Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Open the phone application, click on the top taskbar 'Phone' and you'll get the settings for 'Turning Control'. Use the correct option and it'll work.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

This also lets you scroll the map in Google maps. Without doing this, there's no way to scroll a Google map, and screen swipes move the screen around instead of the map.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

No no no, you have got me all wrong.

1. i would never buy an iphone

2. from somebody elses discription it sounded like the n900 was capable of multi-touch.

3. i got excited (not like that)

4. someone misunderstiood the point i was making

5. i just used the iphone/quake thing to make my point clear about multi-touch

6. lets get back on topic again.:)

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Once again I am an unworthy nerd, in my constant learning from this forum. Thank you, guys :)

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Uhhh cool! thnx

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

in video/audio/internet/radio player you can search just by typing just like in contacts. Also try different view layouts by pressing top bar.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

In the camera application, the top rocker zooms in and out.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

It is well known that in the browser, the spacebar scrolls the page downwards, and the backspace key goes to the previous page in the history.

It's a bit less well known that the same keys, shifted, have the opposite effect :-)

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

not by me it wasn't! thanks ... pity they didn't add ctrl-backspace to go to end of page ...

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

regarding this multi-touch and resistive vs capacitative screens... does it really need to be capacitative to be multi touch? coz i hvnt heard of a resistive screen device wd multi touch...

if this is true then n900 would never have a multi touch?

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

A long press on the desktop brings up the Desktop menu straight away instead of having to press on the desktop then press the circle button.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

If an application you are using such as the Browser freezes up and is unresponsive. Click the power button and choose End Current task. Just like in task manager in windows.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

In the browser quick double press the backspace key to immediatly go to previous page, instead of choice window.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

You can add contacts shortcuts to the desktop screen (like speed dial).

Clicking the status thing at the top brings up a handy set of settings (profile, bluetooth, net connection, status on skype etc. and alarms).

You can turn off the auto word completion/capitalisation in the text input settings (love that, it annoys me lol).

More a hint than a gimmick, but I leave an arc across the bottom right of the desktop free so I can naturally flick through using my right thumb with one hand.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Just a idea that came up when i read about turning the phone uppside down to mute a call. New android phones also have that mute feature and in addition they have other similar features:
1. When you pick up your ringing phone from a table the accelometer notices it and lowers the ringing volume.
2. If your mobile starts ringing in a tight place like your bag the proximity sensor notices it and increases the ringing volume.
Would it be possible to add similar features to the N900?

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Using internet with the keyboard closed, you can swipe from the left of the screen to get cursor mode - but you can also swipe from the right of the screen to bring up browser history.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Once you've done the left-side swipe in browser, use finger to pull mouse cursor to point in page, then use [space bar] or [shift] to left-click and select area the cursor is over - useful for e.g. scrolling back to a point in a flash video.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

me want! me want!

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

You're able to use the keyboard while browsing in portrait mode by closing the keyboard just a bit. Thus enabling you to browse with one hand by pushing space with your thumb. Comes handy if you're reading long texts.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Reflow the text in the browser when you are zoomed in with
control shift i

great for web sites that have small text.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Thanks for all the useful tips!

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

You can zoom in and out a picture in photos by using volume keys.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

ctrl + shift + H for jumping to the dashboard while in any app.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

In mediaplayer "Now playing" tap the albumart to toggle between the current song and a list of songs on that album.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Anyway to do this without using a hardware key? Ie, via the browser UI?

2d

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Phenominal thread idea, fantastic thread response, no negative commentary,

Keep it up guys, keep the thread warm, keep it active,

Thanks for all the hints/gimmicks!

Cata.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Anyone know how to autocomplete a word when the keyboard is closed?

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

yes. u tap on the orange part of the word as opposed to the end of it to complete it. if pressed at the end it'll cut it off. took a while to figure that out lol.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

ctrl+spacebar switches input languages (& dictionaries used for auto-complete) if you have more than one language defined in the "text input" settings.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Marvellous. That's been bugging me for ages!

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

As with swiping from the left you get the mouse, if you swipe from the right you automatically go into the browing history and can select what page you want to go back to. it does the same as the history button just using a hand gesture rather than a tab. esp useful when having the browser in full screen mode

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Nice one:

In Contacts tap user name for details. Tap photo/avatar to go to Edit mode (instead of using menu).

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

You could install shortcutd and use the proximity sensor...

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Thanks for sharing. good tread. :)

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Great idea. I would like this too.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

most desktop firefox keyboard short work in microB. e.g Ctrl+F to find text in webpage. oddly the same doesn't work in firefox mobile.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Has anyone added the one about switching between desktops by pressing on one side of the screen and then quickly pressing on the other side of the screen.
You can flick through the 4 desktops really quickly that way.
I like it cos it reduces the amount of scratching potential on the screen :eek:

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Yep - I take it you didn't read the thread :p

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

When in the phone app, if you need to dial a contact from the call log, you can click on the last call made to/from the contact and the number dialled shows up on a new panel which pops up from the bottom. On this popup, if you on click the avatar, the contact's complete contact card shows up and you can call another number for the contact.

Useful if the contact has more than one number and is not picking up one number.

Re: Gimmicks you might have missed on the N900
 

Here's one I find really useful...in the web browser you can use ctrl + right arrow to go to the next field in a form (like hitting TAB on a normal keyboard). ctrl + left arrow acts like shift-TAB, going to the previous form field.