[maemo-developers] N900 usb host + power charge

[From: Laurent GUERBY]

On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 22:55 +0200, Kees Jongenburger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I plan to create a proposal for the push n900[1] and I plan to use the
> usb port. I have the following question.
> When the device is in usb-host mode it should of course provide power does it?
> Is it possible to charge the device while it's in usb-host mode?

The other way around: is it technically possible to have the n900 (and
n810) behave as an USB keyboard when connected to a PC? And even better
emulate any other USB device like a webcam, etc...?

When you see the price of a generic USB client PC extension card that
would be a great niche use of the n900/n810 :).

And given the high res camera, one could imagine using a N900 as
an IP KVM, USB as keyboard and camera facing an LCD to see what's
going on :).

Thanks in advance,

Laurent