On Monday 07 December 2009 02:24:39 pm Vitaly Bordug wrote: > В Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:04:18 -0800 > > Tim Ashman <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx> пишет: > > I just received my n900 over the weekend and have been playing around > > with it. Like most new devices some things are better, some seem > > worse. I thought I'd ask the group a couple of questions that I have > > to see if anything can be changed. > > > > 1. GPS/Maps seems to suck. First I don't have a phone data plan and > > I'm not getting one. WiFi for me. So when I turn on GPS I leave the > > Assisted part off (network) I can not ever get the gps to actually > > lock. I've left it on for hours without touching it and it never > > locks. > > Had same for me, while travelling. Would like to know the answer as > well... > > > Also when I start up the maps app it asks me for a wifi connection > > and I get a little downloading data indication. I have to cancel > > this not once but several times before the app gives up and really > > thinks I don't want to use data, or maybe it isn't available. > > > > So, first what is up with the GPS does it even work without the > > network connection. > > > > Second, it appears that once again nokia has screwed the pooch on the > > Map app, I would like to know if mapper ala (n810) is going to be > > available or is already. > > It is there - I have it installed from extras-devel repo. A bit flakey > right now, but quite usable already. > > > 2. Camera Flash - When I take a picture using the flash the left > > half on the picture is always noticeably brighter to the point that > > the picture looks like crap. I've tried this several different times > > in different lighting conditions with various results but everytime I > > can see the problem and it makes the flash unusable. Is something > > wrong with my unit or is this just how it is. > > Camera never actually left me disappointed - it does very good even in > darkness. Maybe I did not expect too much from it, but nothing like > above. > > > 3. Contact Lookup using keyboard - So you can begin typing a contacts > > name from any desktop and the contacts app will popup and narrow down > > your name, works great the first time. However the second time from > > any desktop nothing will happen. I've figured out that the first > > time this happens the system opens the contact list but never closes > > it. It the contact app is open then this feature doesn't work. So > > I've been having to close the contacts app myself everytime so that > > this feature works. Is this the intended functionality or a bug. > > Works for me. If contact list is open but on bg, it switches to > Contacts app. If a contact is selected in the latter, the feature won't > work but I find that reasonable, that means that I havent' finished > with that contact. If Contact list is closed, it reappears. > > But I have 41-10 so maybe a regression. I tried this again. this time I was able to repeat two lookups without closing. Maybe like you suggested I hadn't selected the first contact or used it. I'll keep playing with it maybe I will come up with a repeatable process. > > -Vitaly > > > That is all for now. I'm sure I will have more later. > > > > thank you > > > > tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
