n800 USB OTG adapter
The Nokia n800 USB OTG adapter costs a measly six Canadian dollars. http://www.electronicproductonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1781 Mini USB B connector for Nokia N800 Female A USB connector for standard USB devices Compact size makes it easy to carry I recently purchased a Plantronics 470 USB headset. It's Skype friendly. http://www.headsetzone.com/-audio470usb.html I'm planning to use it primarily for podcasting. Would the OTG adapter enable me to use the Plantronics 470 as the n800's microphone? Is it possible to create an mp3 file of a podcast in the n800 somehow? I'll save money if I don't have to buy a bluetooth headset. Can the n800 be a mobile podcasting platform? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: pipe character on n810
You can remap the n810's built-in hardware keyboard and replace the
yen or euro symbol with the pipe | symbol.
Edit the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-44 file.
Change this...
key { [ m, M, euro, euro ] };
To this...
key { [ m, M, bar, bar ] };
Do a hard reset. Pipe | is now Fn-m.
I found the above info by googling. URL available on request.
Finding | on the n800's virtual keyboard is a little tricky, too.
First select Caps (second row down on your far lefthand side) and
then select !e (third row down on your far righthand side)
http://sillyblog.net/images/screenshot_20080114_3.png
Then select Symbols (top row, second closest to your far lefthand
side) and then select | (see URL below)
http://sillyblog.net/images/screenshot_20080211.png
It's above the copyright symbol, next to pi.
Tallyho,
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pipe character on n810
Where is the | button or key combination on the n810 hardware (built-in) keyboard? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: apps install problem
sebastian wrote: Has image quality improved in OS2008? Surely there are some apps. I think Mirage will do. Nevertheless if you don't get satisfied, you can use Python Image module to manipulate and enhance images... I meant the images generated by the camera app. Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: apps install problem
sebastian wrote: slow but sure. http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2007 Right. I don't know why it's so slow. Maybe they're working on the server, or maybe lots of new users this Christmas :) escape key, which is necessary in the vi editor. I don't know N800. But with N770 the escape hardware key is good for escaping VIM. It's true that there's no escape virtual key, but not necessary. Yes, there is a hardware button above the Home button on the n800 that can be used as an Esc key. Problem solved. And I was unable to find the dash (-) symbol on the virtual keyboard. This is needed for many UNIX commands (ls -f) as I'm sure you know. This is hard to understand. There must be a dash symbol, near the numbers. In what language are you working with your Tablet? American English. I found the dash symbol. Yes, it's on the virtual numeric keypad. Problem solved. I'm a touch typist and never use a keypad. I'm sure hackers found it there right away. http://sillyblog.net/wordpress/?p=10 Took this picture (see URL above) using the n800's camera. I described it as an unflattering self-portrait in my blog, but I actually sort of like it. Has image quality improved in OS2008? Regardless, I look forward to playing with the beta camera app's video sometime soon in downtown Riverside, California. Maybe in front of the UCR Museum of Photography. It's part of the university's ArtsBlock of renovated buildings. http://www.artsblock.ucr.edu/about_mission.lasso If all goes well, I'll upload a Quicktime movie eventually. Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.well.com/user/silly ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
apps install problem
Mind if I ask another dumb question? Downloaded base-repository.install (for OS2007) to Mac mini. Uploaded base-repository.install from Mac mini to n800 via USB. No problem. Application Manager - Application - Install from file... - Select application - Removable memory card - base-repository - Add new catalog? - OK - Select connection - Cancel - Unable to refresh list. Last refreshed list is shown. Changing to offline mode did no good. The n800 insisted on making a wireless connection to the web. The thing is, no wireless hotspot is available to me now. I'm planning to install a WAP in my room and connect it to a wired router eventually, but not tonight. Am I doing something wrong? There must be some way to install apps without WiFi. Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: apps install problem
sebastian wrote: Maybe I should use the flasher to install OS2008. Then I could use xterm. I'll assume that WiFi would no longer be mandatory then. If you're able to use xterm, then you'll find a real Debian system with usual features. But I don't understand your remark about WiFi. Every time you change your /etc/apt/sources.list, you should run 'apt-get update' with an active internet connection. It's the same. Silly me. I just assumed that anything you can do in Linuxland without xterm can be done better with xterm. Thanks for correcting my erroneous thinking. In an earlier post to this list, you said that one could manually download the deb packages directly from the web repositories to your PC and then transfer them to your tablet via USB. Then install them directly with Application Manager. Red Pill Mode isn't needed to do it this way, right? I'm sorry that I mentioned it earlier--it's a bit of a red herring, I guess. I like the way that it lists dependencies. I've had some difficulties finding the proper deb packages at the web repositories. Is an active internet connection required after the deb packages are downloaded to the n800? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Flasher for Mac OS X problem
