On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Igor Stoppa <igor.sto...@nokia.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 20:44 +0200, Gil Quim (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote: >> The N900 comes without USB host mode. When I asked I was told that the >> limitation comes at hardware level. > > I can confirm this. The most reasonable setup would have been to provide > the A connector, but only gadget mode working for the sales release, then > in a SW update to provide full spectrum support.
>> The reason for this decision was the complexity of providing support >> for charging, PC connectivity and USB OTG efficiently through the same >> Micro USB port within the project deadlines. > > Add to that several HW bugs that were discovered during the development > and needed workarounds. Does this simply mean it's not possible at all? not even for example booting in HOST only mode? > >> We needed to make choices and the decision was to sacrify USB OTG and >> concentrate on the essential use cases of charging and connecting to >> the PC, bringing the N900 to the market in its due time. > > Although noone really liked the choice we had to make. We do use our > products and as consumers we are aware of the limitations sometimes we > have to apply. Thanks a LOT for the answers, its really great to be able to get them!. Greetings Kees Jongenburger _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
