Thread: N900 Questions for Nokia World Attendees
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2009-09-07 , 15:51
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Perhaps your intense reaction stems from a misunderstanding of the meaning of "support" in this context?
You are right, and I now realise that my question does not belong in this thread or the wiki, but in the thread about N900 Specifications. My apologies for that.

Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
The vast majority of Nokia's customers don't care in the least about host-mode support.
I had in mind the vast public that Nokia is missing. A lot of the laptops and notebooks that travellers haul in their hand baggage could be replaced by Maemo devices. Problem is, those travellers and their employers have never heard of Maemo. For the record, most of them don't care in the least about Accelerometer-Induced Enhanced Delusion, or the other features that sell well in the toyshop. One of the things they do want is to be able to plug in their USB sticks at print shops whose owners might object to unfamiliar devices.

Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
I don't know how you will provide power to the device while in host-mode (perhaps tapping into the USB pins in the battery compartment) ...
Part of my question was, "Are we back to hardware hacking?" It sounds as though the answer might be "Yes."
Last edited by scaler; 2009-09-07 at 16:00.