Thread: [Announce] USB hostmode beta release
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retsaw is offline retsaw
2010-11-08 , 19:58
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Originally Posted by Hmoobwarrior View Post
sorry stupid question but .. 3g dongle via usb will work? now with usb beta? stil on att unfortunately. need to know so i can purchase a dongle, I love n900 hate that att doesnt have the right freq.. stuck on plan for another year or so.
Not likely. 3G dongles draw a LOT of power, whilst (for the moment at least) the N900 can only output 200mA of current, compared to a regular USB port which can output 500mA (and sometimes more). You could try it but I doubt you'd have much luck and I'm not sure the driver for it would be included in the kernel (though that could be easily fixed so long as there is a linux driver for it).

Maybe you should consider getting a MiFi instead, they are also more convenient than connecting a dongle and have their own battery,