Comments on: N900 Disappointment http://blog.herlein.com/2009/12/n900-disappointment/ - the musings of Greg Herlein Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: gherlein http://blog.herlein.com/2009/12/n900-disappointment/comment-page-1/#comment-58 gherlein Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:02:30 +0000 http://blog.herlein.com/?p=129#comment-58 Good to hear that there are accelerometers in the hardware. I look forward to other things that may make me delighted with the N900 as well! Good to hear that there are accelerometers in the hardware. I look forward to other things that may make me delighted with the N900 as well!

]]> By: js http://blog.herlein.com/2009/12/n900-disappointment/comment-page-1/#comment-57 js Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:14:26 +0000 http://blog.herlein.com/?p=129#comment-57 A couple of points: That's the first report I've heard of the n900 having no accelerometer, are you sure it doesn't have one? AFAIK the lack of landscape / portrait flipping is a software issue, and Nokia has stated that they'll be issuing an update before the end of the year that enables portrait mode operation for everything, not just the phone app. Micro usb is the internationally agreed universal cell phone charger standard. It'd be strange for them to not use it. A couple of points:

That’s the first report I’ve heard of the n900 having no accelerometer, are you sure it doesn’t have one? AFAIK the lack of landscape / portrait flipping is a software issue, and Nokia has stated that they’ll be issuing an update before the end of the year that enables portrait mode operation for everything, not just the phone app.

Micro usb is the internationally agreed universal cell phone charger standard. It’d be strange for them to not use it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.herlein.com/2009/12/n900-disappointment/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Anonymous Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:38:56 +0000 http://blog.herlein.com/?p=129#comment-56 1) The N900 *does* have accelerometers. The software just doesn't automatically switch to portrait mode yet. In progress. 2) Various efforts exist to standardize the connector for mobile phones across vendors, and these efforts all picked the micro-USB connector. 3) How many people will want to tether a smartphone (the N900) to another phone? Nokia handled the common case, and avoided the complexity of a strange case. That said, I feel certain you could make it work. You might also consider submitting a Brainstorm idea suggesting that feature. 1) The N900 *does* have accelerometers. The software just doesn’t automatically switch to portrait mode yet. In progress.

2) Various efforts exist to standardize the connector for mobile phones across vendors, and these efforts all picked the micro-USB connector.

3) How many people will want to tether a smartphone (the N900) to another phone? Nokia handled the common case, and avoided the complexity of a strange case. That said, I feel certain you could make it work. You might also consider submitting a Brainstorm idea suggesting that feature.

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