Category Archives: Maemo

Maemo 5 apps test, feature & bugs, paramounts

Nokia kinetics

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Onut

Nokia wants patent on self-regenerating phone batteries, piezoelectrics and much magic involved — Engadget., quoting Symbian-Freak It seems Nokia has figured out to port the watches’ kinetic technology into its phones. This means you will be able to recharge the phone while … Continue reading →

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First kill on MeeGo project: www.maemo-guru.com

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Onut

I wish TheGuru would not have that a strong argument while leaving the Maemo / MeeGo community. I wish this argument wouldn’t have been possible to be hold against Nokia. I wish he would have been wrong. To Nokia: “To … Continue reading →

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New apps coming for N900

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Onut

Jussi Makinen has previewed yesterday two apps they’re working on, at Nokia Conversation YouTube channel. One is the 3D Roller Coster, which seems to have the same engine as Bounce from Rovio, the other one is Zen Bound, which looks … Continue reading →

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N900 minor update today

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Onut

Thanks to the guys over at talk.maemo.org, a new fw update is on its way to everybody. Also on Twitter there is a word on this 2 steps update: first will come this minor one(16.2 MB) starting today, which will … Continue reading →

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Apple, Maemo and the democracy – reactions

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Onut

While Apple fans are all silent, Maemo guys have had a serious reaction to previous post, Apple’s iPad is meant for drivers, not mechanics. I have just dropped some fragments of the article over in talk.maemo.org and asked for their … Continue reading →

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The N900 and the Dragons

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Onut

For now, besides a very small part on Ovi Store, all the applications for N900 are available through (Hildon) Application Manager, which can integrate any Fremantle (maemo 5) repository. The distance between safest “Nokia repo” and riskiest “Extras-developer repo” is … Continue reading →

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Nokia N900: most useful 3rd party applications

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Onut

[tweetmeme] Of course N900 cannot compete with IPhone yet, so don’t you expect to see here some mouth waterring grafics. But in terms of openness and customization, N900 is surely a winner. Here are my preferred 3rd party apps for … Continue reading →

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N900’s Applications need feedback from users

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Onut

One of the most useful features Android Market has is “comment” feature on each application. It’s optional for the user but, what do you know?: It’s full of comments and scores all over Android Market! Each application gets scored and … Continue reading →

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SIP on N900 Maemo 5 issue

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Onut

I’ve tried today a SIP call over Wi-Fi (8 Mbps dl to San Francisco bandwidth) and we could not understand each other. The sound was noisy and a lot of data was lost both ends. I’ve tried calling for couple … Continue reading →

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Nokia N900 portrait mode glitch gets fully reproduced

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Onut

We discovered a way to reproduce the “portrait mode glitch” playing with N900; the bug is easy to reproduce and it’s constant, although Nokia has not yet released the Christmas firmware update. It’s not only the MicroB, but all the … Continue reading →

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