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DOMK Receives Confirmation That 1st “SolaPad” Units Are Being Prepared for Shipment
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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
24 May 2012 12:59 PM | No CommentsSAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) launched Autodesk SketchBook Ink for iPad paint and drawing app, the latest release from the company’s popular SketchBook...
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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n900 Archive
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Nokia N900 now shipping in the land of Ford freedom trucks
Posted on November 25, 2009 | No CommentsLove to tinker and tweak your smartphone? Find running beta apps a challenge, not a burden? Then you'll be happy to hear that Nokia's N900 running Maemo 5 is now shipping in the US, a week later than the press release suggested. This Cortex-A8 phone with 32GB of on-board storage is ripe with potential and the perfect holiday gift for grandma as long as she's comfortable dropping into the X Terminal for the occasional "rm -R /home/user/.microfeed" command. It's still listed for $649 unlocked from Nokia direct though that price will be dropping soon enough.
[Thanks, Alex]Nokia N900 now shipping in the land of Ford freedom trucks originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 drops to $480 on Amazon
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsThe N900's US retail price of $649 is a steep barrier to cross without the carrier subsidies negotiated in Europe. But what if we told you that Amazon has cut the price to $530 minus another $50 (after mail-in rebate) for a $480 take home price? Not bad for an unlocked ARM Cortex-A8 handset with excellent browser, 32GB of flash, 5 megapixel camera and an enthusiastic Maemo development community hellbent on making this the greatest device ever known to mankind. No, not by ship date (which is presumably any day now) but by 2012 if things go according to plan.
[Thanks, Samuel]Nokia N900 drops to $480 on Amazon originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia’s Maemo 5-equipped N900 on sale in America for $649
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Nokia, Linux, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA
We've already given you a glimpse at the N900, but as of today, you Yanks in the crowd can wrap your own limber paws around Nokia's hero device. Admittedly tailored for enthusiasts and developers to use while the company maneuvers Maemo into its product line, the N900 is now available through Nokia Flagship stores in New York and Chicago, the firm's website and "various independent retailers and e-tailers." A tidy sum of $649 (or $510 if you're smart enough to check Amazon) nabs you an unlocked version with a 5 megapixel camera, 32GB of internal storage and a bombastic, Flash-lovin' web browser. Ain't no shame in lusting after one, but tell us earnestly -- are you forking out nearly seven bills to bring one home?
Nokia's Maemo 5-equipped N900 on sale in America for $649 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 quick hands-on
Posted on November 16, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Features, Nokia, Linux, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
We've finally had a chance to play around at length with a very late pre-production version of Nokia's N900 (retail units are already shipping, but not to our neck of the woods just yet) and we wanted to scribble out a few notes for you before taking delivery of a final build for a full review hopefully in the next week or two. Here are some highlights we've noticed so far:
- Processor, processor, processor. Oh, and did we mention the processor? The N900's Cortex A8-based core yields significant improvements in day-to-day usability over the N810's ARM11 unit.
- Though it's still quite raw and feature-incomplete, Maemo 5 is by far the most user-friendly version of the platform to date, if for no other reason than the fact that it's very pretty. Screen transitions are smooth and look great, the home screen is as attractive and versatile as any widget-based home screen on the market today, and the Expose-style task switcher is a welcome addition.
- The N900 may very well offer the best browsing experience of any smartphone on the market today (yes, including the iPhone). What little ground it gives up in user friendliness is more than countered by the fact that you have the closest thing you can get to a desktop-class browser in a device of this size and form factor; it's straight-up Mozilla, after all, and everything renders faithfully. Flash doesn't blaze, but at least the Cortex A8 makes it usable.
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Nokia N900 quick hands-on originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 ad suggests a history of mental illness
Posted on November 10, 2009 | No CommentsThe DROID might have started us down the road of dark sci-fi phone ads, but this new Nokia N900 spot takes things to the disturbing next level. We have no idea of what any of this means -- and we're not too sure Nokia really wants to suggest that its new flagship device is the cellphone manifestation of Twitchy McSanity here. You'll see what we mean -- video after the break.
P.S.- Are we the only ones who see this as a nightmarish dystopian remake of Pump Up The Volume? Is that just us? Okay.Continue reading Nokia N900 ad suggests a history of mental illness
Nokia N900 ad suggests a history of mental illness originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 is now shipping!
Posted on November 10, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Nokia, Linux
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Nokia_s_Maemo_powered_N900_is_now_shipping'; Nokia's Maemo-based future has begun: the N900 is shipping. According to Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the eagerly awaited handset is now en route to at least some pre-order customers. We'll soon see if this new generation of Nokia smartphones will be enough to generate the type of mass-market / high-margin appeal that Nokia needs at the top end of its product portfolio or if it's just a tentative first step on a potentially wobbly new platform.
