Brainstorm: In development

Add Portrait mode input

frals@frals.se (Nick Leppänen Larsson) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:23:28 +0000

To allow input in one-handed portrait mode usage, one would need an effective input method.

E.g. when using a portrait mode messaging client.

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MMS Support

frals@frals.se (Nick Leppänen Larsson) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:14:57 +0000

MMS support is missing from the N900/Maemo5.

This is a feature those of us with friends without push e-mail (and the likes) do quite enjoy on our current phones.

Related talk-thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32129

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SyncML support in Maemo5

jukey@ju-key.de (Uwe Kaminski) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:58:36 +0000

Maemo5 does not support SyncML out of the box. SyncML is a standard used to synchronize clients with a SyncML server. There are open source server software (like Funambol provides) and a lot of clients for nearly every plattform as you can see here. The idea is to have also a solution to synchronize Contacts, calendar entries, tasks and notes (and maybe more stuff) from the N900 (Maemo5) to a SyncML server.

Services (free and paid) offering SyncML can be found here.

Thread in talk.maemo.org to discuss: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37034

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Portrait mode support to the browser

spam1@meins.net (Corwin Amber) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:02:31 +0000

It would be great if the browser could also be used in portrait mode. Some pages just fit better that way. Also for one handed reading it would be better to hold the device in portrait mode.

Furthermore all of the competition supports it, users might be wondering why this is not the case here.

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Add universal support for ASR (automatic screen rotation) throughout the UI

christexaport@sbcglobal.net (Marcus McFann) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:42:00 +0000

It would be nice if the N900's UI rotated no matter what app you used. While third party apps can stipulate a specific mode such as portrait or landscape, the UI should support it natively in all parts of the UI.

The N97 is a perfect example of a similarly configure device that supports ASR and can be used as a case study.

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Hardware-Keys should control Media-Player, even when locked

lists@prometoys.net (Keywan Najafi Tonekaboni) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:55:40 +0000

I want to use the Internet-Tablets as a media-player (like iPod). But it's difficult to change a song or the volume, when it's locked in my pocket. The hardware-keys like (+),(-) and (toggle fullscren) could be used to control media-player, even though touchscreen and keyboard is locked.

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Implement portrait mode in Maps

luarvique@gmail.com (Marat Fayzullin) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:22:31 +0000

Using Fremantle Maps in portrait mode is important for pedestrian navigation. The user would carry the device in his pocket, taking it out with one hand to quickly glance at the map. Portrait orientation gives following advantages:

1. No need to rotate the device, stored vertically in ones pocket.

2. Possible to hold and use the device with one hand, like Nokia's Symbian phones.

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Constellation-follow your star

chemist@maemo.org (Rüdiger Schiller) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:50:20 +0000

I am looking for a program|widget|theme-background to follow the current nights sky relative to my location with a helping hand to figure out which constellation I am able to see atm.

talk: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=36264

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Make Cellular Data Stats Easier For Users To Find

jay@zerojay.com (Jason Carter) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:53:54 +0000

In Maemo 5, cellular data statistics (transmitted and received) are hidden away deep. Users must go through the following to find their usage information:

1) Open Settings from the Task Manager button.

2) Click on Phone.

3) Scroll down past the numerous phone settings.

4) Click on Data Counters button.

Seeing as the N900 is the first of the internet tablets to have a built-in cellular radio, users are going to be compelled to use a lot more data than they might have usually. In a lot of areas of the world, unlimited data plans just do not exist, opening users up to lots of potential overusage charges on top of their data plans.

The solution must be in a place that is easily accessible by the user and easily visible in places where the user tends to spend a lot of time.

Optionally, alarms could be set to allow the tablet to warn the user whenever they are within a certain percentage of the maximum data use allowed by their provider, set by the user.

Potential programmers/widget makers, you can retrieve the data for the phone's data connection through /proc/net/dev. The connection name whose data we are interested in is named phonet0 within /proc/net/dev and is accessible without root.

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Ovi Maps Turn by Turn Navigation

sascha.makela@gmail.com (Sascha Makela) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:44:44 +0000

Currently there is no Turn by Turn Navigation in Ovi Maps. However, this is an essential feature for a Navigation application. The only question is how should this be implemented.

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