Nokia N900 Archive

  • Nokia N900 drops to $369, unlocked

    Nokia N900 drops to $369, unlocked

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Hard to believe but after all this time the N900 remains the most powerful handset in Nokia's vast collection of cellphones. No other Nokia handset even comes close and that won't change until Nokia launches the Symbian^3-powered N8 or the MeeGo-powered N9. So if you've got the dough and a certain inclination to write Python scripts on a Friday night, you might want to think about sliding $369 (down from $649 at launch or $479 currently at Nokia USA) Espoo's way for a crack at the ARM Cortex A8 slider. Sure, it's not the freshest face on the block, but the development community will certainly help eek-out every last bit of value for many months to come.

    P.S. Don't forget to apply the coupon code LL17PBSTFKZ440 to get the reduced price.

    Nokia N900 drops to $369, unlocked originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download

    MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download

    Posted on May 26, 2010 | No Comments
    You've seen it teased, and now it's time to shelve whatever you had planned for this evening (or morning, depending on your current coordinates) and slap the first bona fide 1.x MeeGo release onto whatever device you've got handy. As of right now, MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks and v1.0 for Nokia N900 are available for download, with the former supporting Atom-based machines and the latter supporting... well, we'll let you take a stab there. The API that's being released includes Qt 4.6, and while the current SDK is tailored for netbooks, the next version -- slated to hit devs in June -- will support "touch-based devices, such as handsets and tablets." We're also told that v1.1 will be outed in October, with the development tree already being open. We're certainly digging the layout shown here at a glance, but why not give that source link a visit and find out how it suits you in real life? We heard Snooki totally digs it, too.

    [Thanks, Ernst]

    MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 18:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Opera Mobile 10 lands on Maemo thanks to pro hobbyists

    Opera Mobile 10 lands on Maemo thanks to pro hobbyists

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    What do you know, even professional coders like to develop things on the side. Opera's mobile dev team has been working on a "hobby project" to bring its browser to the Maemo-sporting Nokia N900 and N8x0 devices, and today sees the first fruit of that labor in the form of a "preview build" release. Fredrik Ohrn warns us that there might not ever be a final version, since this is being done just for fun -- and particularly in light of the MeeGo future that awaits the platform -- but for now it's yet another option for your versatile mini-computer. Click the source for the download.

    [Thanks, Jesus]

    Opera Mobile 10 lands on Maemo thanks to pro hobbyists originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 08:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia N900 running Android 2.1, still rough around the edges

    Nokia N900 running Android 2.1, still rough around the edges

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    This wouldn't be the first time we've heard of Android being lovingly grafted onto Nokia's N900, but this looks to be the most proactive effort yet to get it functional enough for lay N900 users (read: us) to actually install. Eclair's now up and running on the device, complete with both keyboard and touchscreen support -- important fundamentals, we reckon -- and it looks like there's enough chatter on the subject going on over in Maemo's official forums to keep this ball rolling. Everything's being managed under the so-called NITDroid project that aims to get Android ready to roll on both the N900 and the N8x0 series of tablets, so feel free to chip in some advice if you like -- a functional radio stack would have to be high on the priority list, you can bet. Follow the break for a little video of brilliant hackery in action.

    [Thanks, Nosa]

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    Nokia N900 running Android 2.1, still rough around the edges originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 01:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia brings free turn-by-turn Ovi Maps navigation to the E71 and E66

    Nokia brings free turn-by-turn Ovi Maps navigation to the E71 and E66

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Nokia just about turned the navigation world on its dome back in January when they announced that they were making their turn-by-turn Ovi Maps navigation service completely free for anyone with a compatible handset. Today, two new handsets join the compatible handset roster: the Nokia E71 and E66. If you’re toting an E71 (bad news: not the [...]

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  • Quake 3, Android style

    Quake 3, Android style

    Posted on February 25, 2010 | No Comments
    Quake 3 has been ported to Android. It looks slick, too (see video demo below). The project is called “kwaak3” and is based on Quake 3 ports to the iPhone and Nokia N900. The developer got everything up and running on a Motorola Milestone (a GSM Motorola Droid with multi-touch, basically) and makes use of the phone’s keyboard, “so it won’t work on your Nexus One or other phone at this point,” according to the project page.

