With The N9, Nokia Shows The World Its Still Got It

The N9 release is a monumental step for Nokia, it is the culmination of the years Nokia has spent creating a premium high end smartphone that not only excels in hardware, but also shows that when it comes to software, Nokia’s still got it. Feb

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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.23

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

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MIR Translator Lets You Translate Text Captured By Your N900′s Camera

The MIR Translator app, borne out of a school project, turns your N900 into a handy translation tool that covers over 30 international languages. All you do is click a picture of the text, select the phrase you want to translate, select the to and from languages and wait for the app to work its magic.

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Google Maps with GPS on the Nokia N900

Open Source means that you never have to wait for any company to release software in a rigid fashion. We are talking about the Nokia N900 and the Maemo platform. There is no Google Maps for Maemo so far and we are doubtful if Google will even make one as they are concentrating on Android.  So here is a Browser based Google maps application for Maemo which has come from the Maemo Community

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Sygic turn-by-turn navigation on N900 by the end of the year

Sygic, a software company that creates voice guided, turn by turn, GPS navigation software for mobile devices, today announced that its product would be available for Maemo 5 and the Nokia N900 by the end of the year. The software will include mapping coverage for Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia, USA, Canada, Mexico, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and all of Europe

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