The Nokia N900 is a special device. It’s the first phone running on the Maemo 5 OS. Geeks love the N900. It’s the power of Linux in the palm of your hands. The device like a hacker’s tool, it’s not perfect , but does somethings wonderfully well – web browsing for instance. Presenting an exclusive photo gallery comparing the N900 to some popular devices in the market !
Nokia N900 next to the E72
Hi folks as we know Nokia N900 does not support sending DTMF request to the operator for credit check and other details.
Finally there is a way to do so with a click of a widget . The widget used to send DTMF request is called the USSD Widget. It is developed by Guseynov Alexey , Martin Grimme.
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At MWC 2010 we bumped into folks behind Rightware Kanzi – a cross platform 3D UI platform. Here is a video of the UI in action on a Nokia N900 running on the Maemo platform. There is even gesture detection using the front video calling camera . Watch the video to see it in action Continue reading “Video : Rightware Cross platform 3D UI on Nokia N900”
MugenPowerBatteries have been in the business of making hi-capacity batteries for quite some time and they have been working on a battery for the Nokia N900 which ships only with a standard 1320 mAh battery. The stock battery lasts a day for average use but who does not love using a gadget for ever without charging ?
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Firefox Mobile was released for the Nokia N900 recently. Here is an official video tour of the app running on a N900
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We have been talking a lot about the N900 which runs on the fairly new Maemo 5 OS . While we will be publishing an in-depth review of the device shortly, here are some pictures of the N900 for your viewing pleasure.Although the phone comes with a stylus you might rarely need one. Viewing the display is a treat ! Now let the pictures do the talking – N900 In All It’s Glory !
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Nokia N900 packs a 5 Mega Pixel Camera with Auto Focus. The Tessar lens comes with Carl Zeiss Optics and a Dual LED Flash. We have been using the N900 Camera for quite some time now and the images produced are pretty good. Digital zoom is possible upto 3x .
We have more than 30 images captured with the N900 Camera just for you !
Open Source means that you never have to wait for any company to release software in a rigid fashion. We are talking about the Nokia N900 and the Maemo platform.
There is no Google Maps for Maemo so far and we are doubtful if Google will even make one as they are concentrating on Android. So here is a Browser based Google maps application for Maemo which has come from the Maemo Community. Its got almost everything even Google Latitude
The Nokia N900 just got a firmware update to version 55.1 or PR1.1. The changelog for the update has been posted on the Maemo Wiki and we are still counting the changes this update brings.
Continue reading “OMG : Nokia N900 PR1.1 Firmware ChangeLog is Huge !”
Its raining firmware updates from Nokia once again . The N900 which got a minor firmware update(version 44.1) few days back is now getting a HUGE firmware update which is around 89.5 MB. This update bears the version number 51.1 and is also known as a PR 1.1 update. Check out the screenshots for the details. If you don’t get a prompt about the update. Head over to the Application manager and click on the updates icon.
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I just connected my N900 to my PC and checked for updates via Nokia software updater and was surprised to find a new firmware update for the device. The update is version 1.2009.44.1 and has been tested select members of the maemo community for a few weeks now Continue reading “Nokia N900 Version 44.1 firmware update out for download”
The Nokia N900 mobile device belongs to the Nokia Internet Tablet family. This device includes all the features of mobile functionality and connectivity that is found on all the modern cellphones, sometimes termed as PDA. Nokia N900 also includes a kick ass browser which has full flash support. Coming to specifications, this device has a 3.5 inch touch-sensitive screen, 800×480 pixels display, TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz processor and so on. Continue reading “Size Comparison of iPhone 3GS vs Nokia N900”
Mark from NokiaBlog has some great comparison pictures of the Nokia N900 and the Google Nexus One. He ordered the google phone online and it was delivered to him the next day- incredible isn’t it ?
Well , the iPhone UI really innovative . But the N900 is innovative too. And it actually beats the iPhone in terms of usability according to this finding
We’ll if you wanted to push the TV out functionality of any phone to its limits, How about connecting it to a 50inch LCD TV and playing a Divx movie ?
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