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I wish TheGuru would not have that a strong argument while leaving the Maemo / MeeGo community. I wish this argument wouldn’t have been possible to be hold against Nokia. I wish he would have been wrong. To Nokia: “To Nokia – make a freakin’ commitment. Commit to the developers who
3D
Jussi Makinen has previewed yesterday two apps they’re working on, at Nokia Conversation YouTube channel. One is the 3D Roller Coster, which seems to have the same engine as Bounce from Rovio, the other one is Zen Bound, which looks very promissing as a 3D developement. Here is the
changelog
Thanks to the guys over at talk.maemo.org, a new fw update is on its way to everybody. Also on Twitter there is a word on this 2 steps update: first will come this minor one(16.2 MB) starting today, which will prepare the room for a second,
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community
For now, besides a very small part on Ovi Store, all the applications for N900 are available through (Hildon) Application Manager, which can integrate any Fremantle (maemo 5) repository. The distance between safest “Nokia repo” and riskiest “Extras-developer repo” is the distance between “I only install golden release so my
3rd party apps
[tweetmeme] Of course N900 cannot compete with IPhone yet, so don’t you expect to see here some mouth waterring grafics. But in terms of openness and customization, N900 is surely a winner. Here are my preferred 3rd party apps for Maemo5: 1. Xournal: handwriting notes, very useful during meetings
bounce 3D
We discovered a way to reproduce the “portrait mode glitch” playing with N900; the bug is easy to reproduce and it’s constant, although Nokia has not yet released the Christmas firmware update. It’s not only the MicroB, but all the application, no matter they are scalable or not.
Actuale
Finally I’ve been able to see for myself how the battery runs for real with this device. First, my E71 had the longest battery life: 10 hours. It doesn’t really matter what I’ve been doing with it, but mainly I used a lot the mobile internet modem
3G+
N900 has a 10 Mb/s download modem. Here are the speed test results: EDGE: 3G:
Actuale
In few words: far beyond expectation! Maybe because Linux stands behind this excellent built Nokia or maybe because Nokia finally understood “what computers have become today”… Home screen: Background multitasking: Fullest mobile VOIP integration: General Status / Availability: (Direct post with Nokia Maemo)
Actuale
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Reuters, citing Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says Nokia N900 has started to be delivered today, 10th of November, Tuesday: “HELSINKI, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Nokia (NOK1V.HE) has started deliveries of its new top-of-the-range model N900, a key product for the world’s top phone maker in its battle against rivals