maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - A few random questions about the N800

	deeteroderdas	2008-05-26 , 18:40
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Originally Posted by dylanemcgregor

I got an N800 a couple of weeks ago. Overall I really like it, but I have a few questions that searching hasn't answered, or has given me only piecemeal answers to.

I'll give it a shot. My answers are after your questions.

1) The idea of wifi is great. I'm in NYC and there is almost always a unsecured wireless access point around...but so far I've had problems connecting to these even if the signal strength looks really strong. Sometimes my laptop will be able to see the signal and connect fine, but the N800 gives me a "connection error." It also happens a lot that the N800 sees quite a few more networks than my laptop, but can't actually connect to them. So far I've only been able to get it to connect to the WiFi at home and at work. Are there configuration settings for the wireless that I should be looking into?

Some of those wifi connections are really 'fake wifi'. I don't really understand the whole deal, not being a windows guy, but there's something in the WinXP wireless driver that makes it act as an access point when it can't find an access point itself. Other seemingly open wifi points are secured by only allowing certain MAC addresses.

The NITs are pretty versatile (as you've seen) where it comes to wifi connections.. If it's possible to connect, it will.

2) Since wifi hasn't been real reliable I've thought about trying to get a 3G connection, but I don't have a phone with Bluetooth (and don't really want to use a phone as a connection point). Is there any other way to get mobile broadband on the device (USB 3G modem or something)? I think the answer to this is no, but wanted to double check that I'm not missing something.

I haven't seen any such animal, however, I did just hear a Verizen Wireless commercial advertising a USB data connector for their service. Myself, I tether through my 3g AT&T phone with no problems.

[quote]3)I'd also like to have downloaded street level maps available offline for the entire US and Canada. On my PC, MapPoint takes less than 1GB of HD space for the entire program. I'm basically looking for this level of functionality on my N800, but the maps for MaemoMapper seem to take a lot more space and be organized around using with GPS.

OS2008 comes with a map program from Wayfinder. The program and maps are free to use; you pay a yearly fee for direction service. Maemo
Mapper downloads map images from for example Google, Yahoo, etc. Wayfinder maps are all vector (??) maps.

4)Is there a way to add copy and paste to the context menu of programs. I use this a lot to copy data from one application to another. It would be nice to not have to go to the edit menu all the time.

C&P takes some getting used to on the NIT. I've found that if you can highlight it, you can probably copy it. Once you have your text highlighted, just tap and hold. A circling arrow should appear, fcllowed a few seconds later by a 'right menu'. Copy should be available.

If you are in an area where the screen keyboard appears, the C&P options are available in the menu on the lower left (OS2008).

Thanks for the help as always. This is a great community and is one of the main reasons I decided to pick up my N800.

Dylan

Hope I helped...BTW, I typed all this on my N800, tethered to my phone.

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