...and is the USB port still device-by-default/switchable-to-host/unpowered ? :-)

Hopefully the miniSD slots in the new device are SDHC compatible. If not, the new device won't be compatible with high capacity miniSD cards larger than 2GB - 4GB cards are now available, and quite cheap.

It looks like the incompatibility between SD and SDHC is in sofware. Old devices simply don't understand new commands but the hardware is same. So in theory it should be fixed when there is enough need and the protocol is known.

Interesting details are here
http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/special-sd.html

Hi Fanoush - according to this SanDisk pdf, SD is not backward compatible with SDHC. Perhaps that's just their description - it is a bit vague - and if it is just a software issue then I'm sure a talented kernel hacker can work around the issue... :)

And it's on the internet,therefore it must be true...

Heh.
fpp: I am very curious about that USB host/client question too. I've been saying for some time that they should make a control panel applet that allows the end user to switch. Better yet: offer two USB ports!

Sorry, I can't go that far. I really wish I could. I only spoke up due to the device being leaked, to dispel a few misconceptions.

I can only say the wait isn't too terribly long, and most people who understand what these devices are won't be too disappointed. ;)

TexRat. If it is true that the camera won't swivel to point "out" that is annoying. With all the other excellent design decisions made by the Nokia team surely someone would have had the idea "let's have the camera rotate just a bit further and work like a normal camera"

Perhaps there is a tab which limits the rotation which can be filed off or something.

BTW, how do you know about this?

Bruce

wait isn' t too terribly long... nokiaword amsterdam??
 

let's hope we hear something from nokiaworld in amsterdam

http://www.nokia.com/nmc

http://www.symbianwatch.com/nokia-87...et-tablet.html

The thing is, it's not meant to be a true video camera. Yes, some additional work could make it function that way but for whatever reason the decision was made to limit the normal use to video calls.

Now, that said, I'm betting software can overcome the limitations I've cited. Even if rotation is limited, as long as the cam can point at least, say, 45 degrees back from the face of the device that's enough to capture images opposite. The user would just have to hold the device at 45 degrees also. At that point it's simply a matter of software recognizing that the cam is out of the face plane and inverting the image. Voila! Video camera. Not the best image quality, but usable.

As for how I know, well... : X

I've looked at the agenda but no names ran any bells and no topic sounds like it's about more than mobile phone. Maybe a side display...