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Firefox 4 Beta 4 Released for Nokia N900, Faster and More Responsive

Mark Guim — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:08:07 +0000

The latest Firefox 4 beta for the Nokia N900 was released today, version Beta 4. To get it, go to Firefox.com/m/beta on your default browser. The Mozilla team says this update features faster start-up, page load times and responsiveness to panning and zooming. If you still have your Maemo device, don’t hesitate to try it [...]

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XpressMusic Media Bar Unofficially Ported to Nokia N900

Mark Guim — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:01:12 +0000

Nokia XpressMusic devices such as the Nokia 5800 or 5530 have a touch button on the top corner to bring up shortcuts to core apps. This functionality has been introduced to the Nokia N900 thanks to MohammadAG from the Maemo forums. The shortcuts are activated by holding the proximity sensor on the Nokia N900. MohammedAG [...]

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Nokia N900 is Amazon’s Most Popular Gift Phone of 2010

Mark Guim — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:51:07 +0000

Amazon.com today released its “Best of 2010″ lists, which include the bestselling, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2010. The Nokia N900 was the most frequently purchased as gifts in the wireless category! Yay for Nokia and Maemo! The Nokia N900 started shipping in the US last November. The data [...]

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TwimGo for Nokia N900 Updated to 2.0.15, Adds Old/New Retweet & In Reply To

Mark Guim — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:27:46 +0000

TwimGo, the best Twitter client for the Nokia N900, was just updated to version 2.0.15. It now includes old and new retweets, and the ability to view original tweets when viewing reply details. You can download the new version at twimgo.com, but make sure to remove older versions before installing the new one. TwimGo is [...]

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Geocaching Around Dublin

Mark Guim — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:16:13 +0000

There’s a huge geocaching scene around us that I can’t believe I just stumbled upon. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. I was introduced to this treasure hunt by some of the attendees here at the Meego Coference. Here’s my first experience hunting caches [...]

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Nokia N900 PR 1.3 Update Now Available

Mark Guim — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:36:24 +0000

There is a new update for the Nokia N900 dubbed PR 1.3, but you’ll see it in the device as version 20.2010.36-2. The update adds support for PC Ovi Suite to access and sync files and messages between your Nokia N900 and desktop. There are also tweaks and fixes that should make the Nokia N900 [...]

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Palm Hires Former Head of Meego/Maemo, Ari Jaaksi

Mark Guim — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:16:13 +0000

All things Digital claims that Ari Jaaksi, the former Head of Meego and Maemo is joining Palm as Senior Vice President of webOS. He’s expected to start in November. Ari Jaaksi resigned from Nokia earlier this month for personal reasons. I guess now we know what those reasons are. Ari Jaaksi taking a photo with [...]

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Nokia N900 PR 1.3 Update Coming Soon With Dual Boot to Meego

Mark Guim — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:01:52 +0000

Don’t forget about the Nokia N900! Word on the net (the Meego blog to be specific) is that PR 1.3 update is coming soon and that you’ll be able to dual boot between Maemo and Meego. The last update, PR 1.2 was released last May. Do you still have your Nokia N900? Post updated with [...]

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Nokia N900 Demoes Real-time Face Tracker

Mark Guim — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:21:34 +0000

Researchers at the University of Manchester revealed a real-time face tracker on a mobile phone this week and decided to use the Nokia N900 for demo. The aim for the research is to do both face and voice verification using the camera and microphone built into mobile phones for secure access to apps without passwords. [...]

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Joikuspot for Nokia N900 Now Available at Ovi Store

Mark Guim — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:45:44 +0000

Joikuspot, an app that lets you turn your device into a wifi hotspot is now available at the Ovi Store for the Nokia N900. The Maemo version came out of beta last March and has been ready for purchase and download at Joiku’s own site. Its presence in the Ovi Store now makes it even [...]

