MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 26 Nov 2012
Front Page Jolla reveal strategy, UI and Qt Creator-based SDK at Slush 2012 Jolla is once again foremost in the minds of many mobile OS enthusiasts and open-source aficionados with more information being revealed regarding their strategy and future. The launch of their official website and a slick video partway between a teaser and a product video give a definite sense of progress and should inspire confidence in everyone holding their breath for a product launch.
gPodder 2.20.2 for Maemo 4/5, gPodder 3.3.0 for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan
gPodder 2.20.2 has been released today, and gPodder 3.3.0 has also been released. Version 2.20.2 is for users of Maemo 4 (N800/N810) and Maemo 5 (N900) and version 3.3.0 is for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan users (N950/N9).
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 6 Aug 2012
Front Page Recent app developments in NemoMobile A Talk thread on NemoMobile saw more activity last week when it was populated by posts of new applications that are undergoing development for Nemo. Highlights include qmlcalendar, contacts using gallery's picker for avatars, Tizmee Tizen compatibility layer, Conversations, Dialer, and a proof of concept QML desktop (lipstick) from Timur Krist
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 16 Jul 2012
Front Page Draft bylaws for non-profit entity to take over Maemo infrastructure In a proposal on the Maemo Community mailing list, RM Bauer details a draft bylaw to change the maemo.org infrastructure that is currently provided by Nokia to a non-profit entity possibly to be named the Hildon Foundation. “In order to continue the community at www.maemo.org in the future, it will be necessary to migrate much of the infrastructure and associated elements to a new site and to establish a separate entity for that purpose. See generally http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=84933
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 9 Jul 2012
Front Page Ex-Nokians found Jolla Mobile to “continue Nokia's excellent work on MeeGo-based smartphones” The spirits of the downtrodden stalwarts of the Maemo and MeeGo communities were uplifted Saturday by the surprising announcement of Jolla Ltd., a new mobile smartphone company formed, in part, by former Nokia employees, with the stated goal of bringing new life to MeeGo and continuing the “excellent work that Nokia started.” According to the press release they've been “developing a new smartphone product and the OS since the end of 2011″ and a “new smartphone using this MeeGo based OS will be revealed later this year.” No detailed specifics about the stack have been announced beyond it being based on the Mer Core and Qt, with Jolla providing their own UI on top.
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 9 Jul 2012
Front Page Ex-Nokians found Jolla Mobile to “continue Nokia's excellent work on MeeGo-based smartphones” The spirits of the downtrodden stalwarts of the Maemo and MeeGo communities were uplifted Saturday by the surprising announcement of Jolla Ltd., a new mobile smartphone company formed, in part, by former Nokia employees, with the stated goal of bringing new life to MeeGo and continuing the “excellent work that Nokia started.” According to the press release they've been “developing a new smartphone product and the OS since the end of 2011″ and a “new smartphone using this MeeGo based OS will be revealed later this year.” No detailed specifics about the stack have been announced beyond it being based on the Mer Core and Qt, with Jolla providing their own UI on top.
Eyrie 0.2 for Nokia N900, N9 and N950
Eyrie is an application for the Nokia N900, N950 and N9 phones that can find out information about music that’s playing nearby. For further information visit: blog.mikeasoft.com
Eyrie 0.2 for Nokia N900, N9 and N950
Eyrie is an application for the Nokia N900, N950 and N9 phones that can find out information about music that’s playing nearby.
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 28 May 2012
Front Page maemo.org and Nokia 770 turn seven On May 25, 2005, Nokia announced Maemo, the Nokia 770 and maemo.org went live. Ferenc Szekely highlighted the go-live of the community on the community's mailing list.
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 28 May 2012
Front Page maemo.org and Nokia 770 turn seven On May 25, 2005, Nokia announced Maemo, the Nokia 770 and maemo.org went live. Ferenc Szekely highlighted the go-live of the community on the community's mailing list. At the time of the launch, GSMArena wrote: “Today Nokia announced the new Linux based Internet Tablet product category, the first device in this category is Nokia 770