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2009-09-07
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#151
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Originally Posted by dadiduekappa
Since the SDK runs with 65k colors, I suppose the actual device will be the same.
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2009-09-07
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#152
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Originally Posted by pycage
nah, thats silly, it cant have only 65k colors..even my old N70 has more (262k)...i assume it has 16 million...atleast thats what the reviewer at the czech site told me...ill try to ask him where he got the info...
Since the SDK runs with 65k colors, I suppose the actual device will be the same.
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2009-09-07
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#153
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I don't know technically how many colours it has, but I know it has plenty of them. The images look good. 
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2009-09-07
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#154
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I don't remember exactly where I saw this but it is supposed to be 16M colours.
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2009-09-07
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#155
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The (byte) size of the framebuffer is the same as it was on the N8x0-es, so it hints the same (65K) color configuration. However, at the N900's DPI, you're really pushing for fighter pilot eyesight if you can see significant (I daresay almost any) difference.
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2009-09-07
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#156
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Dithering actually looks good at this high resolution.
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2009-09-07
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#157
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
You are right, and I now realise that my question does not belong in this thread or the wiki, but in the thread about N900 Specifications. My apologies for that.
Perhaps your intense reaction stems from a misunderstanding of the meaning of "support" in this context?
Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
I had in mind the vast public that Nokia is missing. A lot of the laptops and notebooks that travellers haul in their hand baggage could be replaced by Maemo devices. Problem is, those travellers and their employers have never heard of Maemo. For the record, most of them don't care in the least about Accelerometer-Induced Enhanced Delusion, or the other features that sell well in the toyshop. One of the things they do want is to be able to plug in their USB sticks at print shops whose owners might object to unfamiliar devices.
The vast majority of Nokia's customers don't care in the least about host-mode support.
Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Part of my question was, "Are we back to hardware hacking?" It sounds as though the answer might be "Yes."
I don't know how you will provide power to the device while in host-mode (perhaps tapping into the USB pins in the battery compartment) ...
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2009-09-07
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#158
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Originally Posted by scaler
Unfortunately I still think that the barriers to migration for these users will go well beyond USB issues.
I had in mind the vast public that Nokia is missing. A lot of the laptops and notebooks that travellers haul in their hand baggage could be replaced by Maemo devices. Problem is, those travellers and their employers have never heard of Maemo. For the record, most of them don't care in the least about Accelerometer-Induced Enhanced Delusion, or the other features that sell well in the toyshop. One of the things they do want is to be able to plug in their USB sticks at print shops that might object to unfamiliar devices.
Originally Posted by scaler
I definitely would've preferred either dual MicroUSB ports or a 2mm jack (I only have about a thousand AC-4Us lying around), but both cost and user confusion come into play here.
Part of my question was, "Are we back to hardware hacking?" It sounds as though the answer might be "Yes."
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2009-09-12
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#159
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Originally Posted by qole
OK bad news, using the standard micro USB cable, my always-useful Female-Female adapter, and an 8GB USB key, I installed and ran "usbcontrol" from the repositories and the mode wouldn't switch from "b_idle" to "host" at all. Trying the old "echo host > /sys/.../musb_hdrc/mode" had the same result. Whatever you write, it is overwritten with "b_idle"...
When you search this kernel patch
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo5.0alpha/free/k/kernel/kernel_2.6.28-20090702r01.diff.gz
for "USB OTG" you can find comments like
+ * MENTOR USB OTG controller on OMAP3430
+ * USB: OTG: Introduce new otg.c code
+ * USB: MUSB: Set OTG_ERR_DEVICE_NOT_SUPPORTED for devices drawing too much power
and so on... This gives me some hope!