Google's Nexus line offers a pure Android experience that gets updated before everyone else and we should see one with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) launching before the end of 2011.
Front Page Nokia's CTO, Rich Green, allegedly leaving Nokia over MeeGo and Elop's strategy BBC News, amongst many others, carried the news that Nokia's Chief Technology Officer, Rich Green, is no longer working at Nokia: "An official Nokia statement said he had left to resolve a "personal matter" and gave no date for his return. However, a Finnish newspaper quoted sources inside Nokia saying he had left because of differences over strategy and would not return.
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-06-06 through 2011-06-12 As of 2011-06-13 Extras contains: total items 2589 ( 6) total open items 943 ( 2) open bugs 543 ( 2) critical/blocker 36 "easyfix" 4 "moreinfo" 6 "crash" 1 "patch" 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 328 ( 1) open enhancements 400 "easyfix" 1 "moreinfo" 1 ( 1) "patch" 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 171 ( 2) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn't working (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says 'You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.' Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes (unchanged for 11 weeks): (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don't overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
Jon spent a lot of time in the last weeks improving our documentation for Maliit . However, while documentation is good (and necessary), Jon thinks that examples are better
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I've been ranting about packaging requirements for app stores and the long roundtrip time and back-and-forth messaging that needs to take place until a package really gets published into an app store before. My experience here is with Nokia's Ovi Store and Intel's AppUp Center, and I'm obviously more interested in the Maemo and MeeGo-related parts (Ovi supports Symbian too, and AppUp supports Windows).
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-05-30 through 2011-06-05 As of 2011-06-06 Extras contains: total items 2583 ( 8) total open items 941 ( 4) open bugs 541 ( 3) critical/blocker 36 ( 1) "easyfix" 4 "moreinfo" 6 "crash" 1 "patch" 4 reopened 6 ( 1) unconfirmed 327 ( 3) open enhancements 400 ( 1) "easyfix" 1 "moreinfo" 0 "patch" 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 169 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (+1 this week) (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (+1 this week) (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn't working (+1 this week) (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (+1 this week) (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (+1 this week) (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says 'You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.' (new this week) Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes (unchanged for 10 weeks): (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don't overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote
If you missed the MeeGo Conference last week or for whatever reason can't remember what went on at the party, here's a short video of San Francisco, the party at the Exploratorium and of course some Hacker Lounge activities: Huge soap bubbles, a red bridge, mini-tornados, glass bottle ping pong, real-life Mong , losing at Lunar Lander (it was really, really very hard ;)) and Maemo community members dancing to Jessie's Girl performed live (and wondering who ordered that song..) - Enjoy :) 2011-06-01 23:26 UTC with score -1
I was lucky to attend the MeeGo Conference in San Francisco last week, although a little bit unlucky to miss out on a free ExoPC. Like many other attendees, I was disappointed that there was not a significant device announcement, and felt that the conference as a whole was let down by having little new for end users compared to six months ago in Dublin. However, there were some interesting technical talks, and it was good to meet up with community members and friends, old and new
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-05-23 through 2011-05-29 As of 2011-05-30 Extras contains: total items 2575 ( 3) total open items 937 ( 13) open bugs 538 ( 8) critical/blocker 35 "easyfix" 4 "moreinfo" 6 "crash" 1 "patch" 4 reopened 7 unconfirmed 324 ( 3) open enhancements 399 ( 5) "easyfix" 1 "moreinfo" 0 "patch" 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 168 ( 3) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 7413 [ogg-support] Cover art not shown for Ogg Vorbis files (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (+2 this week) (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn't working (+2 this week) (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (new this week) (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (new this week) Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes (unchanged for 9 weeks): (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don't overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote