Category: Maemo

Firefox RC3 For Maemo Released: Disables Flash

The Mozilla developers have announced the third release candidate of its mobile browser for Maemo. Firefox for Maemo, also known as Fennec, with the aim to improve overall responsiveness and page load time has disabled the plugin support. This also includes the disabling of Flash support on the software.

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Nokia N900 Camera Samples

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 !

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N900 running Maemo and Android

One reason the N900 has been launched only in select markets is because it can be considered as a phone for technology enthusiasts rather than normal consumers.  The N900 is the only phone powered by Maemo as of now but there are tens of Android phones. A mobile addict Brandon has managed to dual-boot Maemo and Android on the N900 Continue reading “N900 running Maemo and Android”

Google Maps with GPS on the Nokia N900

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

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Nokia N900 gets huge 89.5 MB v51.1 firmware update via OTA

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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Nokia N900 Version 44.1 firmware update out for download

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”

Size Comparison of iPhone 3GS vs Nokia N900

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”

Preview : 3D Baseball Game for Nokia N900

The Nokia N900 is powered by a ARM Cortex-A8 processor and has OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration support . Till now we have seen the Bounce Demo and Quake 3 Arena on this Maemo Powered device which demonstrate the capabilities of this device. But here is a surprise from IndiaGames with Home Run Baseball for the Maemo Platform.  We have an exclusive preview of the game for all you Maemo fans !

Watch the video of the game after the cut

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