Thread: N900 will not allow USB OTG!
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2009-09-21 , 21:30
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
So you will need to learn with the fact that N900 does not come with USB host mode enabled, and it probably cannot be easily hacked to enable it.
you sound a little too definitive, for a guy who doesn't have the hardware in his hands The quoted articles don't provide too much info either - they would be more respectable, if they were written by actual nokia hardware developer members (which they aren't).

Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
You could host some of the data online and export this. Examples are Dropbox, GmailFS.

Or you attach your 1 TB on your home network, build VPN, and use UPnP over 3G. Won't work for XViD or DVD. Then you have to make choices (the horror).
yep, that sounds like completely obvious solution - to workaround the copying by sending the data through half of the internet :-)

Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
Why do you not want to buy a WiFi router?

Without some kind of USB to ethernet convertor you cannot use your hypothetic N900-with-USB-host-mode on your ethernet-only network.
Imagine being a system administrator going into a server room. 99% of such rooms don't contain a wifi network.. Not to mention 802.1x, telnetting to switches, and similar stuff...

Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
N900 camera is not good enough?
I'm sure you're not comparing 1/12345678'' inch sensor of the n900 to dslr camera sensor here - are you?

Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
The BlueTooth to USB converter might be able to be powered by the N900 I don't know, interesting question.
Couldn't find a bt-2-usbhost convertor anywhere (the other way around is easy).. I can't quite imagine what kind of driver architecture would you use for that stuff (like connecting n900 - bt - bt_dongle - usb_host - usb_device_like_usb_2_ethernet) - I'm not exactly sure any driver is ready for this scenario, even in linux kernel. But I could be wrong and this one could (at least in linux) work by creating some kind of loopback device...


Damn, wish some nokia representative could come and give us answers - instead of arguing here about nothing and all...
 

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