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freemangordon is offline freemangordon
2011-02-25 , 06:35
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And most of Bluetooth keyboards/mice work, you can use BT instead of USB. Composite quality is not that bad, but still limited to PAL/NTSC resolution. Honestly I am not aware of someone tried hard to output higher resolution using external VGA, so who knows, maybe it will be available at some point(if only I have time ).
 
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woody14619 is offline woody14619
2011-02-25 , 06:36
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Sigh, as I was typing my reply, you replied a lot.

Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
is there a dedicated repository or some other way to know this in advance?. Wouldn't everything compiled for ARMEL work on the N900?.
The standard armel repositories will have some tools that will probably work... but mixing repositories can lead to lots of troubles. Different versions of library packages, etc. The community repositories for Maemo are pretty extensive, and there's an ok VMware based cross-compiler tool kit out there to build stuff on. And yes, you CAN build stuff on the device (with a good deal of effort), but it's very slow for doing that, even with overclocking.

Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
I'm not concerned with HD so much but more with VGA. being able to plug it into a monitor (requires a VGA/DVI digital signal) is useful.
The display on the device is barely VGA itself (800x600?). You won't get that out of the RCA out regardless of any adapter you plug in. The output is NTSC/PAL, which is limited sub-VGA output. The only way you're going to get real VGA out is with a USB-plugin video adapter.

If video quality is a huge issue for you, you don't want the N900. It's a great device, and the display is great. But it's video-out is limited. If you want something with high-def output, get something with a mini-HDMI port. The N900 is RCA/NTSC out, or at best VGA out with a USB display adapter.
 
mike1 is offline mike1
2011-02-25 , 06:55
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Thanks all for the detailed replies-plenty of good info to glean.

Regarding the repository, isn't it possible to install packages from the debian ARMEL repository? most of the i386 packages have been ported (based on the deb packages page).

Regarding display, usb2vga is fine but can the cpu support this? I've heard getting display out of a usb port is cpu-intensive.
Can someone provide more detailed pointers?.

I'm not planning to run cpu-intensive apps but I am interested in a mobile device capable of running reasonably-well the mainstream desktop apps.
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2011-02-28 , 03:28
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I'm bumping this thread hoping to get more advice on the usb->vga option. anyone willing to share their experience? how to set this up and which adapters works?.

Thanks.
 

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2011-02-28 , 03:51
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Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
I'm bumping this thread hoping to get more advice on the usb->vga option. anyone willing to share their experience? how to set this up and which adapters works?.

Thanks.
I'm guessing it's by using the DisplayLink adaptors which have drivers in the Linux kernel already (it's been tested on the Pandora handheld by a few people). Sorry I can't provide any more information.
 
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