Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

I have a few questions I'm hoping for answers for, before I purchase a N9. I've done some research, but the results have not been conclusive.

1) Is it possible to create a WPA secured wireless hotspot with the N9? I need to be able to continue to use my N900 for system administration, and do not always have access to WIFI.

2) Does the N9 execute scripts placed within /etc/network/if-up.d/ upon connection to a network, or is there another way to have things run upon connection to a network?

3) Can I resize fonts in the N9 Terminal emulator?

4) Is there an easy way to show/hide the keyboard on the N9 terminal?

5) Does the browser support on-page search?

6) How well is Google Voice supported?

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

1. Encryption mode for Wi-FI Hotspot: OFF / WEP 64 / WEP 128
.....
5. Not in PR 1.1, only in PR 1.2

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

open, WEP64 and WEP128 are available atm.

..maybe?

maybe via themes, only different color schemes in menu.

it's a program like any other, you can just swipe it to the side, it/they (you can have multiple open) will be available in the running apps view. the N9 does multitask, you know...

not atm.

apparently you can configure it as SIP: http://everythingn9.com/how-to-set-u...-the-nokia-n9/

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Where did you learn this? I'm running PR1.2beta (for N950), I can't find a way to search the contents of an open page in the browser...

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3) Yes. Use the pinch-to-zoom gesture.

6) There are apps for this in the Nokia store. E.g. one that gives you a voice keyboard, so you could speak text anywhere where you could enter text.

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

qgvdial has been ported to Harmattan and is available for free in the Ovi app store.
I am continuing to add more Harmattan specific support, including integrating better with the phone.

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

"This item is no longer available for download from the Nokia Store".

Any clue why?

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

This seems like as good a thread as any to grow into an FAQ, so to continue the questioning

7) Does the browser support passing along your gps location to supporting/requesting sites?

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Whoops! I meant to ask as to whether or not I can show/hide the keyboard on the N9. I would like to be able to see more than just half of my screen (eg: `ls -la`).

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Yes, you can hide the keyboard.

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

There's a lot of infoshare on this [similarly named] thread as well.

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

How do u hide the keyboard? I've trying to swipe it away, but no luck. Please explain

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Sorry, I referred to "text selection", not "text search". :o

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

hold on the T on the keyboard and pull down

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Wow. I dont know why...
Anyone else with that problem?

It should be there. I'll push out another version in the next few days anyway...

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Just like any application on the N9, you can dismiss the keyboard by swiping down on the keyboard and it dismisses until you again tap into any text entry field.

Took me a while to notice this behavior, I felt pretty dumb once I figured it out...

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Note: due to the functionality of Swype text input, when using Swype, you first have to swipe sideways (at the keyboard level) to switch to a non-Swype keyboard, then you can swipe down (most anywhere, not just from the T).

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Thank you !!!
I hadn't noticed this either (and been cursing about it ...)

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

Questions:
1) How do you go "back" and "forward" in a web browser?
2) Are tabs supported in built-in browser?

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

the back and forward buttons are in the top left corner, though you only see them when it makes sense. IE, unless you have a page to go forward or back to, you will not see any arrows. If you go forward one page, you can see a back arrow and if you press it, you can see a forward arrow..and if you've gone to 3 sites the middle site will have both.

As for tabs, you can open a new tab and each tab is it's own "card" or window.. so you will see them each on the multi-task screen but atm (at least on my phone) there is no actual "tab" to switch between when you are looking at one window of the built-in browser

EDIT bleh corrected my erroneous answer

Re: Questions Before Purchasing a N9
 

That's what I could not stand on iPhone/iPad in the past, until they introduced tabbed browsing in iOS 5.

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I must point out that I just got the phone a few days ago and my only experience so far is with the stock browser (and of course the version number of the OS is 1.1). There are other users on this forum who have installed 3rd party browsers and may have more detailed answers than I can give.