Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Seems people have gone awol on all the options to move data around. Lets see, why not just get rid of you usb thumb drive and send the data directly to where you got your thumb drive data from. Bluetooth, wifi, 3G, usb client .............or JWTYGH just wait till you get home.:rolleyes:

Mike C

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

No, I can't guess why. Tell me why.

That was a joke. Seriously. :)

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

- because a part of those going to buy a N900 don't own a previous maemo device, and don't want to spend 200-300€ more on top of 600€
- because there's a difference between carrying a N900 and carry a N900 plus something even bigger and heavier
- especially because you often don't know when you'll need that feature and don't want to carry the N8*0 around always just in case...
- because for that price people have the right to expect that feature included (maybe not officially, but with a hardware that makes it available in some way, as a software hack or/and modified cable)
- because there wouldn't be a thread "N900 will not allow USB OTG!" with 30 pages of people searching for a solution if everybody could so simply get a N8*0 to carry around and solve the problem

didn't think it was hard to guess any of these reasons that just came up in my mind, looked like common sense; sorry
and sorry for not understanding the joke :o

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Sooo, anyone without a USB dock is a poser now ? :D

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Ok, so there are some of you out there who want USB host mode but don't have tablets at the moment.

That's puzzling to me!

If you don't currently have a tablet, what mobile device are you currently using that does have USB host mode? And what do you use it for?

I completely disagree with that statement.

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

If I am already taking a tablet with it, then I will take with it a small cheap phone, not an iphone wannabe.


Probably those confused by Nokia decision to call their new phone a "computer",

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

I guarantee you a N800 won't cost 200 EUR in december 2009. Especially not a second hand.

You better know, because else you're having the external HDD or external CD/DVD writer with you just because you may have to use it.

As qole already said USB OTG support is not something customers commonly request.

Lots of noise, and many discussion, people trying to be helpful. Quantity of pages discussion says nothing about need for feature, nor about the possible solutions for the problem. Because your post I quote does not take the root of the problem into account, nor does it take into account the harsh reality. No amount of stamping on your feet is going to change this harsh reality.

Maybe he sold his tablet like I did (well, OK, traded for SCSI controller) :o

I think if he had one (which is portable) he wouldn't need it on N900.

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

I have a laptop and a Nokia 6630. To have a N900 with that feature could make me leave these both home. I'm a student at university, and allready posted in the past pages what I would use it for.
If I didn't have such a great unified device so far doesn't mean I cannot look forward to own finally one.. ;)

i did not say "pretend"; i said "have the right to expect", meaning that I can have the right to look for a device with that possibility, if I think the money I would pay is enough for that.

as if those were the only use cases we discussed about so far...

there are only 30 pages about it in this thread.. and maybe people didn't request it because it was believed to be there... (unofficial, but as long as it works, people don't have a reason to complain)

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Sure, if you wish to compare the soft- and hardware capabilities of N8x0 versus N900...

Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
 

Sure, you have the right to pray for a Cray falling down from heaven too...