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#581
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How about a bluetooth USB hub?

http://www.inspector-gadget.co.uk/blog_134.shtml
First, I never heard of this device, it seems very fake to me. There is no link to any manufacturers webpage, not even the name is mentioned, and no link to a shop that supposed to sell these devices.

Second, even if it existed it would still need drivers. Will it support the N900 and linux in general, maybe, maybe not?
And third even the fastest current BT implementation is just 3mbit/s, that is a third of USB 1.1 speeds. So it would be way to slow for a DVB-T USB dongle (my personal goal), that requires USB 2.0 speeds in most cases, depending on the transmitted bitrates.
So no, it isn't an option for my goals
 
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Originally Posted by Bec View Post
How about a bluetooth USB hub?
http://www.inspector-gadget.co.uk/blog_134.shtml
The Bluetooth USB Hub has [...] a Bluetooth dongle, which will allow you to connect the hub itself to your PC, should your PC not be Bluetooth enabled already
LOL! give me a perpetuum mobile

the funny thing is that we can make this joke real!
 
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#583
BTW, should we start a new thread for the USB/IP idea?

It should also be possible to eliminate to the IP layer
by replacing the USBnet driver on both sides with a direct
PTP protocol which simply encapsulates USB server IO in USB data packets.
that would probably have the highest throughput.
 

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USB over IP is a very different idea than the USB OTG subject, so I think it would be a good idea to start a new topic. But I'm not sure that the USB over IP software can (easily) be implemented on Maemo. So if the idea will be going anywhere i can't say yet.

Cheap USB over IP solution could open up a HUGE amount of creative new possibilities, could be interesting for those N900 push challenges

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#585
Originally Posted by titan View Post
BTW, should we start a new thread for the USB/IP idea?
Definitely!

I tried looking for more devices like this but they are far from pocketable or practical (belkin & io gear have some).

BT would be pointlessly slow indeed for such an application...
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The new USB/IP thread is here http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=489609

Originally Posted by Bernard View Post
But I'm not sure that the USB over IP software can (easily) be implemented on Maemo. So if the idea will be going anywhere i can't say yet.
why do you think it could be more difficult than on normal Linux desktops?
 

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Originally Posted by titan View Post
The new USB/IP thread is here http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=489609

why do you think it could be more difficult than on normal Linux desktops?
I don't have any motivation actually. I hope it isn't. Because I think I can get it to work on a normal debian install.
 
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http://www.electronicproductonline.c...oducts_id=2043

thats what they use for the n800, can it be used for n900? of course with miniusb to microusb
 
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Originally Posted by dyce View Post
thats what they use for the n800, can it be used for n900? of course with miniusb to microusb
Not for USB host, no.
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#590
http://www.inspector-gadget.co.uk/blog_134.shtml

Writing drivers to support the above may be a solution to the whole usb host mode problem. Assuming they are acctually available.

Id love to get something like this if it could be made to work.
 
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