Thread: N900 Questions (OS & features)
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2009-11-07 , 11:03
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Originally Posted by bhoy wonda View Post
Can I use the phone in both portrait and landscape mode for everything or am I restricted to landscape for everything apart from calls?
At the moment, portrait is only available on the phone, not the rest of the functions. This is expected to change by the end of the year.

Maemo OS - Do I need to know about linux to use this phone or can I do everything from the menus without having to type in code? Will apps be downloadable and easy to install from Ovi or will I need to learn code?
I hope you don't have to learn code! Most people don't have that sort of time or capacity. Apps will be available for download from ovi, memo select and from here.

Will there be a backup application for the phone so that I can save its contents like a ghost or acronis image to the phone memory or a windows PC?
It will hopefully work with the nokia pc suite - just as your n95 does now. Probably a newer version.

If I plug it into my Windows PC via USB will it show up as an external device and can it charge the phone at the same time?
Yes and yes.

As both the N900 and N95 have 5mp cameras is the image quality comparable?
That was one of my questions. Everything I've seen so far leads me to suspect the n900 camera is even better than n95.

The main questions about the functionality of the device is as follows:

Can I assign different mp3 ringtones to different contacts and have a mp3 sms ringtone?
Not at the moment, no. Again, this is something currently under investigation. Be assured you're not the only one wanting this. It won't be there out of the box, but it will happen before to long, I strongly suspect. Mp3 ringtone and sms tone yes, not deparate contacts.... yet.

Call waiting/diverts and video calling - can the device perform these functions out of the box?
Don't think so. Someone who actually has one may put me right, but my understanding is that in its present form, the phone functions are pretty basic. Again, they're being worked on.

Can the device poll pop3 email on a schedule like every 30 mins or so between certain hours?
I understand it has 'push email' so I think you can schedule it as you like. I think.

I understand that MMS is not ready for the N900 - is there a timescale when it will be ready and will this come in the form of a ROM update?
Not sure at present whether it will come as a firmware update or an add-on application. It's a bit more complex than most problems, as it related to network issues. It is being looked into all round, so it probaby WILL happen - but no-one can really say when.

Phew, hope that I have not bored you by asking all those questions!

Any help is appreciated.
Not at all. And welcome.
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