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Big New Maemo 5 Firmware Update Available to v2.2009.51-1 for N900

Big New Maemo 5 Firmware Update Available to v2.2009.51-1 for N900

| January 14, 2010 | Reply

Advertisements Twitterfeeds are brimming with excitement this morning. Extremely quick following Monday’s mini firmware update, Nokia and Maemo Team have released the big 89.5MB  firmware update to PR1.1 release v2.2009.51-1 from 1.2009.44.1. There’s apparently Portrait Web Browsing.

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Video: Dual LED Flashlight for the N900

Video: Dual LED Flashlight for the N900

| January 13, 2010 | 16 Replies

Flashlights/Torches – never really around when you need one. Often, it’s too dark to go look for where you’ve put one. Maybe you don’t even have a torch. With phone screens getting bigger and brighter, some people use their as torches. But they’re not really properly bright enough as torches! On the bright side, many […]

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Video: Warcraft 2 on the N900

Video: Warcraft 2 on the N900

| January 11, 2010 | 6 Replies

zehjotkah, the same user that showed us Starcraft on the N900 also seems to have Warcraft 2 playing on the Maemo 5 device. Note, video is in German (as are installation instructions. See here) [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fv6STy2u_o] Second, longer video has a few english captions. [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYliXmctAys] Whilst we’re on this classic PC game theme, you might want […]

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Video: Doom on the N900

Video: Doom on the N900

| January 11, 2010 | 17 Replies

Here’s a freebie game that’s popped up in my App Manager, “Doom”. The classic 3D first person shooter that has been played on just about every Nokia S60 and tablet, is also available for the N900. The installation is simple; two clicks. Doom on the N900 uses the keyboard for controls (arrows to move around, […]

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7 Symbian S60 5th Edition Apps I'd love to see on Maemo

7 Symbian S60 5th Edition Apps I'd love to see on Maemo

| January 9, 2010 | Reply

1. Gravity Undoubtedly one of S60 5th Edition’s saving graces, this app: seamlessly integrates all of twitters features giving you an overall functionality not yet possible with other twitter apps for maemo. Making tweets, sending replies and direct messages is so simple, especially since you can be notified of DM/replies with sound alerts. I love […]

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Nokia N900 Cake [Attempt 1]

Nokia N900 Cake [Attempt 1]

| January 7, 2010 | Reply

Yesterday I found out I was free to go to the WOMWorld meetup. For tonights get together, I thought I’d bring cake. A Nokia cake. Important thing to do before decorating a cake. Make sure the icing can set!!!! I’d like to call this Attempt 1, because it didn’t go down too well.   I […]

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Snow Day with the N900 (Photo Samples)

Snow Day with the N900 (Photo Samples)

| January 6, 2010 | Reply

Today was the first proper snow day of the year in the UK, with most of the country getting several inches of snow! Cardiff received quite a lot of snow overnight, with some places leaving behind 5 inch deep snow foot prints. Below are some photos taken by the N900. I didn’t get around to […]

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How to: Fixing "Unable to install application" error on N900

How to: Fixing "Unable to install application" error on N900

| January 5, 2010 | 28 Replies

If you delved into the realms of “Extras Testing” applications, an app there may possibly have caused a fault in your N900 giving you “Unable to install __insert__app_name” errors. Since Christmas day I’ve been unable to find the answers to fix Unable to install ‘Bounce Evolution’ Unable to install ‘Hermes’ Unable to install ‘MooBox’ etc. […]

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N900 Mer UI – Portrait, New task switcher and dock.

N900 Mer UI – Portrait, New task switcher and dock.

| December 28, 2009 | Reply

Andrew Zhilin brings us his concept of Mer User Interface for the N900. What is Mer? “Mer is an outgrowth of Nokia’s Maemo environment, designed to flesh out the tablet-centric operating system into a full-fledged Linux distribution suitable for embedded and desktop systems of all description.” via lwn.net see also Mer Works in landscape. “only” […]

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