I'm using the Nokia 770 Flasher for Mac OS X v0.8.1 for the first time. The external memory card is removed from the n800. The USB cable is connected directly from the n800 to the Mac mini--no USB hub. The n800 is turned off. I use the flasher to locate the image and select it. I wait until the flasher says Suitable USB device not found, waiting and then I turn on the n800. I press down on the Home button as I press down on the power button. Here what I get... SW version in image: RX-34_2007SE_4.2007.38-2_PR_MR0 Image 'kernel', size 1317632 bytes Version 2.6.18-200738osso1 Image 'initfs', size 1704576 bytes Version 0.94-17 Image 'rootfs', size 87162880 bytes Version RX-34_2007SE_4.2007.38-2_PR_MR0 Image '2nd', size 8064 bytes Valid for RX-34: 1301, 1302, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1601, 1602 Version 1.1.6-5 Image 'xloader', size 9088 bytes Valid for RX-34: 1301, 1302, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1601, 1602 Version 1.1.6-5 Image 'secondary', size 95872 bytes Valid for RX-34: 1301, 1302, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1601, 1602 Version 1.1.6-5 USB device found found at bus 004, device address 003-0421-0105-02-00 sh: line 1: /Applications/Utilities/Nokia: No such file or directory Found device RX-34, hardware revision 1301 NOLO version 1.1.2 Version of 'sw-release': RX-34_2007SE_1.2006.47-20_PR_MR0 Sending xloader image (8 kB)... 100% (8 of 8 kB, avg. 2958 kB/s) That's all the flasher will do. How long should I wait before giving up? I've waited about ten minutes. Nothing happens. Should I wait longer? I bought the n800 last January. I'm kind of disgusted that there's still no Mac OS X support from Nokia. The amazing Linux device! Microsoft Windows required for OS upgrade. ;-) Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Flasher for Mac OS X problem
Jonathan Greene wrote: Try holding the Home (house) key down when you power up... seems to help get things connected and keep the USB mode active I did hold it down during the initial power-up and USB connection. I stopped holding it down shortly after the flasher recognized the n800. Should I hold down the Home key longer than that? Approximately how long should the entire upgrade process take? Thirty seconds? Ten minutes? An hour and a half? sh: line 1: /Applications/Utilities/Nokia: No such file or directory This worries me a little. Does it mean anything? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Flasher for Mac OS X problem
Yes, I'd renamed the OS X subdirectory Nokia flasher months ago. I changed the name back to Nokia and the flasher worked. Thanks for your help. I upgraded to the most recent version of OS2007. I'll flash OS2008 eventually. Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: camera
Have you tried GPS-Camera v1.0 beta for n800 and n810 running OS2008? It will take pictures and save them as image files even if you don't have GPS installed. http://gps-camera.garage.maemo.org/ BTW, camera v2.9 video beta is a video recording application for the web cam. It's for the n800 running OS2007 only. Not for OS2008. https://garage.maemo.org/projects/camera/ Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sillyblog.net ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: further beating on OS2008 beta
Martin Grimme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still wondering why Nokia now includes an X Terminal by default. Or is it just there in the beta releases? Mac OS X installs Terminal.app by default. This is a Good Thing. Please continue installing xterm by default in OS2008, and thank you for improving the n800. Tallyho, Thomas Armagost digitally doodling http://www.well.com/user/silly Don't forget to register to vote - Frank Zappa ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Bluetooth 2.0 keyboards
http://www.apple.com/keyboard It's as if Apple designed it just for me. Their new wireless keyboard is the one that I want to use with the n800. Small and lightweight enough to carry in a day pack. Ideal for use in a motel room while traveling. I'm worried that maybe Apple has crippled it in such a way that it won't work with the n800. I hope not. Another new thin Bluetooth 2.0 keyboard that caught my eye is the Sigma Elysium. The metallic copper color would nicely complement the n800, I think. It's only available in Japan so far. http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/ultra_stylish_bluetooth_keyboard.php The iGo model SBT5E (formerly ThinkOutside Sierra) Stowaway keyboard can be found online for as little as $80US. http://www.compsource.com/pn/SBT5ER/Igo_1121 Sony is marketing the model VGPXTBTUE Stowaway keyboard, which costs more and has only four rows of gray keys instead of the Sierra's five rows of black keys. I don't know if the Sony model works with an n800. I'm worried about the Sierra's future now that Sony is in the game. Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.well.com/user/silly Don't forget to register to vote - Frank Zappa ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: viewing digital photos
I'm wondering about Quiver image viewer. http://mike.yi.org/projects/quiver/wiki/QuiverForMaemo Looks like a keeper. Donationware. Another one that interests me is Mirage image viewer. http://maemo.org/downloads/product/mirage/ Supports png, jpg, xpm, gif, bmp, tiff, and others. Rotating, zooming, flipping, resizing, cropping. More features. Has anyone given it a tryout? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost http://www.well.com/user/silly Don't forget to register to vote - Frank Zappa James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Armagost wrote: Internet Tablet Talk says that the 800x480 pixel screen has a 225 pixels per inch resolution. I'd like to use the n800 as an image viewer. I'd like to swap my digital camera's SD card back and forth. What software do you recommend for viewing digital photos (JPG format) on the n800? It already can display digital photos. I just copied some onto an SD RAM card and used the file manager to find them. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
viewing digital photos
Internet Tablet Talk says that the 800x480 pixel screen has a 225 pixels per inch resolution. I'd like to use the n800 as an image viewer. I'd like to swap my digital camera's SD card back and forth. What software do you recommend for viewing digital photos (JPG format) on the n800? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost http://www.well.com/user/silly Don't forget to register to vote - Frank Zappa ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
upgrade n800 using a Mac?
