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Project N955 - Turn your N9 into a 'N950'!
So there I was, thinking how to get my hands on the N950 some time ago... but then I thought: How will other people will get the N950? Everyone should be able to get the N950...!
All this thinking have made me do something about this problem. A little "case-mod" can do miracles :) I bought a cheap iPhone bluetooth slide-case, and a cheap N9 case on eBay. I unscrewed the case to get rid of the iPhone case, to just have the bluetooth keyboard with the slider. Then, I just made holes in the cheap N9-case and screwed the slider on it. Turn on the device, pair them and the result: N9 with a keyboard! The only drawback is that there is no Ctrl button. I hope someone can help on this project to add a ctrl key for this bluetooth keyboard. There is a "menu" button which doesn't do anything on the N9... Maybe we can bind this key to act as a Ctrl key? I made some pictures on how I did this, I'll upload them today to share this idea with everybody. Bluetooth Keyboard: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...m=290691737517 N9 hardcase: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/ws/eBayISAPI....m=130589350679 Edit: Here are the pictures and the YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-9GuzIT8_8 Picture 1: The bluetooth keyboard itself in it's original state http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3249/12040005.jpg Picture 2: Remove the sticker from the case to get to the screws http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/695/12040006.jpg Picture 3: http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/803/12040008.jpg Picture 4: Unscrew the screws http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3065/12040009.jpg Picture 5: http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4224/12040010.jpg Picture 6: http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2010/12040011.jpg Picture 7: Makes holes on top of the N9 case and place it on the bluetooth keyboard and screw the screws back http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/1541/12050001.jpg Picture 8: Place the sticker back on top of the N9 case to prevent scratches on your N9 http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5103/12050003.jpg Picture 9: Result! (This is an early build, that's why it's not perfectly centered in the middel) http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/8191/12050008.jpg |
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i would love to see the pictures :D
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wow niceeee
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Eagerly awaiting pics :)
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This sounds cool, I'm looking forward to pics and links to what you bought to make this work.
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this i want to see :)
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Which keyboard? Does it at least have ESC for vi?
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were is the pictures :O
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Pics or it didn't happen!
hehe, just kidding, like everyone else would love to see some photos though. |
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stop toying with us and post the god damn pics ;) :D
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Alright guys, pics and video are up!
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Thanks for the pics, but you forgot one of the final product!
(shame no ESC or CTL) |
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There is a slight overhang on that there, how does it feel in the hand?
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I'll upload it later on. Check out the video for the final result |
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Haven't got time to make it perfect yet |
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next step is to drill fine hole's for camera & flash in metal sliding plate.. :)
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OMG.. 121 viewing this thread...
@HtheB ur a "hero"... ;) |
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great idea and great pictures hope it will end to a good device not an alien :D
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I think bluetooth keyboard keys looks like N900 keyboard :).
Good work. |
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130 now...
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Well that's slicker than I expected, nice work.
I hate to sound like an ungrateful ball bag but now that I've seen the pics...... I want to see a video of it in action. Ya know like the sliding in action, 360° spin, give it a twirl :D |
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Good stuff :)
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That is darn sweet - deffo want an N9 now!!!!
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As a note, the kb is also available from DE
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ultrath...-4-white-91686 |
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Black version is also there http://m.dealextreme.com/p/ultrathin...4-black-113768 No Cyan though :/ |
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Looking really nice. Can you stil use the keyboard if you swipe the virtual keyboard away (down). It would really nice if one could autohide the virtual kayboard when using the real one.
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Oh well... I still need my N9 camera desperately... But so far a great mod. Congrats! :)
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That's quite awesome, although it's a bit bulky-ish. Could you post a picture of side profile?
And indeed if the maliit vkb autohide and those missing keys can be implemented somehow, I will make one for myself too. :) |
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here is how to disable vkb atleast in terminal. haven't tried it myself but it looks good:)
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=83300 |
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Nice to see someone doing this, i have always been thinking about this if i should have an android phone (IF i can be formatted/flashed with an Ubuntu ONLY image), then i could live with the "lag" because then i would have a HW keyboard.
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Has anyone tried to contact the creator of the slide out keyboards and asked if they'd attempt to make one for the N9? I bet they'd sell a ton of them just from this crowd alone!
(I really dreamt of getting an N950 since I saw them, even tried really hard to come up with some ideas for developing for one, but 'won' one... :( ) I'd definitely prefer an N950 over the N9, but still bought an N9 because it is full of awesome and all the other Phone OSs that I've seen annoy me. I do still miss Maemo 5 though, that would be cool to port to the N9 too... well one can dream... N955 all the way! slaapliedje |
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what if you download the empty keyboard from mesinput and slide to it while using the bt one?
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If this really works, ill put it on the first post Tnx for the tip! |
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Very cool mod, but how does the Bluetooth KB work in real life.
I have a cheap mini (N900 size) BT keyboard and a nice BT full size foldout KB for my N900; the cheap one it is sketchy at best with many keys not working or not working correctly though it works reasonably well when tested on my Ubuntu netbook. The large expensive keyboard pairs but doesn't actually work on the N900. |
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