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

asys3	2009-09-23 , 07:42
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo

@Jack6428 Assuming you aren't joking, too, I can't let you go on being upset. Qole was joking, in his Canadian way, that you can't plug in a Bluetooth keyboard. You can, however, wirelessly connect a keyboard to the N900 via Bluetooth.

I hope that you can connect any BT keyboard and mouse - that would be at least necessary to use the N900 as a desktop computer replacement - that would be a "mobiel computer" - though only in the sense of sth. like a network client because of the lack of the usb host.
The N810 doesn't allow you to connect to all bt mice and keyboards (the system manager bt tool was limited).
And the command line doesn't help furteher.

Originally Posted by qole

If you don't have an N8x0, you should go and get one. They're pretty cheap right now, and they do a lot of the stuff that the N900 can do. The N800 has two full size SD slots, and a mini USB connector (as opposed to the micro USB connector), not to mention it is probably cheaper on eBay, so it might be better to use as your WiFi USB Host.

Qole. The N800 isn't the solution for the lack of the usb host in the N900!

You could also take a N800 and use a 3G phone instead in some cases.

No - I want one device! Not again a second one for usb host.

And according Wifi-Adhoc. That covers only some usb usecases. And not all.
Not to talk about the time it takes to build up a adhoc network in comparison to plugging in a usb cable...

Sorry guys.

Hope that the production version tells us if the necessary id line of the usb port is wired internally but usb host not supported officially to follow the usb consortium specs.

In this way there would be place for a hack in software and a modified cable - so everyone could find a not supported but working solution on his own.

Hope for this.

asys3