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

[From: Bernard Tyers]

----- Original message -----
> 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.

Aha, now if you had mentioned that before it would have saved some time.

Bernard