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  • Wish your Nokia N900 could run Windows 95? Sure, why not. [Video]

    Wish your Nokia N900 could run Windows 95? Sure, why not. [Video]

    Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Man! Just this morning, we were looking at the Nokia N900 and thinking to ourselves, “Damn! If only this could run a 15 year old operating system, it would be perfect!” And just like that, our calls were answered. We’re not sure why you’d ever want to do this (beyond “Because I can”, of course) but now [...]

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  • Video: Nokia N900 + SNES Emulator + PS3 Controller = Portable geek bliss

    Video: Nokia N900 + SNES Emulator + PS3 Controller = Portable geek bliss

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
    I’ll admit it: When the oh-so-damned-clever coding community managed to get an SNES emulator running on the N900 at fullspeed with features like TV-out, I got all kinds of excited. Hell, even Nokia was excited about it until they got smacked by the Mighty Hand of the Law for showing it. Well, it just got even [...]

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  • Firefox Mobile For Maemo Officially Launches

    Firefox Mobile For Maemo Officially Launches

    Posted on January 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Good news, everyone! Firefox is officially available for Maemo devices, like the Nokia N900! What’s that you say? Firefox has been available for Maemo for a while now? Sure, but now it’s official. Now, that’s not to say that the past releases were “unofficial”; they were just “Release Candidates”, which is sort of a fancy way of [...]

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  • Nokia N900 gets another software update

    Nokia N900 gets another software update

    Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Are you rocking a Nokia N900 yet? If you hail from the US, probably not — they do sell’em here, but the carrier-folk (read: T-Mobile) have yet to put it on their shelves. If you plan on buying one in the near future, however, be happy: it just got a wee bit better. In its second [...]

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  • Firefox Mobile gets one step closer to release

    Firefox Mobile gets one step closer to release

    Posted on January 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Screen shot 2010-01-09 at [ January 9 ] 12.34.16 PM It's still not ready for its "official" launch, but Firefox Mobile just took one big ol' step closer to the big day with the launch of Release Candidate 2. As with the past few releases, this one's only available for Maemo devices -- namely, the N900. Don't got Nokia's latest greatest tablet? Don't sweat it - you can still play with it by way of emulation. So what's new? Find out after the jump.

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  • Video: Is that a Nokia N900 controlling a PS3 via Bluetooth? (Yes.)

    Video: Is that a Nokia N900 controlling a PS3 via Bluetooth? (Yes.)

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    This is a video showing BlueMaemo, an application that allows you to control your PS3 with a Nokia N900. Well, it will allow you to control any number of devices, it's just that there's a video of it interacting with a PS3. All hail mighty Bluetooth, king of the wireless protocols.

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  • Fennec, the mobile Firefox, is ‘days away’ from release for your Nokia N900

    Fennec, the mobile Firefox, is ‘days away’ from release for your Nokia N900

    Posted on December 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Fennec, Mozilla's mobile version of Firefox, is "days away" from release. It will initially be available for the Nokia N900; don't expect an iPhone version anytime soon.

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  • Nokia N900 and the case of the best unboxing ever

    Nokia N900 and the case of the best unboxing ever

    Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
    We'll just come out and say it: this is so awesome. In fact, if you want to just take our word for it, skip the copy and head straight to the video after the break -- you really only need to watch the first four or so minutes... Still here? Alright then. The shiny cube comes straight from Espoo and houses a N900, but the only way to get into the box is to plug it into a computer, establish a link, and then type in the right terminal command to unlock the lid (spoiler: it's company motto "connecting people" -- how clever) in addition to -- poof -- smoke! (Our favorite part.) Given the technical prerequisites, our guess is this has something to do with Nokia's the hack-centric "Push" program, but really that's just a guess. Like we said, video after the break, and if you opt to watch past the first couple minutes, you'll get to see a plastic fox. Trust us.
    [Thanks, Matija]

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    Nokia N900 and the case of the best unboxing ever originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Vodafone confirms they’ll carry the Nokia N900 “soon”

    Vodafone confirms they’ll carry the Nokia N900 “soon”

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Good news, everyone! Well, everyone in the UK. Er, everyone in the UK who wants an N900. Vodafone has just officially confirmed by way of press release that they will be carrying the Nokia N900 "soon". They didn't throw in any specific dates, nor did they think to mention pricing - but one way or another, it's coming.

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