in theory I suppose if you want to waste money. A solid state gyroscope would be at least as much as the n900 by itself...assuming you could find one small enough. And the gyroscope definitely wouldn't help out in the bounce game with the linear movements that move the ball into the air.

edit: mems single-axis gyroscopes have come down signficantly in price since i last looked....they are now $50-ish. Still doesn't help with linear motion though and they would need to be calibrated occasionally unlike an accelerometer which does not.

kenny 2009-09-13 22:50
Re: N900 Specifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by texaslabrat (Post 326421)
gyroscope? .
I heard some people on a tech podcast refer to the iPhone's accelerometer as a gyroscope. Plenty other phones have these too, so.......
I'm running out of research time. Can anyone authoritatively explain what exactly is a smartphone accelerometer and how does it work?


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