Update: Nokia's official blog says to expect the Maemo 5 device to land in "Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and North America" shortly. However, it won't be compatible with the new 3G SIM cards from 3 in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark and Austria until a software update hits sometime later this year.
[Thanks, Juhana J.]Nokia N900 is now shipping! originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 not coming until some time in November
Posted on October 22, 2009 | No CommentsWe've just heard some pretty sour news. Peter Schneider, head of Maemo marketing, has waxed official about the N900's release and quite casually noted that it'll "start shipping during November 2009," which as you very well know is a whole month later than originally expected. An interesting tidbit to his post is that he notes Nokia had lent out 300 pre-production units to the community, and he stresses the importance Nokia places on the feedback received. Connecting the dots might suggest that feedback wasn't quite as hot as Espoo had hoped, and a few last-minute refinements are now being applied. Either way, you're gonna have to refill your patience for potentially another month of waiting.
[Via Chronicles of N900; Thanks, Habib Q]Nokia N900 not coming until some time in November originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 can ride the Google Wave
Posted on October 14, 2009 | No CommentsWe're not talking about some mobile version here à la iPhone, no sir. MobileDeveloperTV has itself a Maemo-powered Nokia N900, and sure enough, it runs the full version of Google Wave. There looks to be some lag between the keyboard and text box, but if you're hankering to mash up Espoo's latest and greatest with the G man's latest and greatest, there's nothing standing in your way. See for yourself, victorious laughs and all, in the video after the break.
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Nokia N900 can ride the Google Wave originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 unboxed, and no, you can’t unbox your own (yet)
Posted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Nokia, Linux, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
So it seems like the new thing for manufacturers is to gather a bunch of platform champions (read: developers and bloggers) in a room, wax poetic for an hour or two about strategy, and -- here's where it gets awesome -- give out or loan hot, new devices to everyone in attendance. Google's done it, Palm's done it, and now Nokia's getting in the game by handing out pre-production N900s on extended loans at its Maemo Summit event last week, and that inevitably means that we're going to be seeing a ton of unboxings and reviews over the coming days. This particular unboxing comes to us courtesy of Slashgear, which notes that the devices are currently running non-final firmware even though the hardware is the same stuff we'll be seeing on shelves in the next few weeks. It's looking great so far -- but then again, so did the N97 in its muted black box prior to release, so we'll withhold final judgment until this one's been thoroughly vetted for awesomeness.
Nokia N900 unboxed, and no, you can't unbox your own (yet) originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 unboxed at Maemo Summit ‘09
Posted on October 9, 2009 | No Comments300+ developers attending the Maemo Summit were given a (pre-production) Nokia N900 for a 6 month “trial” period. One of the lucky attendees was kind enough to share his unboxing video (above) with the world. See, kids. Dreams can come true. [via UMPCPortal] Crunch Network: CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors -
Nokia N900 video shows off 3D gaming, YouTube shenanigans, and more
Posted on October 9, 2009 | No Comments
Not satisfied with a video of the Nokia N900's browser, an in-depth look at its Maemo 5 operation system, or even a glimpse of it playing the odd SNES game? Then fear not, 'cause the device is on the scene at the now-happening Maemo Summit, and it's thankfully been caught on video once again for those not lucky enough to be in attendance. Highlights this time around include a look at the device's 3D gaming capabilities (demoed with a Marble Madness-type game called Bounce Evolution), and a demonstration of the device not only playing YouTube videos in a browser, but within a thumbnail in the Maemo interface -- not exactly the most practical thing in the world, but it sure is impressive on a mobile device. Head on past the break to see the whole thing for yourself.
[Thanks, Welly]Continue reading Nokia N900 video shows off 3D gaming, YouTube shenanigans, and more
Nokia N900 video shows off 3D gaming, YouTube shenanigans, and more originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N900 press shot trickles onto the interwebs
Posted on August 24, 2009 | No CommentsSee that image up above? Looks like our mockups from waaaaay back in May were about as spot on as it gets - though the in-the-flesh shots from a few days ago already proved that. Though there’s not much left to be revealed at this point, the fact that the above promo shot is all wrapped [...] -
Nokia Rover/N900 gets caught on camera, preview coming soon. [UPDATED]
Posted on August 19, 2009 | No CommentsThere it is, folks, in what appears to be final form: the Nokia N900, otherwise known as the Rover or RX-51 - and boy, does it look gorgeous. We broke the news of the N900 back in May, and the final hardware appears to match inch-for-inch with the concept image we drew up at the [...] -
Nokia Rover/N900 gets caught on camera, preview coming soon.
Posted on August 19, 2009 | No Comments
There it is, folks, in what appears to be final form: the Nokia N900, otherwise known as the Rover or RX-51 - and boy, does it look gorgeous. We broke the news of the N900 back in May, and the final hardware appears to match inch-for-inch with the concept image we drew up at the time.