When will we get a compass for n900
 

Hey guys,

When will we get a Perfect Compass like iphone has for N900.
????

Thanks.

:)

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

What you're referring to is a magnetometer. A hardware device that measures magnetic fields and can determine the direction of magnetic north.

As a hardware component, you wont see one added to the N900. But it's likely to be present in the next Meego device as magnetometers have become quite common on high end smart phones since they were first widely included in devices running Google's android operating system.

The iPhone didn't add one to it's 3GS model until over a year after the HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1 in the USA) premiered with a built in magnetometer.

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Join the Boy Scouts...

They'll get you a Compass...

Go To Wal-Mart...

Buy a Hot Glue Gun...

Hot Glue Compass to back of N900!

Problem solved!

You got any more Boggles?

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

you can get a fake compass using GPS to track your movement. isn't as accurate as a magnetometer.

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

or send out an SoS to Magneto. I'm sure he will be more than willing to help. :P

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

these + the back of your n900 + glue

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

OUTSTANDING!

Super Mini Compass + No Boy Scout Requirement = FTW!!

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

............when there will be an official meego support for N900

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Thanks bro for the answer,it makes sense,but we are so unfortunate to have a flagship device of World's leading smartphone maker with out a builtin Compass.

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Yeah, that's True...

But it happened almost a year ago...

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Where do you live, that you need a compass anyway? Where I live, streets have names making it pretty easy to get to any destination...

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Actually, Nokia never classified the N900 as a flagship device. All indications from their marketing are that the N900 be treated as a dev environment for enthusiasts. We expect this to change with the N9 running Meego.

The last Nokia flagship device was the N97. The N97 DID have a magnetometer.

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

As discussed elsewhere on the forum there are two magnets (one for the back stand/cover removal detection, one for the keyboard slide out detection) that might interfere with a magnetometer afaik.

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

The n900 does so much already! i love it!


Do we really need a compass too?

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Today Samu Onkalo from Nokia posted drivers to Linux kernel mailing list for ak8974 / ami305 3-axis magnetometer chip. Maybe that is a clue what hardware could be in a future Meego device? :)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/182

I think it's the same chip the N97 has.

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Source .

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

Re: When will we get a compass for n900
 

use google maps much easier.
or you can do stone age and .... sun rises from the east and sets in the west.