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Carphone Warehouse Loves the Powerful N900 and Maemo 5.

Carphone Warehouse Loves the Powerful N900 and Maemo 5.

| February 9, 2010 | Reply

Advertisements Carphone Warehouse is the largest mobile phone retailer in the United Kingdom (A.K.A. the Phone house is also the largest in Europe). In Cardiff city centre alone, in the space of about 500 metres, there are FOUR Carphone Warehouse stores (the two on the highstreet are 30 metres apart on either side…there’s another in […]

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Video: Sony Ericsson Satio Vs Nokia N900 [Symbian Vs Maemo?]

Video: Sony Ericsson Satio Vs Nokia N900 [Symbian Vs Maemo?]

| February 8, 2010 | 5 Replies

YouTube user SpecialVideosHD has got the SE’s Satio and puts it against Nokia’s N900. Essentially, this is Symbian Vs Maemo for the OS part. N900 is wider, thicker. Satio is taller, slimmer. Whilst both having 3.5″ screens, the N900 in terms of area is bigger due to the ratio N900’s screen has much higher resolution […]

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Facebook Chat for N900's inbuilt Conversations app.

Facebook Chat for N900's inbuilt Conversations app.

| February 6, 2010 | 6 Replies

On Sunday, we wrote about how to get additional Instant Messaging accounts to the N900’s built in messenger client. This was through the “Pidgin Protocols Plugin..”. The N900 only just now notified me of an update whereby now FaceBook chat is included. Facebook via conversations app was available a few days earlier but with extras-devel […]

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Video: Tour of FireFox on the N900

Video: Tour of FireFox on the N900

| February 5, 2010 | 11 Replies

Last Saturday, FireFox officially went out of Beta stage, ready for the masses [well N900 owners anyway] Below is a video tour showing you the great features on FireFox mobile for the Nokia N900 Awesome bar instant bookmarks Specific search engine search Open tabs on left browser controls on right awesome bar automatically stows away […]

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N900 free on a £25/month contract – £240 effective price. Unlocked, Unbranded, unlimited internet, plus free case. Best deals for the Nokia N900?

N900 free on a £25/month contract – £240 effective price. Unlocked, Unbranded, unlimited internet, plus free case. Best deals for the Nokia N900?

| February 5, 2010 | Reply

If you’re just after a N900, your cheapest bet might be going for the unlocked option. In the UK that would mean setting adrift £440-£499. Great if you’ve got that sort of cash lying around. Plus you’ve got to fork over extra for data/calls/text. I prefer the whole contract route. Yes you’re somewhat slightly tied […]

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Big Push N900 Event at London tonight! [@PushN900 #PushN900]

Big Push N900 Event at London tonight! [@PushN900 #PushN900]

| February 4, 2010 | Reply

Thursday’s Open Source/Nokia related news isn’t all about Symbian, there’s a taste of Maemo too! Back in September, Nokia announced the Push N900 initiative. What is PushN900? “It’s a unique project from Nokia. And we’re looking for help from the world’s most skilled designers, artists, hackers and modders. We want you to come up with […]

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How to: AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo! QQ, GaduGadu, Sametime, Google Talk, Ovi Chat on N900's inbuilt messaging client

How to: AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo! QQ, GaduGadu, Sametime, Google Talk, Ovi Chat on N900's inbuilt messaging client

| January 31, 2010 | 65 Replies

[To download, you will need Extras Level Catalogue for the app manager. Click here for instructions. As well as Instant Messaging style texts, you also get IM built in. However, there are only a few clients available by default (Google talk, Ovi Chat). When I saw “Pidgin protocols…” highlighted below, I thought it was for […]

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Video: Paris 3D ported from iPhone to N900!

Video: Paris 3D ported from iPhone to N900!

| January 30, 2010 | 18 Replies

This visually mesmerising app first seen in the iPhone showing of Paris in 3D will soon be available for the N900. mobile3dcity shows us a 2 minute preview of what that’ll look on the N900. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyxtQcHfTrA] Pinch and Zoom is missed, but you have buttons instead to zoom. It’ll be interesting to see if the […]

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Firefox for Mobile Now Available on Nokia’s N900 Maemo Platform! [Default MicroB browser still better]

Firefox for Mobile Now Available on Nokia’s N900 Maemo Platform! [Default MicroB browser still better]

| January 30, 2010 | 8 Replies

FireFox has announced that it is now available for the N900 and Maemo 5. It’s been available a while as a Beta but now it’s ready. I’ve found the default MicroB To download, point your N900’s browser over to firefox.com/m Your N900 will add “Mozilla Catalogue” to app manager and it’ll proceed to  download and […]

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