Preview N900 unit arriving this week - Questions, Requests, Tests ?

[Micky]

Sure thing. I'm on the N900 now, so will check, and get back to you.

[Micky]

Yes, it does Luke







All the above done direct from N900

[SgtDuke]

Originally Posted by Micky

I was some 40km away the last time I used the GPS from today, and it got a lock instantly, but with the n900 the Map screen does not automatically change to your current position, instead, what it does is place a red dot pointer, which when you press it, the map smoothly zooms out a little, navigates to your current position, and zooms back in, this looks quite impressive, however, as experienced yesterday while out on the road with Maps on the N900, it does not focus on your position at anyone time whilst traveling, instead you see yourself as a marked position, but once you go off screen, you have to press the red pointer again, which then shows your position again, but only until you wander off the scree again.

Im hoping this will be fixed with the final release software, because currently, its not much use at all apart from finding yourself.

Thanks for all of the information you have provided about Ovi Maps so far. It's far more than I've heard from any other source since everyone seems to just completely avoid it. As I learned from another (p)review, it seems that Ovi Maps on the N900 is something of a "lite" version and is quite limited (so far no map loading, no syncing with maps.ovi.com, what else is it missing?...). I guess, naively, I was expecting more of a full Ovi Maps 3.x implementation that matched what people know of the latest version on S60 devices. I hope that a 3.x implementation for the N900 is in the works.

I do a lot of hiking out in the middle of nowhere and to create the route I need to spend some time setting waypoints on Ovi Maps based on my hiking map. This isn't so bad to do on a desktop/laptop with http://maps.ovi.com/ (and then send the route to the N900, if it supported syncing), but I imagine it would be a bit of a pain trying to enter all of the waypoints in the N900 itself since the display is much smaller and input is less precise.

But anyway, it would be great to see what the interface is actually like for entering destinations on a route and seeing if it displays proper visual navigation (coloured lines on the map showing you how to get between each destination) and text directions for both driving and walking options. Thanks!

[nirave]

Micky...

Given you've had an N97 on v12 (which I found was pretty cool and sorted most my problems) - would you buy the N900 for £500 direct from Nokia? Is it worth the money and is there any substantiating the rumours around Maemo 6 and February 10?

[Micky]

Originally Posted by SgtDuke

As I learned from another (p)review, it seems that Ovi Maps on the N900 is something of a "lite" version and is quite limited (so far no map loading, no syncing with maps.ovi.com, what else is it missing?...). I guess, naively, I was expecting more of a full Ovi Maps 3.x implementation that matched what people know of the latest version on S60 devices. I hope that a 3.x implementation for the N900 is in the works.

I do a lot of hiking out in the middle of nowhere and to create the route I need to spend some time setting waypoints on Ovi Maps based on my hiking map. This isn't so bad to do on a desktop/laptop with http://maps.ovi.com/ (and then send the route to the N900, if it supported syncing), but I imagine it would be a bit of a pain trying to enter all of the waypoints in the N900 itself since the display is much smaller and input is less precise.

But anyway, it would be great to see what the interface is actually like for entering destinations on a route and seeing if it displays proper visual navigation (coloured lines on the map showing you how to get between each destination) and text directions for both driving and walking options. Thanks!

I will cover routing soon. please remember, the software of these preview units is not complete, so there will obviously be things missing, or configurations not completed.

Originally Posted by nirave

Micky...

Given you've had an N97 on v12 (which I found was pretty cool and sorted most my problems) - would you buy the N900 for £500 direct from Nokia? Is it worth the money and is there any substantiating the rumours around Maemo 6 and February 10?

As you can see from my profile, I have already Pre-Ordered my N900, and its ordered direct from Nokia. I would say the N900 is worth every single penny of the asking price. The N900 has much more to offer over the N97, but at the moment, there are not that many applications available for it, but given time, this should improve.

As to Maemo6, I really don't know that much about it, and Im not reading too much into the N920 leaks at the moment, although i know it exists.

[Micky]

Correction. I have just heard from a Nokia employee, who is also a member here, so hopefully he will post too.

The N900 does indeed have a virtual keyboard, and it is possible to copy, and paste with keyboard closed.

[Micky]

Originally Posted by NZtechfreak

Oh, just remembered one other thing - can you get the IR remote app and test its range? It needs to be a couple of meters at least to be particularly useful, and testers are reporting better distances than that, but would be nice to have a confirmation from someone I trust!

Not had the time to test this, but will try and test it myself soon, but in the meantime, you may find these links useful..

Irreco Turns The N900 Into A Remote Control | Maemo-Guru.com

Irreco for N900 - maemo.org - Talk

Public Git Hosting - irreco.git/summary

Originally Posted by pseudofinn

Micky, would love to know if you can get logmein to run on it (works well on N810). Also, could you test Hava player? I've got a box for you to connect to over here.

And please, please, please- can you test speaker quality with reference to 5800 and/or N95 for Spyda. ;-)

Oh yeah, when she thaws out- if you've got a nice HDTV over there, can throw up some high quality video and film it with a good cam? Be sure to zoom in on the screen closely- not just framing the TV in the video, but really get in there so we can get a better idea how decent that TV out is?

Cheers, mate- enjoy that thing! :-D

What is logmein mate?

[MohammadAG]

Originally Posted by Micky

What is logmein mate?

http://logmein.com
It's a free service which allows you to connect to your PC and control it from anywhere in the world.
All functions except remote control itself will work, remote control requires IE (ActiveX), Firefox (xpl addon), Java, or HTTP. I think he's asking about the XPL addon

[Bartmanekul]

Micky, that's wonderful, thanks. Finally, a good calender and contact integration!

Those screenies looked good too, MUCH more touch friendly.

I might even be interested in a candybar version when it's out!

You should get a free N900 from Nokia tbh. No really, you should.

[Tommie]

Originally Posted by Micky

Very good point there about Navi licence.

Anyhow, my video compilation of N900 preview video sample is now live..

YouTube - N900 Preview Unit - Video Demos - Natural, Zoom & Macro

The actual recording quality is much better than that seen in this video. It looks as though youtube has lowered the quality quite substantially.

Will upload to Viddler, see if thats any better.

There be the HQ quality available in youtube and I most say
the video player in the N900 impress ! I like special the awsome macro option.