maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - N900 will not allow USB OTG!

	allnameswereout	2009-09-21 , 20:06
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Originally Posted by fnordianslip

Sure - a standard charger for mobile phones, but, this is billed as a computer, not a phone, and that's how I want to use it.

A mobile phone is a computer. A watch is a computer. A Nokia N900 is a mobile phone. But they're also much more.

On the other hand I couldn't agree more regarding your point about storage. I'm more interested in attaching non-storage devices to my N900.

Which?

Honestly, I'm interested in the hypothetic use cases!

Originally Posted by pycage

I guess this highly depends on how critical USB OTG is for you.

Yeah, what are the use cases?

If that BlueTooth <-> USB host mode adapter works, is available for a reasonable price, and not too big and heavy the question becomes:

How critical is USB OTG with transfer speed higher than 2 MB/sec?

The only use case I can imagine is a portable HDD. I wonder about the throughput of that on e.g. N800.

OK, yes, you cannot use the N900 together with a portable CD/DVD burner and a non-Maemofied k3b UI. The horror, N900 sales will plunge. Seriously, if that is so important for you, grab some second hand laptop for 100 EUR and let it boot into k3b or something. As added bonus it can function as portable HDD as well. And it doesn't need a USB powered hub either, it has its own battery. Maybe it can even power up your N900 when the battery is empty.

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