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2010-01-12
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2010-01-12
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2010-01-12
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2010-01-12
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To date the front facing camera on the N900 does not have completed drivers, so no video calling possible,
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2010-01-13
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Tethering, etc…
-can you tether a computer via bluetooth?
-I use joykuspot on my symbian phone. This turns the phone into a wifi access point to use the UMTS internet from other computers. Theoretically, this is trivial to implement in linux. Does something similar already exist?
Mapping/GPS
-does the GPS get a fix faster than on the N810 without using the A-GPS function
-do you have to pay for ovi maps turn by turn instructions in europe? Nokia just says "check your device to see whether it is pre-installed".
-does maemo mapper work on the N900?
General:
-I understand that some N810 application work on the N900 and some don't, is that correct? Or is it like os2008 where none of the previous soft worked…?
-is there some software to display word documents (note: I use abiword on the N810, this is the level of usability I am prepared to live with…)
-does "password safe" work on the N900?
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2010-01-13
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2010-01-13
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When asking big set of questions like this, numbering them makes them easier for people to repond...
JoikuSpot is trickier as the kernel has been compiled without routing support.
A custom kernel has been compiled and tested by multiple people, but it's not packaged nicely yet. Try googling with "site:maemo.org custom kernel wifi package install", you're likely to find the main thread where this has been discussed.
If you add the two of these together, we may get bluetooth-pan-router before too long. Think joikuspot, but using the lower power Bluetooth protocol and thus less battery.
Faster fix: Unknown, there seem to be some bugs in how it's *currently* behaving in these circumstances. Try googling with "site:maemo.org wifi a-gps agps lock without connection satellites". There is very active work on this, and luckily my browser history still has the URL: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5337. Given the intensity of focus, I expect it will get sorted out shortly.
MaemoMapper -- yes, with the caveat that the +/- hardware key seems to be grabbed for volume a lot of the time, so zooming is currently a pain.
N810 apps on N900 -- Given the instructions I see on this forum, a number of N810 apps run fine.
Word Docs -- I'd suspect that your AbiWord N810 package will run.
PWSafe - yes, it works
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2010-01-13
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2010-01-13
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If I get the N900, it will have to replace the present N810, but also my Symbian phone. But frankly, I just want a device that works and allows me to do the same as what I am doing now.
Communications
-is google talk video call supported between a N900 and a N800/N810?
-is google talk video call supported between a N900 and anything else (like the google talk gadget, for example)?
-is skype video planned?
Calendar, etc...
-how good are the calendar and contacts?
-the lack of an isync plugin was a deal breaker for me, but apparently one is in the works (https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2793#c17)? Anyone knows whether it will sync calendars and contacts or just one of the two? Bugzilla only mentions contacts, I need calendar.
Tethering, etc…
-can you tether a computer via bluetooth?
-I use joykuspot on my symbian phone. This turns the phone into a wifi access point to use the UMTS internet from other computers. Theoretically, this is trivial to implement in linux. Does something similar already exist?
Mapping/GPS
-does the GPS get a fix faster than on the N810 without using the A-GPS function
-do you have to pay for ovi maps turn by turn instructions in europe? Nokia just says "check your device to see whether it is pre-installed".
-does maemo mapper work on the N900?
General:
-I understand that some N810 application work on the N900 and some don't, is that correct? Or is it like os2008 where none of the previous soft worked…?
-is there some software to display word documents (note: I use abiword on the N810, this is the level of usability I am prepared to live with…)
-is there some kind of java support planned, even the reduced java found on mobile phones?
-does "password safe" work on the N900?
-does gnumeric or something similar work on the N900?