apple
iPhone OS 4 - how to close apps from task manager, how to create a directory
(via AppleInsider)
Mobile
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Apples and nipples - why did Apple ban porn?
For a couple of days, the online tech press is shouting about Apple banning nudity out of its iTunes app store. It became obvious many of the very well intentioned professional editors had to take a clear position against Apple’s decision: IntoMobile, TechCrunch, Wired, Newser, The New York Times
Geek Zone
First kill on MeeGo project: www.maemo-guru.com
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
New apps coming for N900
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
N900 minor update today
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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Apple, Maemo and the democracy - reactions
community
The N900 and the Dragons
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
Nokia N900: most useful 3rd party applications
[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
application manager
N900's Applications need feedback from users
One of the most useful features Android Market has is “comment” feature on each application. It’s optional for the user but, what do you know?: It’s full of comments and scores all over Android Market! Each application gets scored and commented in couple of hours. This is one
Maemo
SIP on N900 Maemo 5 issue
I’ve tried today a SIP call over Wi-Fi (8 Mbps dl to San Francisco bandwidth) and we could not understand each other. The sound was noisy and a lot of data was lost both ends. I’ve tried calling for couple of times, using the same config: auto all,
bounce 3D
Nokia N900 portrait mode glitch gets fully reproduced
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
Nokia N900 battery life (2)
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