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N900 as secondary display

Posted on 2010-03-17 06:32 UTC by Janne Palo. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Utilities.

I would like the possibility to use my N900 as a secondary PC monitor.

I know there are Remote Desktop apps but this is not what i need. What i need is a app or mod to get the PC to identify N900 as a 800*480 lcd (touchscreen) monitor, where i could extend my desktop (windows, linux, osx, all wich have multiscreen support). This would add hundreds of possibilities to N900 + home PC usage.

 
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get MfE (Mail for Exchange) to auto connect and disconnect to internet on a schedule

Posted on 2010-03-17 10:02 UTC by kevin eaton. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Internet & Networking.

Mail for exchange is great. however, the battery on the N900 isnt. i dont want to have to be connected to the internet all the time to sync exchange as the battery drains like crazy. i would like to get a synch done say every half hour. i would like mfe to auto open a connection to the internet (which connection to use can be based on a preference list - see below) on a user definable schedule, and then sync everything, then close the internet connection.
 
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Voicemail Notifications

Posted on 2010-03-19 02:31 UTC by Jeff Geisperger. Status: Under consideration, Categories: User Experience.

No easy way to know if you have unlistened to voicemails.
 
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Phone app: call forwarding

Posted on 2010-03-24 17:57 UTC by Dan Söderlund. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Other.

When you put a call on hold, call a second one and then want to connect the two and disconnect youself, you press "4 + send" or something like that. I'ts some kind of standard 3G net function...and it's used in the swedish operator Tre in their Switch service. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on the N900.

I had a chat with Nokia/Tre where they explained that this possibility is NOT implemented yet om the N900.

 
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ANT+ support

Posted on 2010-03-27 20:14 UTC by Nathan Simons. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Education & Science, Internet & Networking, Location & Navigation, Utilities, System, Programming, Devices, Accessories.

There exists a protocol named ANT+ which is touted as a low power wireless sensor network. Many devices use it, in particular bicycle computers and heart rate monitors. It apparently uses frequencies in the 2.4GHz band. I know there are many transceivers in the N900. I was hoping one of them could be made to work with ANT+. Even though I am a developer, I have never worked with wireless protocols or RF in general, so I thought I would ping on others here before going on a wild goose chase.

ANT+ homepage

Some Linux software already works with the protocol using a USB adaptor that is basically an ANT+ to serial adaptor:

Garmin ANT+ data downloader

another ANT+ utility

Garmin ANT+ decoder

Talk thread here.

 
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