MeeGo v Android v iOS HTML5 Test [N9 v SGS2 v iPad 2]

HTML5 seems to be the new buzz word for the cool kids, with most manufactures moving from Flash to HTML5 for their video streaming and other needs.

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MeeGo v Android v iOS HTML5 Test [N9 v SGS2 v iPad 2]

HTML5 seems to be the new buzz word for the cool kids, with most manufactures moving from Flash to HTML5 for their video streaming and other needs. So with that in mind, I though it’d be good to see how MeeGo/Harmattan, Android and iOS perform in an HTML5 faceoff

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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.12

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-03-14 through 2011-03-20 As of 2011-03-21 Extras contains: total items 2451 ( 18) total open items 889 ( 11) open bugs 512 ( 9) critical/blocker 29 ( 1) “easyfix” 4 “moreinfo” 4 “crash” 1 “patch” 4 reopened 8 ( 1) unconfirmed 307 ( 7) open enhancements 377 ( 2) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 151 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (7%) 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%) 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 (3%) 5504 [ogg-support] No seeking for Flac (1.0.5) (3%) 6456 [ogg-support] Register audio/ogg mimetype to support *.oga Vorbis audio files (2%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (new 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) Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes : (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 (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file (2%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) Please visit Bugzilla to vote

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Using #webm and The Nokia #N900 Mobile Television and a Mobile Set Top Box

Last year for Christmas, there were two technology toys I was most interested in. One was the Nokia N900 and the other was Roku

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Using #webm and The Nokia #N900 Mobile Television and a Mobile Set Top Box

Last year for Christmas, there were two technology toys I was most interested in. One was the Nokia N900 and the other was Roku.

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New versions of gPodder and Brain Party out

The news are a bit slow these days, because the summer term really took off after the easter holidays, and the free time for coding has decreased accordingly. Nevertheless: Some updates have hit Maemo Extras-Testing yesterday. gPodder 2.5 “Knock knock knock Penny” was released and with it another Maemo 5 package rolls into the Extras repository (the Diablo package for Maemo 4 has also been uploaded and promoted to Extras already).

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Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2010.09

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla 2010-02-22 through 2010-02-28 As of 2010-03-01 Maemo Official Applications contains 3064 items (+52 this week), including 865 open issues (+5 this week): 500 open bugs (-2 this week) 11 critical/blocker (+1 this week) 0 “easyfix” (no change this week) 125 “moreinfo” (+1 this week) 8 “crash” (no change this week) 8 “patch” (-1 this week) 23 reopened (no change this week) 201 unconfirmed (+2 this week) 365 open enhancements (+7 this week) 2 “easyfix” (no change this week) 7 “moreinfo” (no change this week) 15 “patch” (no change this week) 13 reopened (+1 this week) 83 unconfirmed (+3 this week) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (13%) 3888 IMAP-IDLE not working (+1 this week) (5%) 5033 Select/Copy text within email is nonintuitive/broken (+1 this week) (4%) 5480 undo/un-merge merged contacts (+1 this week) (3%) 3700 Put signatures not on top in replies (thereby not forcing top-post) (+1 this week) (3%) 8126 OVI Maps spins when not Moving (+2 this week) (2%) 3557 Browser tops its windows by itself (N8x0) (2%) 6009 “Enter” key sends wrong keycode to console applications (+2 this week) (2%) 3762 Performance is unusable on IMAP accounts with a large number of messages in one or more folders (e.g. INBOX) (2%) 7062 Video camera does not record smoothly (new this week) (2%) 7190 music stutters while multi-tasking, especially browsing web Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote

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Qik, The Leading Live Mobile Video Streaming Platform Now Available On Ovi Store!

Qik, the leading live mobile video streaming platform , expands their relationship with Nokia in developing a Qik application optimized for the Nokia N900 and Maemo software. Utilizing a new user interface, streaming live video from a mobile device is made easy with on-screen features including adding a title or adjusting the privacy settings.

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