[maemo-users] 3G dongle connected to N900?

[From: Jan Knutar]

On Sunday 07 March 2010, Bernard Tyers wrote:
> ----- Original message -----
> 
> > On Saturday 06 March 2010, Bernard Tyers wrote:
> > > Is it possible to connect a 3G dongle, via USB cable and running
> > > the USB host software on the N900, providing you with cellular
> > > data access?
> >
> > N900 does not have USB Host Mode, so no.
> 
> I am sure I saw USB host mode software in a repos. (Goes to check...)
>  Yes there is an application called USBControl which says "Enables
>  USB host port to use eg USB mem sticks....etc".
> 
> I guess this is the same function as the USB Host app on N800?
> 
> Any other comments?

Other than "It doesn't work", no.

USBControl was uploaded before anyone had a device in their hands and 
discovered there's no USB Host mode.