Nokia World 2009 QA

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General Questions

What is your most favorite improvement?

What is the biggest change from previous tablets?

How has holding and playing with the N900 changed or re-enforced your previously held thoughts on it?


Carrier and release date questions

Is this coming to T-mobile USA as subsidized phone, and if yes, what date?

How long is the Exclusive period with T-Mobile in the USA?

AT&T Bands Planned, Timeframe?

CDMA Version Planned, Timeframe?

Any plans for Canada? Is the phone compatible with Rogers/Fido 3G?

Any plans whatsoever for Latin America launches (Brazil and Argentina, especifically)? Have Nokia talked to carriers (or vice-versa), is there anything to be said?

Any plans for an India launch? If so, at what price points? Also, any tie-ups with 3G-carriers (BSNL/MTNL) there to get the phone subsidized?

Will the warranty be valid for people in the USA who buy it unlocked?


N900 general hardware questions

Is there an internal battery for which would allow hot-swapping the main battery?

Is it a pressure-sensitive touchscreen (MaemoPad+ supports)?

To what extent you can use the N900 with one hand, i.e. portrait mode?

Is it possible to disable/turn off the cellular radio without disabling wifi/bluetooth? Can the cellular radio be turned off completely?

  • apparently pulling SIM chip will do this on Nokia phones

Is the memory card hot-pluggable?

Is a stylus included? Extra stylus?

Does the 3,5 mm AV-connector support stereo headsets that have also a microphone (for example Nokia WH-102)?

Is the N900 going to have dedicated keys for language specific characters (like åäö for us swedes for example?)

Will charging be possible with a "normal" Nokia charger (like this one) in addition to USB charging?

If USB is the only charging option, where will power come from for extended host-mode sessions (longer than battery life)? Y-cable again? Mini Y-cable is widely available, but not micro. Will Nokia supply a micro Y-cable, or are we back to hardware hacking?

Is there a "hole" or something to attach a lanyard (to secure it) ?

Does the video camera zoom while shooting a video?

Can we use FM without plugging in headset, i.e. does it have an internal FM antenna?

  • Just from reading the specs, it has no FM receiver, just an FM transmitter -- xav
  • Peter says it has a receiver, just no software --nathanael 19:45, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Does the TV out support VGA out too? And what are the available modes (PAL/NTSC/?)

  • Uses a Nokia CA-75U cable for video out. --nathanael 20:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Does it have a backlit keyboard?

  • According to Threads; Yes.

Does the device have a (maybe smaller) camera in its front for video calls?

  • Yes, Specs are 640x480 --nathanael 19:45, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

N900 audio questions

What are the maximum sampling rates on audio output/input (think xoscope)?

Is it possible to record high-quality (i.e. high bitrate) audio from the built-in microphone?

Could you test the sound with very very good headphone?

  • Unlikely - unless there are very good headphones available there. I'll take my "normal" headphones --06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you check that means no breath in headphones for music?

  • Don't understand. --06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
  • A very very small noise. It's a light "shhhhhhhh".

How does the N900 compare in volume to the N95/N800/N810 speakers when playing online videos from the browser and any youtube app such as digia, canola, mytube etc.?

  • Will depend on hardware available (I'll have my N810) and loudness on show floor. --06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


N900 OS questions

Will we be able to set the processor governor to performance mode like we could with the OMAP2 in the N8x0 devices?

Output of "df"?

Output of "cat /proc/partitions"?

Output of "free"?

Output of "cat /proc/meminfo"?

Output of "dmesg" (as soon as possible after device boots or first lines may be lost)?

Output of "lsmod"?

Is there connectivity preferences, ie choose wifi over cellular to keep data costs down?

Will Maemo 5 on N900 support DUN via Bluetooth? http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n900/specifications#hardware-con says it doesn't.

Is it possible to disable transitions (eye candy)? I believe an app will be available to do this.

  • There's already an app in Fremantle extras, put together by Urho Kontorri. --Jaffa 06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Is there a "Shared Folders" view in the File Manager like is Maemo 4?

How do you pull up a menu?

  • Tap the title bar as in every Maemo version to date (see SDK & videos) --Jaffa 06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

How do you switch tasks, or close the app?

  • See the videos, screenshots and SDK. Tap top-right to open Exposé-like switcher which has a close button. Top-level screen of each app also has an "X" icon. --Jaffa 06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Can we connect USB or Bluetooth keyboard, gamepad and mouse?

  • From Threads: Yes, as is supported by BlueZ stack.

Is there any system monitor to see in real time the ram, the cpu , etc ... ?

  • Every Maemo device to date has shipped with top --Jaffa 06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Will it support Dynamic WEP 802.1x wifi connections?


N900 built-in applications questions

Google "VOIP": What is the exact protocol used in the N900?

Support of SIP for VoIP?

What is the video support? How do they relate to the current implementation of Google Talk / Voice&Video Chat? Can you do N900 <-> Desktop?

Is there Jabber/XMPP support like in the old devices (connecting to other servers then the Google or Ovi server)?

Is there support for "normal" Jingle (the technology enabling Voice/Video Chat over Jabber/XMPP) as opposed to the version thereof Google Talk uses?

Calendar could be sync ... but what is the sync feature supported. (Gdata (google calendar), mlsync, ... ) ?

Will the calendar application be open source?

Can the calendar application access remote calendars over caldav?

Possibility to synchronize contacts with WebDAV?

Possibility to have multiple calendars, contacts, task lists and lists of memo?

Possibility synchronize the N900 with his PC (contacts, calendars, tasks and memo) via the USB cable with an Free, Open and Documented protocol?


N900 browser questions

Quality and smoothness on video sites like [Hulu.com], [openflv.com], Do they work in the stock browser?

Can I log on to secure websites and pay bills?

Try shopping with the browser on [amazon.com], does it crash when you add stuff to your basket?

Is it easy to accidentally click a link on the edge of the screen if a webpage is open and you sit it down and then pick it back up?

Does the browser support client-side SSL Certificates?

Will be there support for Nokia WRT or W3C widgets?

Support of "<video>" and "<audio>" tag of HTML5?

Support of plug-ins?

Does the browser support Java applets?

Do we have to wait for it to load completely before we scroll? (try engadget)

Third-party applications questions

In non-Fremantalized apps running full screen, how do you switch back to non-full screen mode, like fbreader? From the video it looks like a keyboard combination?

  • Video shows Ctrl-Backspace. Will test. --Jaffa 06:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

In apps running full screen (without a title bar), is there a default key combo to bring up a menu (since the N900 is lacking a menu hard key)?

Can we install a webkit based web browser (like arora or midori) instead of default gecko one?

  • From Threads: Yes.

Can we set a third party browser as the default browser?

Is it possible to use Skype for video calls?

N900 gaming questions

When will the N-Gage gaming platform be available on Maemo?

What games come pre-installed?

What games will Nokia publish for Maemo, and is EA (Electorinc Arts) gonna publish the FIFA or other games on Maemo? If yes, when?

Development and hacker questions

When will the Ovi Store open for Maemo?

Are we going to be able to run a chroot environment, possibly in a separate display like in Xephyr, to enable easy debian or easy ubuntu or easy mer or whatever?

What development tools will be available for developers (C++ framework name)?

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