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I agree, totally pointless feature. However, if somebody finds it useful, I think I came up with a better idea. Red rear led. It still is very visible, it is much weaker and it's red. I'd say it's perfect for an unnecessary rear notification.
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2012-11-18
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It's not pointless.
On iOS this feature is part of accessibility. So deaf people can activate video calls or know there are new messages. They can't hear, but they can see a LED poking them in the eye.
Personally, I already asked months ago if someone was interested to develop such a feature, but nobody was interested.
It's nice to have it on N9, whether you would use it or not.
It's about improving the phone itself.
On iOS this feature is part of accessibility. So deaf people can activate video calls or know there are new messages. They can't hear, but they can see a LED poking them in the eye.
Personally, I already asked months ago if someone was interested to develop such a feature, but nobody was interested.
It's nice to have it on N9, whether you would use it or not.
It's about improving the phone itself.
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Originally Posted by justadude
Quick reply...
Is this done because they don't have a front led like we do?
No. Sometimes, when you wish for peace and calm, and when you are wary of the possibility that your screen might accidentally become unlocked, you might place it screen-down. Besides, it's also a quick way to turn off an alarm, but it's a separate feature, and likely a separate use case.
Having a notification led on the back of the device seems absurd most of the time, yes, but then, a small photographing camera in the front may seem as absurd.
Originally Posted by knobtviker
I expect that most people here don't consider notification led poking user in the eye pointless; they just consider rear led pointless, most of the time.
It's not pointless.
On iOS this feature is part of accessibility. So deaf people can activate video calls or know there are new messages. They can't hear, but they can see a LED poking them in the eye.
Personally, I already asked months ago if someone was interested to develop such a feature, but nobody was interested.
It's nice to have it on N9, whether you would use it or not.
It's about improving the phone itself.
Yes, it's nice to have it. It would be great to have proximity sensor data also used to choose whether front and rear led should be lighted. And option about using white or red led for rear notification light.
In the same vein, would it be possible to interchange proximity sensor and LED, so that LED could be used as flash by the front camera? On Nokia N900, proximity sensor and front camera are very close to each other; I don't know about N9, though - maybe, sensor-camera-led are a large distance apart from each other, it's difficult to tell from photographs of the device.
Best wishes.
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Thank god theres some supporting me,the others is just calling it useless,hmmmmm.
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2012-11-18
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Same goes for FlipToSilence feature.
How is it possible we don't have that with all access and resources on N9?
How is it possible we don't have that with all access and resources on N9?
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Originally Posted by kumary
i think its possible and very usefull.
Though i am not sure what i say will be possible in real as i m not a developer.
i would like these notification to be active only when my phone is placed upside down and developer can use the front sensors for the same.
sorry for my bad English and i just wanted to help.
cheers
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