Thread: 300 testers and not a single bit of info
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sjgadsby is offline sjgadsby
2009-11-11 , 19:16
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Originally Posted by 0Dark Knight0 View Post
what is java, and if it is not in the hardware, is it going to be problem in surfing the net or installing programs?
Java is a programming language. Hardware support for it is not necessary.

Any web site that uses Java for some required function (e.g. account login on some banking sites) will not work with the Maemo browser. Java programs, common on many other phones, will not install or run in Maemo.

Nokia has stated they are not working on making Java available on Maemo. It is possible that someone else may craft a solution to running Java programs, a Java plug-in for the Maemo browser, or the like on Maemo, but such tasks are not simple, weekend projects.

In previous Maemo releases, it has been possible to s-l-o-w-l-y run at least some Java applications and applets within Easy Debian. That option should be available once again in Maemo 5, though qole has to fight past a few additional barriers this time.

Originally Posted by iamNarada View Post
Do you think it could be used for temperature measurement? I.E. do you know if it's got a transmitter as well as a IR receiver/detector?
As I understand it, the N900 has an IR transmitter only.
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