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Hermes for Nokia N900 Updated to 0.8.2 With Find-as-You-Type

Mark Guim — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:20:25 +0000

Hermes for the Nokia N900 is an awesome tool that fills in your contacts’ missing info and photo with data found from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Gravatar. It was a pain doing it manually for unmatched names, but the new version 0.8.2 now contains find-as-you-type contact matching for faster results. Hermes [...]

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Weatherbug for Nokia N900 Now Available at Ovi Store

Mark Guim — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:36:55 +0000

Weatherbug just showed up at the Ovi Store for the Nokia N900. I recorded a video overview of the app so you can see how it works before downloading the app. There aren’t many apps at the Ovi Store, so it’s kind of a big deal when something new shows up. Take a look. You [...]

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Less Than A Week Left to Submit Apps For Calling All Innovators & Win Up to $50K

Mark Guim — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:08:05 +0000

This is a reminder that the deadline for developers to submit their apps for Calling All Innovators contest is June 10th, 2010. It is a worldwide competition that challenges developers to create apps and services for Nokia devices. There are several cash prizes of up to $50,000 plus other incentives. Here’s a video overview from [...]

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Paid Apps For Nokia N900 Showing Up in Ovi Store Again

Mark Guim — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:17:21 +0000

The Ovi Store (beta) for the Nokia N900 started selling paid apps again. So far, we notice the addition of Angry Birds level pack for $1.99 USD and QuickPanorama Pro for $2.99 USD. Let’s hope this gives an incentive for more developers come out with more apps. Payments are handled via credit card connected to [...]

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Nokia Messaging for Nokia N900 Missing From T-Mobile USA Users? (Updated)

Mark Guim — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:26:21 +0000

Updated with Nokia’s response below. I updated my Nokia N900 to Maemo 1.2 and wanted to start everything from scratch. The first thing I wanted to set up was my email. To get push email on the Nokia N900, I needed to add my Gmail accounts through the Nokia Messaging option. To my surprise, it [...]

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How to Manually Update Nokia N900 to Maemo 1.2

Mark Guim — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:58:27 +0000

Nokia announced on Tuesday they plan to release Maemo 1.2 (version 10.2010.19-1) over-the-air to users this week, but instead of waiting, you can do it manually right now. The catch is that it’ll erase everything you’ve installed or stored in your device. Read on for the guide if you’re still interested. Detailed instructions for flashing [...]

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Phone Running Meego 1.0 Demoed at Intel Developer Forum

Mark Guim — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:33:31 +0000

Intel and Nokia announced their creation of the Meego platform a couple of months ago and now there’s a video from Intel showing version 1.0 on several devices including a phone. It looks like a Nokia N97 without a slide-out keyboard and with 4 touch-sensitive buttons similar to Android. How big is that screen? Closer [...]

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App Video: Raemote for Nokia N900, an Apple Remote Widget

Mark Guim — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:29:29 +0000

I lost the Apple Remote that came with my Macbook, but it’s not a problem thanks to a Nokia N900 widget called Raemote developed by Thomas Perl. RaeMote is a desktop widget for the Nokia N900 that allows you to use the device’s infrared port as an Apple Remote. I created a quick video to [...]

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Meego Now Available For Nokia N900 But End Users Should Stay Away

Mark Guim — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:49:00 +0000

News of the Meego OS now being available for the Nokia N900 are spreading, but end users should stay clear. As explained in the announcement, it is currently targeted for developers and the MeeGo User Experiences for the OS isn’t included yet. Unsuspecting and adventurous users who try installing it on their device will just [...]

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Video: How Maemo Looks on HTC HD2′s 4.3in Screen

Mark Guim — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:00:21 +0000

HTC and T-mobile are bombarding the television shows I watch with their “ridiculously big screen” HTC HD2 ads. Wonder how the Nokia N900‘s Maemo OS look on that beautiful screen? Well, Jykazu manages to get Maemo on the HD2 and shows it on Youtube for us to see. Take a look. I wish there was [...]

