Thread: DIY digital compass: electronics experts needed!
View Single Post
Laughing Man is offline Laughing Man
2009-10-04 , 03:55
Posts: 4,556 | Thanked: 1,624 times | Joined on Dec 2007
#54
Originally Posted by sarahn View Post
The n800 did not have a GPS built in so there's some precedent for peripherals being used which are not built into the device. Granted the cost is !!!!! way more than I want. At this point I am skeptical though that usb won't work with the right SW and if a cell phone battery can be used instead of the sparkfun stuff that would also help a lot.
True, but were GPS apps made before the n810 was around? It could be later hardware had such capabilities (GPS) and since everything internally was also the same, you can do the same functionality on the n800 + bluetooth or USB GPS.

So we might see something where the next Maemo Nokia device has a magnetic compass, and software used there could be backported to the n900.
__________________
Originally Posted by ysss View Post
They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
 

The Following User Says Thank You to Laughing Man For This Useful Post: