[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Can a USB modem be attached to N800?

[From: Andrew J. Barr]

On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 14:18 +0530, mayank jain wrote:
> On 2/11/07, Andrew J. Barr <andrew.james.barr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 00:27 +0530, mayank jain wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I recently found that an ISP - Reliance Telecom here provides a USB
> > > modem, which uses CDMA technology for establishing a dial-up
> > > connection. This modem works perfectly with a Linux based machine.
> > >
> > > Device details at
> > > http://www.reliancecommunications.co.in/Communications/Netconnect/netconnect_hotnew.html
> > > Look for "Reliance Netconnect USB Modem".
> > >
> > > Is it possible that this modem can be attached to N800 & used for
> > > internet? Because if this is so, internet would be available to my
> > > device from almost anywhere - Wifi or no Wifi.
> >
> > You would want to find some kind of Bluetooth device for this. This
> > works fine with the Nokia tablets.
> >
> > The 770 had limited support for USB host mode but AFAIK the N800 doesn't
> > seem to have this feature. No one has tried it yet, at least ;)
> 
> Oh,
> 
> I just saw the thread mentioning 'injecting power into USB" - & this
> modem needs 5V/500ma, from USB - So i dont think this would be
> possible...

It would be horribly unwieldy, you'd need a power injector device as
well as a USB hub (or at least some kind of adapter). It would defeat
the "portable" aspect of the Nokia tablets.

This is why Bluetooth is ideal for this kind of situation; you'd have
your cell phone in your pocket, your tablet in hand...pervasive Internet
access almost anywhere. This is what I do, at least.

What you describe I believe was at least possible on the 770, however.

> Right Andrew?
> 
> :)
> Makuchaku
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