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Nokia is Coming to America – Still (New York Times)

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:53:48 +0000

“It is about renewal.” That’s what David Rivas, a vice president at Nokia, told a gathering of reporters in San Francisco on Wednesday about his company’s new phones based on the Symbian^3 operating system.

Tweakr – Additionally Settings For The N900

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:35:48 +0000

“Unlock” your phone to a few new cool settings. Tweakr has to be standard in every N900, it should be integrated into the OS. But for now it can be downloaded in the Maemo testing section and it will install itself to your phone settings as a new menu called extras. Scroll down after opening the phone settings to setup tweakr.
First there is the wonderful and long waited setting option to “clean” and trim your desktop. Finally you can arrange your shortcuts and bookmarks on your desktops with “Snap icons …

2010-03-11 20:35 UTC with score 1

masudoku

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:45:16 +0000

/ 0 votes - 14 downloads
Updated 2010-03-11 08:45 UTC - Stable Quality
Free & Open Source license

Sudoku game

This is sudoku for maemo5.
You can generate new sudoku puzzles, and solve puzzles from magazines, books, etc.
New puzzles are randomly generated, so there is no limit how many different puzzles you can play.

Author	Petri Kultanen

Nokia Symbian^3 UI demonstrated in detail, seeks multitouch devices (video) (Engadget)

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:08:24 +0000

Nokia VP, David Rivas, was in San Francisco yesterday touting Symbian^3 improvements. While we’ve heard and seen plenty about Symbian Three’s enhanced user experience already, it’s still worthy of another look considering Symbian’s dominant marketshare. Besides, David provides a very detailed look as he walks us though elements like the customizable (and more finger friendly) homescreens meant …

JoikuSpot Premium for N900 1.0 available now for less than $10

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:45:46 +0000

Just a few weeks ago I wrote about the beta version of JoikuSpot for the N900 and was able to use it for downloading data when connected to my computer. I spent the last couple of weeks bouncing around with a Sprint Overdrive and Palm Pre Plus with Mobile Hotspot, but tonight when I needed a connection I ended up putting my T-Mobile SIM back into my trusty Nokia N900 and firing up Joikuspot. I then discovered that the beta version had expired and JoikuSpot graduated to a full version, called Premium, for the N900. The great news for those who are reading this site and are probably one of the early adopters is that you can buy JoikuSpot Premium Linux (N900) Edition for just 7 EUR, which is less than half the regular price. This launch price is only available to the first 1,000 people who purchase the application. BTW, this works out to about USD$9.50.

I purchased the full version immediately and am actually posting this entry from my MacBook Pro connected to the N900 wirelessly. With the fast T-Mobile 3G data signal, this solution is awesome and will result in me not needing to turn on the Verizon HotSpot option on the Palm Pre Plus. If you have a Nokia N900 on T-Mobile I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you go buy this application right now.

2010-03-11 03:45 UTC with score 0

Nokia Spotlight - Interview with Peter Schneider - Part 2

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:42:00 +0000

July 2009 saw a glorious moment for Maemo unfold - one that was met with great enthusiasm by the community - the creation of the ‘Maemo Devices’ organization within Nokia.

Nokia’s Tero Ojanperä on Solutions and strategy

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:00 +0000

Nokia is currently transforming itself from a hardware company to a hardware+services (solutions) company. At MWC 2010, we spoke to Tero Ojanper

N900 gains VoIP service — and will soon offer MeeGo (Linux Devices)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:41 +0000

VoX Communications announced it will resell Nokia’s Maemo Linux-based N900 smartphone with a mobile VoIP plan offering unlimited data and voice service.

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

admin — 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 save bookmarklets.

bit.ly bookmarklet on the Nokia N900

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To save a bookmarklet on the Nokia N900, long-press on the link and add as a bookmark. You can access it later by clicking on the bookmarks button on the lower left corner. That’s it!

It’s not that easy on other devices. Saving bookmarklets on the iPhone requires syncing with a computer. There are other ways, but again, it’s not as intuitive as the N900. I also tried saving a bookmarklet on the Nexus One and the Nokia N97 mini, but failed.

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2010-03-10 17:15 UTC with score 0

Nokia smartphones ‘failing to keep pace’ (vnunet.com)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:12:13 +0000

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 10 March 2010 at 15:55:00 Reliance on old chip technology could cost market share, say analysts Nokia is failing to keep up with rival smartphone manufacturers in the type of chips used in its handsets, and could be harming its market share as a result, according to analysts. Ovum’s Smartphone Capability Tracker for 2009 claimed that Nokia is “lagging behind the …