N900 Hack: How To Get Faster Scrolling In The Menu Post PR 1.2 Firmware
Post the PR 1.2 firmware for the Nokia N900, the kinetic scrolling inside the menu became painfully slow and coupled with the fact all apps are now displayed on one page, scrolling to the bottom has started taking multiple swipes.
Maemo Theme Maker For N900 – A Review
I was very curious about the Theme Maker. The new version 1.2.9, which supports also the N900 has been out for a while and I wanted to try making a theme of my own to use it on my phone.
MADDE tech preview continues: Integration into QtCreator
Some time ago, we published a tech preview of MADDE as a new cross-compilation tool, which runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.
MeeGo Thoughts
Now I have digested an idea of MeeGo for few days, I decided to take a look at it little closer and write a small article about it. The reason for writing this article is to self educate myself and trying to solve what MeeGo really is.
Maemo@GSoC ‘10 – Call for ideas and mentors
After a successful participation in Google Summer of Code ‘09, the Maemo Community intend to apply this year again, in order to have a strong proposal we need everybody’s help. We are currently looking for project ideas, mentors and backup mentors. Do have a killer idea for a Maemo application
Setting up maemo 5 python development environment
Last week I finally got around to downgrading my laptop from karmic to jaunty.
Maemo 6 and Concerns of the Community
Maemo community members have expressed their concern of Maemo 6 UI Framework and Nokia strategy related on code compatibility and differences between Maemo 6 and Symbian DirectUI/Orbit frameworks. There are at least two threads in maemo.org and one thread in symbian.org that have ongoing discussion of these topics
BlueMaemo @ Engadget’s top stories
Was a good surprise this afternoon when lcuk (Gary Birkett) told me that my alphish software is featuring in a Engadget article, seems that our beloved N900 is getting a lot of attention, even from Engadget :p. Thanks Engadget for quoting my intentions in the article about the PS3 support, and yes my name is Valério Domingos Valério, that’s not a typo .
N900 Bluetooth DUN package now in extras repository
Just in time for the new year, I’m pleased to be able to say that the Bluetooth DUN package is now in the Maemo Extras repository. This is the primary location for community packages that have been through a community QA process that tries to ensure the packages are safe for ‘normal’ users.