Hello, I'm using an Apple (OS X.4 Tiger) Mac mini G4 (PPC) and I'd like to install the n800 upgrade (version number 4.2007.26-8) via USB. I'm unable to find any mention of support (or lack thereof) at Nokia. http://www.nokiausa.com/A4410958 I'm unable to find any mention of support (or lack thereof) at Maemo. http://maemo.org/news/view/1183705330.html Jonathan Greene posted a pointer to some info about using a Mac to upgrade the n800 a few months ago. I'm unable to find the info that he posted to this list. Tallyho, Thomas Armagost http://www.well.com/user/silly Don't forget to register to vote - Frank Zappa ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: upgrade n800 using a Mac?
Paul, I was thinking about using the command line flasher utility. http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php says: flasher utility (MacOS X on PPC) for the Nokia 770 Will it work with the n800? Nothing for Intel Macs? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost http://www.well.com/user/silly Don't forget to register to vote - Frank Zappa On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Paul Klapperich wrote: For MacOSX you can use the command line flasher utility. From www.maemo.org click Developement, SDK Releases, Maemo 3.x Bora. That will take you here: http://maemo.org/development/sdks/maemo-3-x--bora-.html Now in the highlites it says You can use the same flasher utility... Click the word flasher. That will bring you to the download page where you can get the flasher utility. It seems a little convoluted, but it's the only way I know how to get to it ;) --Paul ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: upgrade n800 using a Mac?
Jonathan, 770Flasher.app is probably what I'll end up using. Do I have to install version 2 and then version 3 and then version 4 of the firmware? I'd rather frogleap from version 1 to version 4. Is that advisable? Is there some secret to removing the SD cards? I'm afraid that I'll break the machine if I yank 'em too hard. Is it okay if I pull 'em out with tweezers? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost http://www.well.com/user/silly Don't forget to register to vote - Frank Zappa On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Jonathan Greene wrote: Thomas - The best way I know how to flash on Mac is to use Andrew Flegg's 770 Flasher app which can be found here - http://www.bleb.org/software/770/ I've written up a how-to with backup instructions over here - http://www.maemoapps.com/2007/03/24/ updated-to-2007-v3-all-good-heres-how-you-can-prepare-with-a-good-backup/ ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] Wireless Access Point
http://www.dlink.com/products/resource.asp?pid=326rid=1151sec=0 [click on URL to see diagram] Here's what I want to do. I have a wired D-Link DI-604 router. I want to plug a D-Link 802.11g Wireless Access Point into an ethernet LAN port of the wired router, and then plug a Mac mini into another ethernet LAN port, and then plug a cable modem into the WAN port of the wired router. I don't want the Mac mini to be wireless. However, I do want the n800 to have wi-fi broadband capability, needless to say. D-Link device configuration is web-based. Their support page says that Java-enabled Opera 6 or above will work, but I'm not absolutely certain that the n800's Opera 8 browser can get the job done. I think that I could use the Mac mini to configure the Wireless Access Point for the n800 if necessary. I haven't bought the Wireless Access Point yet. I downloaded the PDF manual. Will my plan work? Tallyho, Thomas Armagost [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.well.com/user/silly/ Registered Linux User #254523 http://counter.li.org/ ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
