N900 practical improvements
 

N900 practical improvements:

1. Bluetooth connected to stereo headset using A2DP, will prevent dataconnection n900 use wifi.
2. Settings in app manager that will let users choose if app manager should look for updates when internet connection is active. (now you need to deactivate all repositories manually)
3. Smarter backlight management that will set half brightness when device is not used for 10 seconds (symbian allready uses this)
4. Integrated MMS into conversations.
5. Integrated album art scanner in media player
6. improved avatar window. if you want to scan pictures now you see 3 pictures at once. why not make a full screen image selector with a back button. this also includes on uploading in the browser.
7. Save files from games, and config files from programs in a My Docs folder on the n900 memory or sd card, so that when you need to reflash you keep your save games without digging deep in the system to find them.
8. Integrated msn, facebook, google etc. support with audio and video calling, sharing files, block and unblock contacts, smilies etc.
9. video editing, picture options in photo app, to make a sepia photo etc.
10. Maps 3.0 with free navigation
11. 30 FPS kinetic scrolling. (feel like iphone)
12. integrated Contact groups, ringtones
13. Integrated function to add directories to the menu to group shortcuts.
14. better flash support.
15. Email app, function to mark all as read.
16. Fixed virtual keyboard, that dont loose input in browser when screen goes black.
17. Fixed virtual keyboard, that properly load the text in the text box and doesn't skrew up the text when exit.
18. search functions in app manager, email, contacts etc cant be activated with keyboard closed.
19. telephone app --> start phonecall, lack the ability to sort on A/z with keyboard closed in landscape mode.
20. Seperated icons in the systembar for skype, msn, ovi etc. to see wich accounts are online.
21. Seperated icons in contacts per chat and voip account so that you can see per contact on wich accounts they are online instead of one green dot.
22. Fixed telephone interface that doesn't crash when a call comes in, when n900 is in deep sleep. (not always reproducible)
23. Fixed Alarm interface that doesn't crash when alarm goed of in deep sleep mode (not always reproducible)
24. Mediaplayer widget update wich fixes the play button, and shows the time played of a song.
25. Calendar settings that let you choose in wich mode the calendar will launch when pressed on the widget. Like month, week, day view.
26. Integrated search function on the n900 wich lets you search on all platforms and groups in platforms, like music, contacts, messages, files, calendar events.
27. ability to edit meta data from music file, files, album all at once.
28. Portrait keyboard
29. numeric keyboard in portrait for the use of sms with the ability of T9 (same as nokia X6)
30. ability to copy files to a shared computer in the wifi network
31. file manager, ability to show files and folders in "menu like" instead of list
32. updated pdf reader to view the latest pdf files.
33. 200% volume boost when calling over the speaker... when driving in a car on the highway dont cant hear sh%# of what the other person is saying


More to come soon!

(some of these were fixed by the community, i know! but they should be in the firmware)

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

so are these things you want to see implemented by nokia or are they fixes you can do yourself?

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

Nokia markets the N900 as an N-series device. So its not correct that they released this device as an unfinished phone. Yes, its great that the maemo community is strong and adds amazing new features to it...but some stuff ... well a lot of stuff from the list above should have been added to the N900 from the start.

Of course, Nokia is under no obligation to add these features at all and are well within their rights to "fix" the N900 by releasing another device as well :)

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

didn't get anything? are u asking for it or you saying that it will come soon? any proofs of info?

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

Hey you missed out a few improvements:
a. timemachine : jez nokia - surely its easy to provide a fully working time machine using a flux capacitor or something.
b. xray camera. Yeah now that would rock. Being able to xray lottery tickets to find the winners ! now thats a top win feature.
3. coffee machine.
4. nuclear power source. Surely this is a no brainer as well?

I despair.

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

Where did you get all these list from?

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

I am usually the first on to take the piss out of such posts. But this list is actually quite good. Most of them are reasonable and small fixes and really do improve the device by a lot.

I do not agree with some of them of course, but overall a very practical list. Well done.

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

Have to agree to patera.. although i do not agree on all of them it is a practical list.

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

Congratulations!

The OP has summarised Maemo.Org in relation to N900!

Good to see everything summarised in one post, though!

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

Ok. What's next?

Re: N900 practical improvements
 

Looking forward to this release. When do you expect to finish coding it?