Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Did you read this link? All this OTG HD can do is copy all pictures from a camera connected to it to the HD itself. How can this be useful for the N900?

BTW, all those disappointment threads seem to stem from one source. The N900 is a mobile phone, while a lot of people were expecting a hand held general purpose computer, like the 770, N800 and N810 are.

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

I find myself Thanking conflicting posts because there's so much good blended with bad. :p :D

And yet the appelation "mobile computer"...

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Sure, but the N800 is a mighty small computer to carry around. Smaller than any optical drive I've seen... I just went back and checked, and your use case was a portable DVD drive. I bet the tablet (and charger) doesn't take up much extra space in the bag where you put the DVD player.

Again, I want to agree with you: no USB host mode sucks. But I'm trying to figure out what we can do now that we know that.

There are some edge cases, like pataphysician's very unusual circumstances, that will make it impossible for some people to upgrade to the N900.

But for most of us, there are not-so-terrible workarounds that will get us through until the next dream device that hits the shelves...

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

I hope you realise that you suggest replacing a 2$ device with an 80$ device. I know that people that spend 600 Euro on a cellular phone seem like they have more money then sense, but it still looks a bit over the top.

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

I'm afraid to answer for fear it will cost me council votes. :p

(oh crap: pandering revealed. Strategy in jeopardy. Abort! Abort!)

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

I think that is something which would be a viable solution but this one you link to doesn't support USB host mode. With OTG they mean for 'on the go'; for when you are mobile. That is why the lithium ion battery is 'for OTG'. :D

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

This thread is kind of getting pointless same people just repeating there dissatisfaction over and over and not willing to budge and look at alternative solutions.
Its best to wait until people start getting the n900 in there hands and take a look and see what can be done on various levels to see if theres solution before outright thinking it'll never happen and getting mad

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Replace "camera" by "N900". I don't know whether files can be copied the other way round, but it would be only a software problem, so that it could probably be solved. Also, I recall I found this via Google and there are probably similar devices with better software capabilities.

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

So, how can we test the "USB TESTMODE"? Is there anyone here who knows enough to write a script that would activate this TESTMODE? Any one with a N900 would would run it for us?