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Bike Dashboard Wins $10,000 for Hacking the Nokia N900

Mark Guim — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:57:13 +0000

Congratulations to Brett and Sarah for winning the Push N900 Mod in the USA competition, earning them the cash prize of $10,000! In just a few weeks time, they were able to turn the Nokia N900 into a bike dashboard that displays speedometer, odometer, route mapping, and even provided a car horn to make it [...]

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Proof of Concept: Nokia N900 Controls RC Helicopter

Mark Guim — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:29:10 +0000

While having breakfast with Iain at our hotel during SXSW (we both won that Nokia video competition), he mentioned that he was working on a Nokia N900 hack that will let him control an RC helicopter. I was hungover from the night before so my mind couldn’t understand him at the time. Nevertheless, Iaian just [...]

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Nokia N900 PR1.2 SDK Shows What’s to Come in the Next Major Update

Mark Guim — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:37:35 +0000

Maemo released the latest SDK for developers on Monday and MohammadAG from the forums uploaded some screenshots that gives us an idea of what’s to come in the next major update for the Nokia N900. We’re not sure when the update will be available to everyone, but at least we know some of the things [...]

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Video: Nokia N900 Controls Real Helicopter

Mark Guim — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:34 +0000

I’m almost 100% sure this video is fake, but I know the Nokia N900 can do a lot of crazy things when it is hacked. Here’s a video of a guy controlling a real helicopter using the Nokia N900′s accelerometer. Check it out. Real or fake? Continue reading Video: Nokia N900 Controls Real Helicopter at [...]

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Foursquare App for Nokia N900 – BarrioSquare Now Available in App Manager

Mark Guim — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:40:32 +0000

BarrioSquare, a FourSquare application for the Nokia N900, left private testing on Monday and is now available at the N900′s App Manager. You may have to enable the Extras-Devel repository. This is great news because now more Nokia N900 users can start using this app. Watch my quick overview of the app. Checking in on [...]

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Video How to: Use Bookmarklets on the Nokia N900′s Browser

Mark Guim — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:15:29 +0000

Bookmarklets are bookmarks in the browser designed to add one-click functionality to a web page. On our desktops, we save bookmarklets by dragging a links to to our browser’s toolbar. It’s different on mobile devices. I checked the Nokia N900, Nexus One, iPhone, and the Nokia N97 mini and noticed only the N900 can quickly [...]

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Joikuspot for Nokia N900 Now Out of Beta. Coming to Ovi Store Soon

Mark Guim — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:13:54 +0000

Joikuspot Premium for the Nokia N900 came out of beta on Monday and is now available for sale at the Joikushop for EUR 7. When asked if we’ll be seeing it at the Ovi Store, they responded, “the Ovi Store process is already on-going. Typically it takes some days.” Joikuspot turns your Nokia N900 into [...]

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Angry Birds Level Pack 1 Back in Ovi Store for Nokia N900 (Update: taken out again)

Mark Guim — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:44:02 +0000

There’s paid software in the Ovi Store for the Nokia N900 again! Angry Birds Level Pack 1 was there initially, but was pulled immediately when some users found a way to bypass the payment gateway and downloaded it for free. Now that it’s back, I suggest buying it because it’s worth the $2.99 price tag. [...]

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PUSH Nokia N900 MOD in the USA Finalists Announced

Mark Guim — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:53:49 +0000

PUSH N900 MOD in the USA announced the three teams of finalists that will compete to win up to $10,000 in prizes. They will take apart and rebuild, or modify the Nokia N900 into something entirely new. A panel of judges from blogs you may be familiar with will select the final winner at CTIA [...]

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Capture Panoramic Images with QuickPanorama for Nokia N900

Mark Guim — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:00:49 +0000

Morpho QuickPanorama showed up in the Ovi Store for the Nokia N900 this week. It lets you take panoramic photographs by only moving the camera to capture a wide landscape. Users don’t need to snap multiple pictures and join them later on. The ease of use will definitely attract more people towards panoramic photography. The [...]

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